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Adult Swim is killing; 80s flicks that shaped our world today; can gays play straight?; and more: leftover links

Sun, Mar 06, 2011
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Plus: too many depressing links about the Charlie Sheen feeding frenzy…

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Banksy won’t be allowed at the Oscars; how to watch the Oscars online; Justin Bieber cuts hair and Twitter quakes; more: leftover links

Sun, Feb 27, 2011
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Plus: Larry King says CNN oversold Piers Morgan; why is Liam Neeson box office gold, anyway?; Google smacks down content farms; more…

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dodging the Egypt Internet crackdown; the Oscar race is already over; is Amazon going all out with unlimited streaming?; more: leftover links

Sun, Feb 06, 2011
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Plus: Kelsey Grammer’s marriage ruined by Fox News; Wikileaks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize; why so few women writers at Wikipedia and major magazines?; more…

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what you don’t understand about Twitter; Facebook defriends Roger Ebert; Golden Globes in big trouble; more: leftover links

Sun, Jan 30, 2011
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Plus: Katie Holmes smeared by mean ol’ gossip rags; Syfy picks up Web series The Mercury Men; the Internet stole Obama’s State of the Union address; more…

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wtf: Keith Olbermann off the air?!

Sun, Jan 23, 2011
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Is it time to be scared yet?

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Nintendo says no to Justin Bieber; Ricky Gervais won’t host Golden Globes again; Michel Gondry not a fan of 3D; more: leftover links

Sat, Jan 22, 2011
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Plus: Kevin Smith was lying about how cool it was to direct Bruce Willis in Cop Out; CBS now stealing ideas from German TV; Joan Rivers gets kicked off Fox for bitching about Sarah Palin; more…

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who is Ebert protege Ignatiy Vishnevetsky?; Hollywood hates Netflix; the FCC delivers smackdowns to broadcasting’s old guard; more: leftover links

Sun, Jan 09, 2011
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Plus: celebs run afoul of Twitter; is True Grit going to the Oscars?; Hurley’s lotto numbers come up (almost); more…

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question of the day: O Hollywood, where art thou?

Mon, Jan 03, 2011
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Does Hollywood truly intend to be more creative, more original… or is this just a clever new marketing tactic?

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Roger Ebert’s new show needs a second host; studio hopes Netflix is fading; does the U.K. need a Fox news?; more: leftover links

Sun, Dec 19, 2010
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Plus, tons more on Wikileaks, including Julian Assange’s manifesto…

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Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale movie review

Wed, Dec 15, 2010
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You simply need to see this to believe that anyone would conceive of such an outlandishly demented Christmas fantasy. In playing with the creepy roots of the story of Santa, Rare Exports finds the grim awfulness in the supposedly pleasant fantasy…

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