White House Down review: I’d rather be in Philadelphia
It lifts an embarrassing number of beats from Die Hard… but Channing Tatum is no Bruce Willis.
Jake Weber
Ruby Sparks (review)
Ruby may be the most odious Manic Pixie Dream Girl ever, because she is a not-real woman, so we cannot even console ourselves with the notion that she has her own independent existence apart from Calvin.
trailer break: ‘The Haunting of Molly Hartley’
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… MTV Music Videos MTV Shows Entertainment News 1) I have sinned. 2) Usually I’m pretty good at flirting. 3) I can’t believe someone actually thought that line about what high school can be was worth running with. Unbelievable. 4) Who is named “Chace”? I mean, really. … more…
Dawn of the Dead movie review: dead again
So the lights go down and the movie starts and it’s like an assault. And my new friend Brian, who had been assuring me that I couldn’t possibly be more psyched to see this film than he was, he who had obviously made something of a hobby of zombie movies at some vulnerable point during his formative years — and it’s true; I had only seen the original Romero flick for the first time the day before — turns to me and asks plaintively, ‘I *wanted* to see this?’
