The Dilemma (review)
The real dilemma here is not: Should Vince Vaughn tell Kevin James that his — James’s — wife is cheating on him? It’s: How did Ron Howard get attached to this train wreck of a movie?
Channing Tatum
deep thought (re Channing Tatum)
Channing Tatum is no Johnny Depp, and starring in a remake of 21 Jump Street will not make him so.
February 5: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, except you’re busy writing long, flowery letters to the love of your life, who’s on the other side of the planet somewhere where there’s no Internet access. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the … more…
Dear John (review)
Oh, it’s tragic, all right, what happens when lovers get separated by a war whipped up out of political bullshit.
my week at the movies: ‘Dear John,’ ‘Blood Done Sign My Name’
What? Young lovers? In love? With hugging and everything? Is there kissing? Oh no! So romantic! And then… war! What? Separated? Duty? Honor? *sob* Sacrifice? So sad! Won’t someone think of the lovers! Won’t someone think of the lovers! Man’s inhumanity to man! Slo-mo lovey-dovey on the beach! *sob* Dear John (opens in the U.S. … more…
trailer break: ‘Dear John’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh, please, not another Nicholas Sparks movie. The romantic confession in the rain! The snuggling on the beach! The wondering who’s gonna live and who’s gonna die and who’s gonna be sad, so so terribly terribly sad when it happens! Lasse Hallström sure has come a long … more…
I give up
I feel more and more like Lily Tomlin every day: No matter how cynical I get, I can’t keep up. Just like week I invented an imaginary supervillain for whom Play-Doh: The Motion Picture, Boggle: The Movie, and Trivial Pursuit: The Next Generation seemed beyond the pale, something only the depths of his depravity could … more…
bias update: August 13
obsession: Torchwood: Children of Earth (yes, my episode-by-episode is on its way, I hope next week) boyfriend: Sharlto Copley in District 9 (not his character, Wikus Van De Merwe, who’s completely dorky, but the actor, who’s smart and funny and adorably sort of David Tennant-y as himself) psyched: absolutely nothing (it’s August) girl crush: Meryl … more…
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (review)
Ah, Mr. Fanboy. I’ve been expecting you. What, you thought sneaking into my fortress in the dead of night was your idea? Fanboy, you disappoint me with your lack of guile and imagination…
bias update: July 21
obsession: Torchwood: Children of Earth (holy crap, is this haunting me like crazy… episode by episode coming next week, so the BBC America viewers can join in) boyfriend: John Simm in Life on Mars (gonna have some John Simm news soon… plus, gonna go episode by episode through LoM, too) psyched: G.I. Joe: The Rise … more…
