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Bad Teacher

question of the day: Why aren’t there more professional female characters in movies?

Tue, Dec 06, 2011
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Who was the last really notable professional woman you can recall in a movie?

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Young Adult (trailer)

Wed, Nov 23, 2011
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The girl you hated in high school? Of course this is written by Diablo Cody.

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Bad Teacher (great movie quotes)

Mon, Jul 11, 2011
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“All I’m asking is for ten thousand dollars!” –Elizabeth Halsey (Cameron Diaz)

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question of the day: What’s the next “bad” or “horrible” high-concept comedy?

Fri, Jul 08, 2011
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Unpleasant Sanitation Worker? Irritating Bus Driver? Terrible Therapist?

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question of the day: What are you favorite not-so-dumb crass comedies, à la ‘Bad Teacher’ and ‘Bad Santa’?

Thu, Jun 23, 2011
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I fully expect that many of you will consider some movies not-so-dumb that I have railed against as so-totally-dumb. Have at it.

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more embargo idiocy (re ‘Bad Teacher’)

Mon, Jun 20, 2011
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I started to think Sony, at least, was beginning to get it. But apparently not…

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Bad Teacher (review)

Mon, Jun 20, 2011
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A refreshing breath of just-so-wrongness in today’s movie milieu.

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trailer break: ‘Bad Teacher’

Mon, May 09, 2011
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This is awesome. The world desperately needs a movie about a horrible, shallow, mean, angry, bitter, stupid person.

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