question of the day: Where are all the British superheroes?
Is there something inherently American about the notion of a caped crusader or a vigilante crime fighter?
Batman
question of the day: How much do posters influence your decision to see a movie (or not)?
When was the last time you saw a movie poster on the side of a phone kiosk or even at a multiplex for a movie that you hadn’t previously known about… or for one that you hadn’t already made a decision about seeing?
Scott “Dilbert” Adams comes out of the closet as a misogynist; Duke Nukem Forever features “Capture the Babe” mode; how Disney invaded our childhoods; more: leftover links
Plus: Why Sucker Punch flopped at the box office; Facebook won’t delete photos of a corpse (even after the victim’s family asks nicely); the Guardian is coming to America…
watch it: “Key of Awesome: Batman Parody: The Dark Knight is Confused. Key of Awesome #8”
Today’s trailer for The Fighter made me think of Christian Bale, which reminded me of this video, which I’ve had sittin’ around for a while waiting for a reason to post it…
Mark Wahlberg admits ‘The Happening’ was terrible; Billy Bob Thornton says Hollywood is terrible; a female Old Spice Man spoof; more: leftover links
Plus: first-grader teased over her Star Wars water bottle; journalistic ethics getting a workout; saga of a film critic banned from screenings who got her buddies at The New York Times to intervene; more…
more reasons to hate ‘Sex and the City’
Sex and the City 2 is doing remarkably well at the U.K. box office, handily retaining the No. 1 spot this past weekend and overall doing about twice as well, comparatively speaking, as it is performing in North America. As Charles Gant at the Guardian’s Film blog notes: After two weekends in the US, it … more…
North American box office: ‘Kick-Ass’ can’t quite kick ass…
…and How to Train Your Dragon continues breathing fire: 1. Kick-Ass: $19.8 million (NEW) 2. How to Train Your Dragon: $19.6 million (4th week; drops 21%) 3. Date Night: $16.7 million (2nd week; drops 34%) 4. Death at a Funeral: $16.2 million (NEW) 5. Clash of the Titans: $15.4 million (3rd week; drops 42%) actual … more…
North American box office: ‘Alice’ magically successful
A quick look at last week’s box office as we head into the new weekend (this is where losing a day early in the week leaves me — late late late): 1. Alice in Wonderland: $62.7 million (2nd week; drops 46%) 2. Green Zone: $14.3 million (NEW) 3. She’s Out of My League: $9.8 million … more…
It’s Complicated (review)
Christ, but I hate Nancy Meyers’ movies. Nancy Meyers, whose every movie looks like Pottery Barn orgasming.
trailer break: ‘Ninja Assassin’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Isn’t that the same remote mountain monastery/martial arts training ground where Batman went to study? Or is it a franchise? “Raised to become an assassin” made me hope that the next placard would be something like “but he really wants to dance!” But it wasn’t. Wow. This … more…
