handcrafted by maryann johanson (human) | 100% free of AIs and algorithms
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… How is this not Die Hard with a Vengeance, with the tests and the tricks and all? How shameless can they be about reminding you that the whole movie is stolen from another movie? Or maybe they prefer that you equate this in your head with Die … more…
Cutest monsters ever! At least that seems to be what Monsters vs. Aliens (opens in the U.S. on March 27, and in the U.K. on April 3) is promising. I’m especially thrilled because I’m seeing it in IMAX… real IMAX, not that fake stuff they’re trying to sell us these days with the phony “upgrade” … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… A halfway house for superheroes? Oh dear. A cameo by Adam West? Oh dear. A superpower that plays off of the hero being scared? Oh dear. A getaway van actually labeled “Getaway Van”? Oh dear. Poop jokes and fat jokes? Oh dear. And these are all the … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oooo, sexy: flirting over a chessboard. Looks like a pretty luscious love story. No wonder Victoria put the whole country into mourning for half a century when Albert died… Interesting choice, Emily Blunt for the lead. She’s so funny and so spritely — that’s not exactly what … more…
It’s all capes and vigilantism on the other side of the Atlantic, too: 1. Watchmen: £3.2 million (NEW) 2. Slumdog Millionaire: £1.3 million 3. Gran Torino: £1.2 million (3rd week; down 10%) 4. The Young Victoria: £1 million (NEW) 5. Bolt: £.98 million (4th week; drops 25%) (actual numbers, not estimates) Overall business in the … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Or, Hell Is Other People’s Housing Crisis. Or Final Foreclosure. Or Mortgagalypse. Try it, it’s fun! It’s always cause for celebration when Sam Raimi has a new movie for us. But Sam Raimi making a big-budget horror movie? This is a new, um, creature entirely. Can we … more…
The box office has been going so gangbusters lately that it hardly seems necessary, but some multiplexes have been thinking long and hard about how to get more butts into their seats. As The Hollywood Reporter reported recently, the Carmike Cinemas chain is tryinng to draw more attendees on what is traditionally slow night: The … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Okay, we joke about trailers that show us the whole movie, but this one just about does show us the entire movie in two minutes and 30 seconds. You really do not need to see the movie if you’ve seen this, and believe me, you will count … more…
Shocking news! Comic book movie dominates at the box office: 1. Watchmen: $55.2 million (NEW) 2. Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail: $8.5 million (3rd week; drops 47%) 3. Taken: $7.3 million 4. Slumdog Millionaire: $6.8 million 5. Paul Blart: Mall Cop: $4.1 million actual numbers, not estimates Watchmen is down a bit from the … more…
I write regularly about books and the publishing industry at the blog home of Cosimo Books, a boutique print-on-demand publisher here in NYC, and I’ve just posted something that FlickFilosopher readers may be interested in: “‘The New York Times’ finally acknowledges that graphic novels are books… sort of.” It all has to do with how … more…
sample sponsored post (sponsored) - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce quis risus odio.
