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curated: Emma Thompson’s powerful #MeToo letter to Skydance re John Lasseter’s “second chance”

Tue Feb 26 2019, 01:04pm | 0 comments

curated: LA, NYC, Boston and Nat’l film critics boycott Disney films in year-end awards

Tue Nov 07 2017, 12:32pm | 1 comment

CHiPs movie review: they promised chip would happen, and it did

CHiPs movie review: they promised chip would happen, and it did

Mon Mar 27 2017, 10:22pm | 17 comments

theater critic sees a few films, figures that’s basis enough to trash film critics

Sat Feb 22 2014, 04:43pm | 2 comments

Paramount kills celluloid

Tue Jan 21 2014, 08:39pm | 13 comments

Lianne Spiderbaby plagiarized my review of Turn Me On, Dammit! (final update)

Lianne Spiderbaby plagiarized my review of Turn Me On, Dammit! (final update)

Sun Jul 21 2013, 11:12pm | 232 comments

how in the name of all that is decent can we fix the Grumpy Cat movie?

how in the name of all that is decent can we fix the Grumpy Cat movie?

Mon Jun 03 2013, 10:39am | 7 comments

all movie news is inside-baseball now

Wed Mar 20 2013, 03:50pm | 0 comments

question of the day: Why do we consider animated movies to be kiddie flicks or “for families”?

Wed Dec 12 2012, 10:05am | 0 comments

question of the day: Which fictional character would you like to dress like?

Tue Nov 06 2012, 10:29am | 1 comment

we now have the plot for Indiana Jones 5 (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri Sep 28 2012, 11:44pm | 0 comments

question of the day: Is the NC-17 rating doomed?

Mon Aug 20 2012, 10:24am | 0 comments

question of the day: What does it mean for TV that its pioneers are now mostly gone?

Thu Jul 05 2012, 10:20am | 0 comments

question of the day: Is 500 episodes of The Simpsons too many?

Mon Feb 20 2012, 08:42am | 0 comments

question of the day: Has the Academy just made it too difficult for documentaries to qualify for the Oscars?

Tue Jan 10 2012, 10:31am | 0 comments

question of the day: If you had to pay for your own 3D glasses, would that change your decision to see a 3D movie?

Thu Sep 29 2011, 11:43am | 0 comments

question of the day: What movie are you most looking forward to in Autumn 2011?

Mon Sep 12 2011, 11:26am | 0 comments

‘Apollo 18’: not screened for critics, and not approved by NASA — connection?

Thu Sep 01 2011, 09:57pm | 0 comments

shocking news: Hollywood hates women, chases them out of TVland

Wed Aug 24 2011, 12:36pm | 0 comments

question of the day: Is the biggest Memorial Day weekend ever a reboot for in-the-doldrums Hollywood, or just a blip on the radar?

Tue May 31 2011, 11:06am | 0 comments

blame Twitter for Wil Wheaton’s nonblogging; ‘Shit My Dad Says’ shitcanned; Catherine Tate may take over ‘The Office’; more: leftover links

Sun May 22 2011, 10:46pm | 0 comments

question of the weekend: How have you prepared for the Rapture?

Sat May 21 2011, 09:12am | 0 comments

question of the day: How do you chose which movies and TV shows to watch?

Fri Mar 11 2011, 09:15am | 0 comments

wtf: Egyptian government shuts down Internet access in Egypt

Fri Jan 28 2011, 09:30am | 0 comments

reality TV hates women; pirates love ‘Lost’ and ‘Heroes’; Kevin Smith announces career makeover; more: leftover links

Sun Jan 02 2011, 12:23pm | 0 comments

question of the day: Why are there no Christmas movies this year?

Mon Dec 13 2010, 10:42am | 0 comments

trailer break: ‘Flipped’

Thu Aug 12 2010, 01:11pm | 2 comments

question of the day: Has Hollywood ruined Comic Con?

Thu Jul 22 2010, 11:26am | 6 comments

question of the day: Why is ‘Inception’ appealing to younger audiences?

Mon Jul 19 2010, 10:33am | 16 comments

question of the day: What about those last images in Lost of the crashed plane on the beach?

Wed May 26 2010, 12:05pm | 15 comments

you’re not helping: ‘Prince of Persia’ and ‘The Last Airbender’ not really whitewashes, Hollywood insists

Tue May 25 2010, 04:21pm | 59 comments

question of the day: Is there a last-minute guerrilla campaign against ‘The Hurt Locker’?

Wed Mar 03 2010, 11:11am | 2 comments

question of the day: How could the Oscar telecast draw more viewers?

Thu Feb 11 2010, 09:55am | 3 comments

North American box office: guess who got a trip to Pandora for Christmas?

Tue Dec 29 2009, 10:14pm | 0 comments

Women in Trouble (review)

Fri Nov 13 2009, 03:33pm | 13 comments

question of the day: Is America ready for ‘Doctor Who’?

Wed Nov 04 2009, 11:25am | 76 comments

North American box office: ‘Couples Retreat’ to paradise

Mon Oct 12 2009, 09:58pm | 0 comments

girls at Comic Con! yuck!

Mon Jul 13 2009, 10:28am | 26 comments

question of the day: Whom do we blame for the Michael Jackson overload?

Mon Jul 06 2009, 11:38am | 7 comments

question of the day: How come so many people don’t understand the purpose of film criticism?

Wed Jul 01 2009, 12:05pm | 38 comments

North American box office: ‘Up’ down, gets a headache from ‘The Hangover’

Tue Jun 09 2009, 12:31pm | 2 comments

question of the day: Is ‘Watchmen’’s male nudity a problem for the film?

Thu Mar 12 2009, 11:30am | 54 comments

North American box office: everyone’s watching the ‘Watchmen’

Tue Mar 10 2009, 02:24pm | 0 comments

‘Watchmen’’s opening weekend: $55.7 million (estimated)

Mon Mar 09 2009, 11:32am | 5 comments

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