Cloud Atlas (review)
Insanely grand… My god, I love this movie. It’s every movie. It’s the ultimate movie.
Jim Broadbent
Arthur Christmas movie review: sufficiently advanced Christmas magic
Is there sweet? Absolutely. But it is cut with funny: sometimes wicked, sometimes manic, often hysterical, always clever funny. And a whole lotta poignant, too.
question of the day: What’s your favorite single thing about ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’?
There’s been a lot of nitpicking at the details — and the missing details — of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which is to be expected when so much of the book inevitably has been omitted from the film, and so many fans are deeply involved in both the book and film series. But … more…
trailer break: ‘The Young Victoria’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oooo, sexy: flirting over a chessboard. Looks like a pretty luscious love story. No wonder Victoria put the whole country into mourning for half a century when Albert died… Interesting choice, Emily Blunt for the lead. She’s so funny and so spritely — that’s not exactly what … more…
Blackadder’s Christmas Carol (review)
Okay, so it’s not a movie. But Blackadder’s Christmas Carol is my favorite variation on the beloved Charles Dickens story of one man’s dramatic change of heart. Remember, though, dear reader, to take into account that I am a heartless bitch — anyone with an ounce of sentiment will be thoroughly appalled by this entirely mean-spirited black comedy.
