weekend box office: ‘RV’ and ‘United 93’ (insert your own joke)
Lots of people braved the horrors of ‘United 93,’ but even more braved the horrors of ‘RV”…
Forty Shades of Blue (review)
A gorgeously grim portrait of regrets and lost opportunities, Ira Sach’s tender and heartbreaking drama is supremely subtle in how it emotionally flays its characters to lay bare their unspoken anguish…
Odyssey 5: The Complete Series (review)
It might be the best show that ever got cancelled before it had finished what it had come to do, a science fiction drama that’s smart, gritty, and — the toughest thing for TV SF to accomplish — original.
The Sentinel: The Complete First Season (review)
Remarkable only for how stolidly unremarkable it is, as if it can’t be bothered to be exciting and is content to be merely competent.
Robot Chicken: Season One (review)
Geek nirvana doesn’t come any sweeter or weirder than this mad amalgam of toy abuse and pop-culture spoofing…
United 93 movie review: plane truth
Too soon too soon too soon. How can I bear to watch this? I don’t even know which 9/11 conspiracy theory to believe yet. Or maybe not too soon. How can I bear not to watch?
Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman: the ultimate Hollywood expression of gyno-power
Part of the La Pfeiff Blog-a-thon celebration Michelle’s birthday this weekend.
RV (review)
They’re the worst people you’ve ever met, and you’re gonna spend a week in an RV with them. (I recommend you avoid them at all costs, actually.)
‘Iraq for Sale’: documentary filmmaking and political activism you can be a part of
Help muckracking filmmaker Robert Greenwald stick it to war profiteers and corrupt politicians.
Brits on American TV (and DVD): Hugh Laurie, Dominic Monaghan, Christopher Eccleston
You thought Hugh Laurie was a nobody before ‘House’? Think again…
