evening clickbait: another reason Hunger Games is awesome; animals *were* harmed
Stuff I found on the Net today.
Atlantic
who are the most interesting young actors (male and female) working today?
My picks: Saoirse Ronan and Daniel Radcliffe…
interesting stuff I found online (that you might find interesting too)
Google predicts movie hits; John McTiernan is wasting away in prison for no good reason; why American journalism sucks; and more…
Huffington Post gets smacked by writer who refuses to work for free
Silly boy! He turned down free exposure.
question of the day: What’s your favorite or pet “conspiracy theory” about a book, movie, or TV show?
I was quite proud to have developed my own conspiracy theory about Hamlet (although I discovered later that I am not the first person to have thought of this)…
Bela Lugosi as Jesus will blow your mind (and other adventures in social networking)
Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
question of the weekend: Is Twitter making ignorance suddenly cool?
Are we wrong to make fun of the tweeps who don’t know how Dick Clark is or that the Titanic was real? Should we praise them for seeking an answer… even if it’s in the laziest way possible?
question of the day: Are you worried about the new ‘Great Gatsby’ movie?
With Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio, Baz Luhrmann onboard at this point, is it worth giving this movie a chance, at least until we start seeing terrible trailers? Or should some novels simply be written off as unfilmmable?
question of the day: The 80s are back, with a vengeance: should we be afraid?
The weekend box office estimates are in, and the final numbers — which we’ll get later today — can’t possibly change enough to alter the apparent fact that The Karate Kid, estimated to have earned $56 million, kicked the ass of The A-Team, estimated to have earned $26 million. But that still means that retreads … more…
