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Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
Holy crap. I saw this headline the other day and I was going to relegate it to this upcoming weekend’s Leftover Links… and then I saw the movie, and saw exactly the kind of torture that Megan Fox had to endure during shooting. First, a few choice excerpts from the Us Magazine article: In the … more…
Have you heard? Gossipmonger Perez Hilton is losing advertising at his self-named celebrity gossip site because he posted an “upshot” of a female superstar… that is, an up-the-skirt photograph that appeared to show that said female superstar was not wearing any underwear. Now, anyone who knows even the slightest bit about the nasty cesspools in … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… We learned back in March that Disney was suddenly terrified of princess movies, and so was changing the title of its Rapunzel movie from, you know, Rapunzel to Tangled. And now we see how far the Mouse is going to de-girl the movie with this trailer. In … more…
In response to something I posted recently about “the female gaze,” I got an email from a male reader who appeared to believe that “the female gaze” refers to “movies women like to watch.” It doesn’t. Not even close. But his email got my thinking that perhaps I need to explain what “the female gaze” … more…
I’ve been particularly struck by the posters for The A-Team (a big version after the jump), variations of which are currently appearing on the sides of buses and on the walls of subway stations all around New York City. The images are genuinely arresting, and I’m always unable to stop myself gawking at them. Take … more…
Sex and the City 2 is doing remarkably well at the U.K. box office, handily retaining the No. 1 spot this past weekend and overall doing about twice as well, comparatively speaking, as it is performing in North America. As Charles Gant at the Guardian’s Film blog notes: After two weekends in the US, it … more…
What’s next: a Family Circus movie? Where o where is the hero who will save us?
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh, I get it: the title is meant to be ironic. I know that’s a tough concept for some people, but it means that even though the movie is called Grown Ups, that’s kind of a joke because the characters actually aren’t grown up at all. And … more…
Oh, how depressing! In his essay on Ashton Kutcher as the new Clark Gable (the subject of today’s Question of the Day), Salon’s Andrew O’Hehir refers to Katherine Heigl’s character in Killers as a “sweetie pie.” Sweetie pie? Really? Sweetie pie? This is a thirtysomething woman who allows herself to be berated by her parents … more…
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