the curmudgeonly movie lover’s unpleasant Advent calendar: December 22
All humbug, all the time, for just a click or tap…
Dr Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
the curmudgeonly movie lover’s unpleasant Advent calendar: December 14
Click or tap for a taste of the cynicism of the season! The perfect antidote to all the fa-la-la-la-la!
North American box office: ‘A Christmas Carol’ generates little holiday cheer
But Precious is precious indeed: 1. A Christmas Carol: $30 million (NEW) 2. Michael Jackson’s This Is It: $13.2 million (2nd week; drops 43%) 3. The Men Who Stare at Goats: $12.7 million (NEW) 4. The Fourth Kind: $12.2 million (NEW) 5. Paranormal Activity: $8.3 million (4th week in wide release; drops 50%) actual numbers, … more…
November 6: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but you’re gonna be busy staring at a big button, arguing with yourself about whether or not to push it. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you … more…
Frost/Nixon (review)
This was the sort of hopeless dread the news that Ron Howard was directing this left me with. I felt like Robert Stack in *Airplane!*: ‘It’s a goddamn waste of time — there’s no way he can land this plane!’
Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (review)
But those who insist on misconstruing the Grinch will certainly be delighted with Ron Howard’s new live-action adaptation, because it subverts Dr. Seuss’s point in exactly the same way. And the result is a bizarre and uncomfortable film.
