Adult Swim is killing; 80s flicks that shaped our world today; can gays play straight?; and more: leftover links
Plus: too many depressing links about the Charlie Sheen feeding frenzy…
Blade Runner
question of the day: What should we expect from the upcoming ‘Blade Runner’ sequels and prequels?
As as you ponder this question, keep in mind that it’s the folks who gave us The Blind Side and The Book of Eli who will be making these films. Try not to cry…
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…
question of the day: If Eric Stoltz could have been Marty McFly, what other 80s movies might have been differently cast?
Did you know that Eric Stoltz was originally cast as Marty McFly in Back to the Future? I seem to vaguely recall hearing something along those lines, but now there’s video evidence… because Robert Zemeckis actually shot for weeks before deciding that Stoltz was wrong for the role.
‘Inception’ attacks ‘X-Men: First Class’; pushing back against 3D; Lisbeth Salander does not eat pray love; more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused…
can the big studios and multiplexes learn from the success of alt opportunities for communal film consumption?
The U.K. box office had one of its worst weekends in years — since December 2004, in fact — this past Friday through Sunday. Killers was the top film, debuting with just a little over £1 million in takings, and the overall box office down 22 percent from the previous weekend, which was already awful, … more…
watch it: AT&T 1993 “You Will” Ads
The 1993 date on these ads is a tad outside what I’d been thinking of as “retro” for Thursday’s retro TV ad web video of the day: I’d previously not featured anything newer than the 1980s. And that will continue to be the case here (for a while, at least). I’m making an exception for … more…
March 19: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but you’re on the run from cops, criminals, and your ex-husband the bounty hunter. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, “Hey, did you see … more…
Repo Men (review)
“Christ, have you seen what these assholes are doing with the idea I so generously bestowed upon them?” She didn’t quite throw *Repo Men* at me — for which I was grateful, because an enraged muse can hurl something as physically nebulous but as psychically powerful as a story with the force of a tornado — but she was about to if I didn’t calm her down.
question of the day: Are genre movies getting more respect these days, and if so, why?
Today’s question comes from reader doa766: Why are Avatar and District 9 getting so much critical and awards recognition now when neither Aliens or Blade Runner got any when they were released? is it because highbrow, art or oscar bait movies have decreased in quality? is it because of a generational and average age change … more…
