World War Z review: mutated Hollywood ebola
Has no guts of any kind: it has absolutely nothing to say, and it takes a long, dull, circuitous route to get to that nothing.
Damon Lindelof
feel the rush of endorkins (Star Trek Into Darkness review)
A Star Trek for our times. Very much for our times. Which means there’s little hope to be found here…
QOTD: How much does a sense of mystery surrounding a movie impact your desire to see it?
Cuz people are speculating what Brad Bird’s new flick Tomorrowland might be about, and then speculating how much folk will be upset if it turns out to be something else entirely…
Prometheus (review)
Wants to be an ambitious SF drama, but somewhere along the way, the provocative speculation and the seriocomic tragedy got lost. Oh, and the characters got forgotten, too. Plus there’s precious little authentic drama.
Cowboys & Aliens (review)
Holy shit, Indiana Jones and James Bond are fighting frickin’ aliens. This is a geekgasm. Or it should be. But it isn’t.
watch it: “Ollie Klublershturf vs. The Nazis”
Written by Lost’s Damon Lindelof, and featuring Thor’s Chris Hemsworth.
question of the day: What burning questions do you hope ‘Lost’ answers in its final season?
Lost won’t return to our TVs till sometime in early 2010, but series creators Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof sparked off fan excitement at San Diego Comic Con: during their Lost panel, they offered some clues — maybe, if we can trust them — about where the show will go in its final season. Reports … more…
‘Lost’ blogging: bored already
Man, it must be me. I was all excited that Lost was coming back, couldn’t wait to find out what was gonna happen — wormholes! conspiracies! polar bears! — and by about half an hour into last night’s two-hour series premiere, my mind was already wandering.
