have ‘Tropic Thunder’ protesters actually seen the movie?

The only possible explanation for their complete wrongheadedness here is that they haven’t: US groups that represent the disabled have protested at the premiere of Ben Stiller’s new film, Tropic Thunder. Demonstrators who gathered outside the Mann Village Theatre, in Los Angeles, said the film “humiliates people with intellectual disabilities”. What? The movie, quite clearly, … more…

my week at the movies: ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars,’ ‘Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer,’ ‘Hounddog,’ ‘Henry Poole Is Here,’ ‘Sukiyaki Western Django’

UPDATE: Just heard about a screener of The Rocker [opens wide August 20] that I’ll attend today. Rainn Wilson as a washed-up musician who gets another chance at fame? It could go to 11, I guess… I like the Clone Wars stuff from Cartoon Network just fine, but I’m not so sure what to think … more…

trailer break: ‘Beer for My Horses’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Yee-haw! Rednecks is so funny, Mexicans is after our white wimmen, and monster trucks is good for makin’ a man of certain limited endowments feel like a man! Also: vigilante justicks is a helluva good time! Also also: Toby Keith ain’t nuthin’ but white trash with … more…

something new to read for ‘Sex and the City’ fans

Remember that book Carrie reads from to Big in bed in Sex and the City: The Movie? It’s called Love Letters of Great Men, and it doesn’t exist… at least until now. British publisher Macmillan just published a collection of those real love letters. Look, it’s even pink: It doesn’t take a lot of digging … more…

arrgh! someone needs strangling

IMDB’s Studio Briefing is calling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 “a chick flick to compete with all the fanboy, druggie, and monster stuff out there for males.” Presumably that means The Dark Knight, Pineapple Express, and, I dunno, maybe The Mummy 3. Fuckety fuck fuck, this kind of thinking drives me insane. Why are … more…

trailer break: ‘Call + Response’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Nope, not a fun movie: it’s about the trade in sex slaves around the planet, and it’s horrifying. The way it’s framed in this trailer — as a bunch of young men who think they’re out for a night of fun and discover the truth about … more…

Greece has dropped to the bottom of my travel wish list

Because it’s apparently full of women singing and dancing their hearts out: and traveling with magical pants: Seriously, though: Is Greece the new go-to destination for women trying to find themselves? And why is everyone jumping off cliffs in the process? In both Mamma Mia! and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, there’s a scene … more…

trailer break: ‘Twilight’ teaser

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Ohmigod, my vampire boyfriend is like the hottest thing evAH! In other news, how old am I, that there’s another thing the kids are all into that I’ve never even heard of? Twilight opens December 12. (Technorati tags: Twilight, trailer)