watch it: “Creating the Doctor Who Theme”
On the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the debut of Doctor Who on the BBC… (Technorati tags: Doctor Who theme)
movie-ku #67
Special for Thanksgiving Day… All hail Joel, the bots They chewed up films and spit out Delicious turkey
watch it: “Peak Oil”
Driving to Gramma’s house for Thanksgiving dinner? Better take out a second mortgage to fill up the tank. What’s that? Your house is in foreclosure? ’S’all right, suburbia’s doomed anyway. (Technorati tags: Peak Oil)
movie-ku #66
Holiday weekend Starts midweek, all the better To cram in more movies
opening wide this long holiday weekend: ‘August Rush,’ ‘Enchanted,’ ‘The Mist,’ ‘No Country for Old Men,’ ‘This Christmas,’ ‘Hitman’
August Rush An urchin musical prodigy spins melodic magic to find the parents that abandoned him as a baby. It’s the first mashup of Charles Dickens and Amadeus Mozart. (my review is here) Enchanted A Disney princess finds true love in the Big Apple. Wait till she encounters the next fantasy: a two-bedroom doorman apartment … more…
‘Redacted’ and ‘The Golden Compass’ reap the fruits of bad publicity
I’m outraged! Outraged, I tell ya! I’m so steaming mad at how, um, Joel and Ethan Coen have, er, tried to fool us into thinking that actress Kelly Macdonald is actually from West Texas — she’s Scottish!!! — in No Country for Old Men that I demand all proud Americans immediately boycott this movie! Yes! … more…
‘Heroes’ recapping…
My weekly recap of the latest episode of Heroes is over at Film.com… Comment here, if you like.
watch it: “Turkey Carving 101”
In case you need some help tomorrow… (Technorati tags: Turkey Carving 101)
This Christmas (review)
When a ‘heartwarming’ holiday movie is this hamfisted, the best response is to slap some pineapple slices on it, throw it in the oven, and serve it for Christmas dinner.
Enchanted movie review: toon in, toon out
The sweet silliness of the collective Disney animated fairy-tale landscape meets the rough reality of Noo Yawk. Why didn’t someone think of this sooner and pull it off as perfectly as Enchanted does?
