Kung Fu Panda 2 (review)
What saves this from feeling like it should have gone direct to video is the animation, which is breathtakingly beautiful: this fantasy ancient China is gorgeously designed…
Harry Potter
Maria Shriver leaked Arnie’s shame; Alan Rickman’s awesome open letter to J.K. Rowling; Disney abandons ‘Seal Team 6’ trademark; more: leftover links
Plus: Pirates of the Caribbean for Dummies; The Hangover and the rise of the jokeless comedy; HuffPo employees fleeing…
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (review)
I’ve listened to my fellow critics snarking on the film’s many many faults and I’ve laughed, but only at myself, because they’re not wrong and yet still it doesn’t change the fact that I really had a lot of fun with this movie.
trailer break: ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2’
Wow! Looks like maybe the Harry Potter finale will do the series justice…
Sci-Fi-London Easter parade fun! Part I
Check out an undead Harry Potter, the requisite Boba Fett, a scary bunny, and more, all parading along London’s Southbank on Easter Sunday…
‘Harry Potter’ documentary on the way; Twitter loves TV; Bradley Cooper in ‘The Crow’?; more: leftover links
Plus: Has the flopping of Arthur killed 80s remakes? Can Robert Pattinson kill Edward with Water for Elephants? Can we send M. Night Shyamalan back to film school?…
shouldn’t Harry Potter believe magic is “proper”?
Something has been bugging me since I saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 last autumn, and now that the film is out on DVD, it’s time to exorcise it…
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?
Sam Worthington surprised by ‘Titans’ sequel; book banning makes a comeback in the U.S.; early ‘Siskel & Ebert’ now watchable online; more: leftover links
Also: Billy Ray Cyrus wishes Hannah Montana had never happened; thoughtless tweeting brings down Nir Rosen; J.K. Rowling ticked at unauthorized biopic; more…
I Am Number Four (review)
High school is hard. High school is even harder when you’re a secret alien from another planet in hiding from big scary guys with enormous feet and weird tattoos on their bald heads who are after you for reasons no one really understands. Except maybe that you’re the last of your kind. Well, apart from your alien-warrior protector, who isn’t specially numbered like you are.
