The Rum Diary (trailer)
Is it me, or does this look remarkably bland? Even with Johnny Depp?
ABC
question of the day: Is there anything wrong with Chaz Bono appearing on ‘Dancing With the Stars’?
I mean, apart from the general idiocy of has-beens, never-weres, and Z-list celebs hoofing it on a bread-and-circuses variety show?
question of the day: Which era would you like to see as a setting for a nostalgic soap opera or drama (à la ‘Mad Men’)?
NBC has The Playboy Club, ABC has Pan Am, both set in the 60s. The BBC is a tad more adventurous: its The Hour is set in 1956. Couldn’t we look farther afield, temporally speaking?
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Amy’s voiceover intro for the international episodes — good or bad?
I was a little upset to hear from friends and fellow Doctor Who fans in the U.S. that the BBC America versions of the episodes in the current season have been opening with a voiceover by Amy, setting up the scenario. It makes it sound as if the show is all about Amy, which it isn’t…
royal wedding hype; ‘Hanna’s Joe Wright says ‘Sucker Punch’ is sexist; dear god no, there’s gonna be another ‘Tron’ flick; more: leftover links
Plus: Should Hollywood stop pandering to dorks? Does the flopping of Mars Needs Moms spell the end of 3D? Why is Katie Holmes failing to charm America?
wtf: ‘The Stand’ as a feature film?
The six-hour miniseries ABC did on TV in the 1990s wasn’t long enough. Unless Warner Bros. and CBS Films are proposing to do three three-hour films à la The Lord of the Rings, I don’t want to hear about this.
who is Ebert protege Ignatiy Vishnevetsky?; Hollywood hates Netflix; the FCC delivers smackdowns to broadcasting’s old guard; more: leftover links
Plus: celebs run afoul of Twitter; is True Grit going to the Oscars?; Hurley’s lotto numbers come up (almost); more…
Will Smith as Robin Hood?; a Wolverine with depth?; ‘Narnia’ upsets Jesus-y types; more: leftover links
Plus: a whole ton of stuff about Wikileaks and Julian Assange…
Fox doesn’t understand the Internet, or its audience, or the state of TV today
Back in March, I bitched about how ABC had pulled its broadcast feeds from Cablevision, my cable provider, over fee disputes. And now the same thing is happening again, with Fox…
the MPAA and male nudity; more battles between TV networks and cable providers; the Oscars race is on; more: leftover links
Plus: Javier Bardem to star in Chilean mine movie; Matt Damon not to star in the next Bourne movie; Napoleon Dynamite and How to Train Your Dragon going to TV; lots more…
