Man of Steel review: man of feel
Towers with ambition, swelled by sweeping philosophies about power and presence on scales both planetary and personal, beautifully balanced by a wellspring of wry tragedy.
Kevin Costner
Man of Steel (teaser trailers)
Two teaser trailers. Because, hey, why not get the fanboys doing some homework a year in advance of the movie. Let ’em go crazy trying to figure out what’s different between the two.
female gazing at: Bradley Cooper
Because even though The Hangover Part II sucks and I totally want to punch Bradley Cooper’s Phil in the face, he’s still so obscenely gorgeous to look at…
female gazing extra: “Men in Film”
A hundred years of handsome Hollywood hotties, from Douglas Fairbanks Sr. to George Clooney, in three and a half minutes…
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (review)
It’s sort of adorable and sort of terrifying to look at Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and see the ultimate 80s icon of sharky, sociopathic greed — Gordon Gekko — reduced to an object of quaint amusement, for both the characters onscreen and for us in the viewing audience.
female gazing at: Kevin Costner
Yesterday’s female-gazing at Gary Cooper made me think: Wow, Gary Cooper really kinda looks like Kevin Costner, doesn’t he? Or, the other way around, actually, since Costner came second. The thing about Costner is, he really is the embodiment of the evil of Hollywood. Because he has appeared in some seriously shitty movies — hello, … more…
watch it: 1980s Apple ad (with Kevin Costner!)
Wow. I don’t remember this at all:
February 5: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, except you’re busy writing long, flowery letters to the love of your life, who’s on the other side of the planet somewhere where there’s no Internet access. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the … more…
January 15: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, except the apocalypse has arrived, and you’ll be busy protecting your books from rampaging hoards of desperate readers. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, … more…
July 1-3: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We all know how it is. You’d like to get out to see a new movie this weekend, but all those fireworks aren’t gonna shoot themselves off, and there’s too many hot dogs to be eaten, anyway. But you can have something close to that blockbuster experience on the road with the proper application of … more…
