terrible movie quotes: ‘Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son’
“Don’t you know that bad hair dye is like an old man: it don’t last long and it marks up the furniture.” –Big Momma (Martin Lawrence)
watch it: 1980s Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups commercial
Infrequently is the question asked, Is our robots getting their peanut butter?
trailer break: ‘Henry’s Crime’
Ooo, a kooky Keanu Reeves movie, and I missed it on both sides of the Atlantic.
question of the day: Is it a good idea for TV and film writers to incorporate fan input into their projects?
Star Trek writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman have said that they plan to heed some suggestions from fans as they write the sequels. Oh, dear. I’m not sure how wise this is…
AOL/HuffPo shoots the messenger, fires Moviefone editor Patricia Chui over work-for-free email
And the AOL/HuffPo Cinematical fiasco comes full circle in the only way it could have: with a scapegoating…
Killing Bono (review)
In Dublin in the late 1970s, a bunch of guys who fancied being rock stars even though they couldn’t play a lick of music formed two bands that developed a friendly rivalry. One of those bands went on to become U2. This is the story of the other band.
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Is ‘Doctor Who’ for geeks?
It seems like an obvious question that Andrew Blair asked yesterday at Den of Geek!, but perhaps it’s not so clear-cut…
backpedaling is beautiful: AOL/HuffPo attempts damage control
Only an hour after I posted the hideous email sent to Cinematical freelancers, I received this email, from Mario Ruiz, senior vice president for media relations for Huffington Post Media Group…
AOL/HuffPo to movie journos: You’re fired, unless you want to write for free
AOL/HuffPo values the voices and input of its writers… just not enough to pay them. So please do continue to do the excellent work you’ve been doing, Cinematical and Moviefone writers, just don’t expect to get paid for it. *grrr*
watch it: “Rebecca Black – Friday, as performed by Bob Dylan”
What’s even more interesting than this spoof is the creative comments it’s inspiring at YouTube…
