trailer break: ‘A Perfect Getaway’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I so thought Announcer Guy was gonna say this island was “as beautiful as it is deadly.” Oh, man, does the trailer give away the fact that Tim Olyphant is the killer?… [waits] Ah, it’s not meant to be a secret: Olyphant is not a secret psycho: … more…

trailer break: ‘The Collector’ redband trailer

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… The Collector at IGN.com From the writers of Saw XIX or whatever? No, really? Looks like they just recycled the same old torture-porn scripts: Homocidal psychopath with waaaay too much time on his hands sets up an overly elaborate scheme to draw as much terror out of … more…

trailer break: ‘Funny People’ redband trailer

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I know I’m known as a Judd Apatow hater, and it’s true I haven’t liked most of his recent work, but I’ve always got an open mind and I always go into the next movie hoping that this is the one that changes things. Substitute Adam Sandler … more…

my week the movies: ‘The Ugly Truth,’ ‘New Orleans, Mon Amour,’ ‘The Answer Man,’ ‘Orphan,’ ‘Bliss,’ ‘Adam’

Get it? It is a truth universally acknowledged that men love with their dicks and women love with their brains. Everyone just knows this. I’m not sure if we should take this as an indication that the people involved in making this movie actually genuinely don’t understand that people are wildly individualistic and so figure … more…

trailer break: ‘St. Trinian’s’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Didn’t get a chance to check out that screener last week, like I thought I would. So this is my first peek at the film… Oo, Colin Firth is the villain: that should be fun. Wait, I’m confused: Are the girls “trouble” because they detonate high explosives … more…

U.K. box office: ‘Bruno’ is huge

A quick look at last weekend in the U.K. as we head into the new one: 1. Bruno: £5 million (NEW) 2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: £4.8 million (2nd week; drops 38%) 3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: £1.4 million (4th week; drops 35%) 4. The Hangover: £1.2 million 5. Public Enemies: £1 … more…

fundie Christians suddenly embracing Harry Potter

I don’t get it, either: Conservative Christian reviews of the new Harry Potter movie are surprisingly positive. “As ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ opens, we are once again reminded of the characteristics that make him something of a Christ figure,” Connie Neal writes for the evangelical Christianity Today. Suggest that Christ is a Mithras … more…