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Is it impossible to make a movie about black characters that actually deals with, or at least touches on, issues of race and class that someone won’t accuse of being racist? Perhaps it is. For at the moment, we have the cheery, upbeat, feel-good The Blind Side, which, according to ABC News, black people prefer … more…
Damn, was I pissed when I got to the end of last week’s episode of FlashForward and saw the little notice ABC snuck in there that the show wouldn’t be returning till March. (Sci Fi Wire is mad as hell, too.) I had been figuring, all during the episode, that they were gonna hit us … more…
It almost doesn’t bear asking, since, clearly, plenty of gay actors have been so convincing as straight characters — which most roles still are, even today — that no one has questioned it: Meredith Baxter, who just came out as a lesbian, was America’s (hetero) mom for years on Family Ties; or Rock Hudson, who … more…
It’s another cold, rainy Saturday at the end of a long, busy week, and I’ve got a ton of crap to do this weekend. And I don’t want to do any of it. I’d much rather, I dunno, play a game, maybe. It’s been ages since I indulged myself with either SimCity or Civilization, which … more…
While we wait for the wide release of The Princess and the Frog — my review is coming soon — is a good opportunity to look back at the last 20 years of Disney animated movies. Over at Film.com, I recently ranked all the Disney/Disney-Pixar movies since the Disney renaissance began in 1989 with The … more…
As of this writing, 12 movies are set to open wide in North America in the month of December. (Others will open limited in December and go wide in January.) Which means that even if you’re an active moviegoer and see a movie each week, you’ve still gotta pick and choose (and it’s even worse … more…
Intriguing news from the Telegraph the other day: Christopher Eccleston to play John Lennon in Beatles biopic Former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston is to star as music legend John Lennon in a biopic set during the turbulent demise of The Beatles, it has been announced. Lennon Naked covers the period from 1967 to 1971 … more…
Recently kar3ning at the LiveJournal Captain’s Log went to see New Moon, and realized that Bella and Edward’s relationship appears to bear all the signs of an abusive one. kar3ning asked the questions The National Domestic Violence Hotline poses to help a woman determine whether she is being abused, and answered them on Bella’s behalf: … more…
An Associated Press story yesterday about the terrible performance of Jay Leno’s primetime show revealed some intriguing tidbits about how television viewing is changing in the United States: With one-third of American TV households now equipped with DVRs like TiVo, the 10 p.m. hour is emerging as a popular time for people to catch up … more…
Oh, damn, it’s Saturday, isn’t it? Wednesday felt like a Friday, Thanksgiving Day felt like a Saturday, and now the actual Friday and Saturday of this week feel like days out of time. But then tomorrow will feel like a proper Sunday, and everything will get back to normal. Anyway, whether you’re in the U.S. … more…
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