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Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…
I learned an astonishing thing recently: the most popular TV show on Planet Earth right now is House, watched by 82 million people last year in 66 countries, edg[ing] out “CSI” and “Desperate Housewives” to get the top spot, according to Eurodata TV Worldwide. That’s from an article by Vanessa Richmond at AlterNet, wherein she … more…
It’s Thursday, so it’s time for another installment in the semiregular Dream Cast, in which we take a classic movie, TV show, or book, perferrably something with Xer appeal that we can either trash or have fun with, and cast a production or recast a hypothetical remake with actors working today. This week: a hypothetical … more…
red light (not worth your time): New in Town: Renee Zellweger stars at the most unappealing romantic comedy heroine ever. And poor Harry Connick Jr. is compelling by the overlords of cinema to fall in love with her. [Amazon U.S.] [preorder at Amazon U.K.] green light (definitely check it out): Harlan Ellison: Dreams with Sharp … more…
The nicest monster movie ever…
It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time to remake an 80s classic TV show or movie with an all-new cast. This week we’re stretching the timeline a bit to feature The Three Stooges, the mid-20th-century vaudeville act whose short films ensured their spot in the pop culture hall of fame as the poster boys for … more…
It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time to remake an 80s classic TV show or movie with an all-new cast. This week: Taxi, the 1978-83 ABC-then-NBC sitcom about New York City cab drivers and their abusive dispatcher. (If you have a suggestion for an 80s TV show or movie we should play with, feel free … more…
Out February 2 in Region 2: • RocknRolla [buy at Amazon U.K.]. From my green light review: Guy Ritchie would surprise us if he surprised us. RocknRolla, his latest mockney crime caper, is exactly what you expect it to be, if you saw his Snatch or Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. Hell, it’s exactly … more…
The historical context probably is the best way in which to appreciate this hit-or-miss collection of sight gags, wordplay, and middle-class angst…
I’ve been seesawing with myself on Street Kings since… well, since I was sitting in the screening room watching it. It’s not an easy movie to recommend — I can’t honestly be totally gung-ho on it — but it’s not an easy movie to dismiss, either.
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