today in studio asskissing: Harold and Kumar are here to kill the Christmas child inside you
Did you know there is a new Harold and Kumar movie on its way… just in time to ruin your holidays? Ha ha, ho ho: now you do.
got my accreditation for the London Film Festival
This will be my first LFF, and as the natives say here, I’m chuffed.
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: the Doctor now on Facebook
The Doctor himself isn’t on Facebook — I doubt he has time to update his status when he’s running from Daleks — but Doctor Who the show is, streaming over your computer for 15 FB credits apiece.
“but the food in England is terrible!”: St. John Bread and Wine
That the cuisine is awful is one of the most pernicious misconceptions about Britain, right up there with the notion that the Brits all have bad teeth.
Facebook smears Google; Disney trademarks “Seal Team 6”; men made ‘Bridesmaids’ suck; more: leftover links
Plus: Johnny Depp can’t see his own 3D POTC movie; Woody Allen sorta down on his own movies; why did Mel Gibson’s The Beaver flop?
Osama bin Laden on Twitter; no black people at the royal wedding, duh; DVD sales are plummeting; more: leftover links
Plus: Where are the women of summer? Is ‘Doctor Who’ violating a new BBC ban on product placement? Is ‘Glee’ turning kids gay?
Scream 4 (review)
You wanna know who the killer is? I’ll tell you who the killer is. In fact, there’s two killers: that’s the twist. Director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson worked in tandem here to murder the horror comedy… or at least their own franchise. Not that it wasn’t dead already.
royal wedding hype; ‘Hanna’s Joe Wright says ‘Sucker Punch’ is sexist; dear god no, there’s gonna be another ‘Tron’ flick; more: leftover links
Plus: Should Hollywood stop pandering to dorks? Does the flopping of Mars Needs Moms spell the end of 3D? Why is Katie Holmes failing to charm America?
Scott “Dilbert” Adams comes out of the closet as a misogynist; Duke Nukem Forever features “Capture the Babe” mode; how Disney invaded our childhoods; more: leftover links
Plus: Why Sucker Punch flopped at the box office; Facebook won’t delete photos of a corpse (even after the victim’s family asks nicely); the Guardian is coming to America…
question of the day: Would you watch movies on Facebook?
Warner Bros. announced today that it has started offering streaming movies to rent or purchase directly on Facebook. Good idea? What are the potential problems?
