Gangster Squad (review)
Gangster Squad! In color! This is blustery postwar mythologizing about the violent birth of the modern metropolis, all pulpy-bright even when it’s night…
Castle
Friday night fortune cookie: Rick Castle says…
“There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people: psychopaths and mystery writers.”
question of the day: How many things can you find wrong with the cover of Vanity Fair’s Hollywood issue?
Too white, too thin, too interchangeable: the traditional cover featuring young talent on the rise always comes under massive scrutiny, and the ritual is now in full swing…
question of the day: What do you think is the best thing on TV at the moment, and what is your TV guilty pleasure?
My TV viewing has decreased considerably since I arrived in London in January, so this is a tough one for me…
blame Twitter for Wil Wheaton’s nonblogging; ‘Shit My Dad Says’ shitcanned; Catherine Tate may take over ‘The Office’; more: leftover links
Plus: Cannes shocked by We Need to Talk About Kevin and Lars von Trier; family values robot from the future Arnold Schwarzenegger turns out to be a hypocrite…
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…
question of the day: What’s the most egregious fake movie or TV location you’ve seen recently?
It was almost exactly a year ago when we talked about whether it’s important for a movie to be shot in the place where it’s set. This was inspired by Knowing, which had just opened, and which was set in part in New York City but was shot in Melbourne, and it showed. The comments … more…
the return of Captain Tight Pants!
Oh, the only reason to watch Castle is for Nathan Fillion, and there was extra reason tonight: his Halloween costume. From the ep: Castle’s daughter: What exactly are you supposed to be? Castle: Space cowboy. Castle’s daughter: Okay, A, there are no cows in space, B, didn’t you wear that like five years ago? Castle: … more…
Nathan Fillion’s got a new show?
This is what I get for not reading fan sites. I only just discovered now, during a commercial break in the middle of Lost, that Nathan Fillion is gonna be appearing on my TV again on a regular basis. Seems ABC’s got a cop show called Castle debuting in March. Honestly, it looks like the … more…
