trailer break: ‘Bridesmaids’
It’s The Hangover for girls.
question of the day: How big a problem is the spoiler culture, should we fix it, and if so, how?
A critic spoils Scream 4 and believes this constitutes “punking the Twitterverse.” But is there every a good reason to spoil a movie publicly?
Miral (review)
What could possibly be offensive about artist-filmmaker Julian Schnabel taking on an underdog tale and imbuing it with his usual warm, empathetic, humanist touch? Ah, here is Schnabel’s mistake: his story is about a Palestinian girl, and he fails to give equal time to the Israeli side of the story, an unforgivable transgression in the eyes of many. That said…
watch it: “Bubble Baby Half Speed”
This is surprisingly creepy…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: big savings on ‘Doctor Who’ DVDs at Amazon U.S.
Of course, almost all of these are cheaper, even given currency fluctuations and overseas shipping, if you buy them at Amazon U.K…
question of the day: What is a fireable offense for a film critic?
What does it take to get fired from a job writing film criticism? Elvis Mitchell — just booted from Movieline — may run the gamut. Or not…
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Honeymoon with Mom’
Even worse than it looks at first…
no oh-yes! DVD of the week
It’s such a crappy week for new DVDs that there’s nothing worth cheering over this week. Sorry.
trailer break: ‘Another Earth’
It’s science fiction, but not as we know it. Not as we know it at the movies, usually, at least. Hoorah!
Tyler Perry tells Spike Lee to go to hell; an apology for ‘Superman Returns’; Canadians hate loud TV ads; more: leftover links
Plus: Even rightwing bloggers admit Atlas Shrugged sucks; Restrepo director Tim Hetherington killed covering fighting in Libya; Jodie Foster on yet another way Hollywood hates women…
