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Baby Mama Tina Fey is so terribly old that she must hire Amy Poehler, all of a year younger than her, to have her baby. Expect jokes about pregnancy-test pee sticks, pregnant women as fat, and pretty much anything else you can think of that takes all the magic and wonder and cuddly goodness out … more…

While I recover from the insanity of New York Comic Con this past weekend — and take some time to go through all the stuff and swag I collected and try to organize it all into cohesive blocks, the better to tell you about it — I’m doing just one screening this week: Made of … more…

I’ve closed comments on my review of the creationist propaganda film Expelled. And yes, I use that term — creationist propaganda film — quite deliberately. I’d hoped the discussion about the film and my review would be about, you know, the film and the issues it raises about how science and fact are warped in … more…

The Forbidden Kingdom A kung-fu-crazed kid from South Boston wakes up in medieval China, where he is tasked with a quest that involves visiting the Jade Warlord before he can return home. And Jackie Chan was there, and Jet Li, and flying monkeys (really!). There’s no yellow brick road or yappy little dog, but there … more…

Shocking news from Hollywood! Individuals of the male half of the human species each apparently has an appendage of a sexual nature dangling between his legs. This breakthrough discovery has been made by the film Forgetting Sarah Marshall, as reported yesterday at the Internet Movie Database: In the latest exhibition of taboo busting, Jason Segel, … more…

Biggest box-office hero of Summer 2008? Yeah, maybe it’ll be Indiana Jones. Maybe it’ll be the cute animated robot Wall-E. But maybe — just maybe — it’ll be Will Smith as the superantihero Hancock: Smith’s got the upcoming Fourth of July weekend to himself, which is probably a wise thing: Smith has been the king … more…

Just one of the many Forgetting Sarah Marshall ads that have been seen around New York City over the last few weeks: They others all have the same tone. (Technorati tags: Forgetting Sarah Marshall)

Slowish movie week for me, which is just fine: I’m saving up my energy for New York Comic Con this weekend, and then the Tribeca Film Festival starts next week, so I’m gonna be superbusy. I can’t help but be wary of Baby Mama [opens wide April 25], which is about the infertile Tina Fey … more…

Prom Night It’s one of those not-screened-for-critics non-R-rated “horror” movies, so you know what to expect: bad pseudo teen actors running around not quite half naked getting hacked to death in not quite graphic ways. Though the title suggests that anyone not a jock or a cheerleader in high school will find the setting horrific … more…

The green light just means “see it.” I knew this was gonna need some explaining when I gave a green light to Expelled, the pro-creationism documentary opening wide next week. And already I’m being accused of falling for its “Darwinism = Nazism” claim (which is but one of the bizarre aspects of the movie). You … more…