critic’s minifesto #4: I am biast
It’s astonishing how often I am “accused” of being biased — or “biast,” as a reader once blasted at me — as if there were something extraordinary or unusual or unlikely or uncriticly about this…
Dictator
question of the day: With so many expensive movies sinking this year, will Hollywood step back from the blockbuster?
Or will the industry double-down and take even bigger gambles with $500 million movies in coming years?
The Dictator (review)
A stunning failure, certainly compared to Borat and Bruno. Sacha Baron Cohen is clearly aware of whom the targets of his satiric ire should be, but he couldn’t figure out how to make it work.
The Great Dictator (retro trailer)
If you’re tempted to complain that Sacha Baron Cohen’s upcoming The Dictator is in bad taste, take a look at how Charlie Chaplin’s similar The Great Dictator was promoted back in 1940…
watch it: General Aladeen — aka Sacha Baron Cohen — dumps the ashes of “Kim Jong Il” onto Ryan Seacrest
On the Oscars red carpet last night.
General Aladeen triumphs over the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Zionists! (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
Sacha Baron Cohen responds — ingeniously — in character to his booting from the Oscars (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
the MPAA’s preciousness strikes again (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
The Dictator (trailer)
I wonder if Sacha Baron Cohen has chosen a tough subject for himself this time out: repressive regimes are already so far beyond satire…
Sacha Baron Cohen is ‘The Dictator’
God help me, I’m actually looking forward to this.
