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A surprisingly pleasant dramatization of the true story told through the eyes of the TV news reporter who broke the story and the Greenpeace activist who worked tirelessly to embarrass the powers that be into helping free three whales stuck in Alaskan ice…
Whales are stuck in ice in the Arctic! And people think global warming is a bad thing! Won’t someone think of the whales? Free Willy!
obsession: Doctor Who (I’m sad that I’m running out of Christopher Eccleston episodes to write about, except that that means I can start writing about the classic series) boyfriend: Bradley Cooper (and here’s where I need to make the distinction, again, between the actor and the characters he plays: sometimes my boyfriend is a character, … more…
This is bittersweet to me: the evangelical boy “rockers” lose out on the weekend of their movie debut, but that means Tyler Perry in a fatsuit gets to win again: 1. Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail: $16.2 million (2nd week; drops 61%) 2. Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience: $12.5 million (NEW) 3. Slumdog … more…
Big big numbers in the U.K. this past weekend, just like in the U.S.: 1. Bolt: £5.5 million (NEW) 2. Slumdog Millionaire: £1.82 million 3. He’s Just Not That Into You: £1.78 million (2nd week; drops 7%) 4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: £1.77 million (2nd week; drops 20%) 5. Hotel for Dogs: £1.5 … more…
Man, it’s been a bitch this week trying to catch up with everything, because I’m still sick — still weak from the food poisoning, and now I’ve got a bad head cold! unbelievable — and would rather be sleeping or at least just lying on the couch watching some comfort Doctor Who. Winter ills did … more…
A quick look at the U.K. box office — I’m busy actually checking out the cinema scene (among other scenes) in London: 1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: £2.2 million (NEW) 2. He’s Just Not That Into You: £1.9 million (NEW) 3. Slumdog Millionaire: £1.6 million 4. Valkyrie: £.6 million (3rd week; drops 51%) … more…
Just a quick look at the numbers while I’m off on the other side of the Atlantic: 1. He’s Just Not That Into You: $27.8 million (NEW) 2. Taken: $20.5 million (2nd week; drops 17%) 3. Coraline: $16.8 million (NEW) 4. The Pink Panther 2: $11.6 million (NEW) 5. Paul Blart: Mall Cop: $10.9 million … more…
It looks like I picked precisely the right week-to-ten-days to escape to London: I’ve got exactly one movie on my screening schedule for this week, and that’s not because I’m flying out of here early Wednesday morning. Mere hours before I hop on a plane to Heathrow — weather permitting on both sides of the … more…
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… “We’re all programmed to think that if a guy acts like a total jerk, that means he likes you”? Speak for yourself, sister. You’re the idiot for putting up with jerks. Still, feminism is so cute, isn’t it? Like how girls think it’s okay for them … more…
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