movies I can’t wait to see at the 58th BFI London Film Festival
LFF is a veritable orgy of cinema, and I love it. It’s exhausting, but I love it.
Channing Tatum
22 Jump Street movie review: an advanced course in the sequel
Funnier even than the first film, nonstop self-deprecation that doles out well-deserved smacks to about 817 Hollywood things that desperately deserve it.
the best selfie ever: Ellen DeGeneres and Bradley Cooper (and celebrity photobombers) at the Oscars
We see a lot of insincerity at events like the Oscars, but everyone in this photo looks like they’re genuinely having a good time.
The Lego Movie review: take the brick pill
You’ve seen this all before — it’s Toy Story meets The Matrix — just not done in Legos.
Jupiter Ascending trailer: the Wachowskis are back
This looks potentially interesting, apart from the presence of Channing Tatum.
White House Down review: I’d rather be in Philadelphia
It lifts an embarrassing number of beats from Die Hard… but Channing Tatum is no Bruce Willis.
fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Jul 20-26 2013
Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me)…
let Benedict Cumberbatch read to you from a children’s book
And Javier Bardem and Idris Elba and Ryan Gosling. (And also Channing Tatum, if you’re into that sort of thing.) From “Love You Forever: 5 of Hollywood’s Sexiest Men Read to You from Children’s Classics” at Bookriot: You know what they say: There is nothing sexier than a man reading a children’s book. Okay, so … more…
how in the name of all that is decent can we fix the Grumpy Cat movie?
Grumpy Cat the Movie is coming, and it’s going to be horrible, and you can’t stop it. But we can dream about making it better…
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (review)
You get the G.I. Joes for Christmas. Hooray! You make them cross the demilitarized zone between the china cabinet and the DVDs near the TV to rescue Barbie. *pawft pawft pawft pawft* — enemy fire.
