Swinging with the Finkels (trailer)
I love that there are jokes about breast milk, sex toys, and intense mortification right in the trailer. This is gonna be so much fun…
Martin Freeman
‘The Hobbit’ really is happening, finally
Seeing Jackson’s love and enthusiasm for the project in his first video blog, it’s hard to imagine that the film was ever going to happen without him as director…
Wild Target (review)
If you didn’t get enough of Rupert Grint and Bill Nighy in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows or just need a dose of goofy British-flavored comedy — offhand, self-deprecating, and coming in equal doses of light and black — don’t miss this.
‘Sherlock’ debuts on PBS on Sunday
Benedict Cumberbatch is the sexiest high-functioning sociopath ever, and Martin Freeman is a Watson to be reckoned with. Instead of telegrams and monographs it’s all texts and blogs, but the best way to get around this 21st-century Holmes’ London is still by cab.
Martin Freeman IS Bilbo Baggins…
…but Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield? I hope they don’t bury that gorgeous face of his under mountains of latex…
Martin Freeman is not Bilbo; Apple takes over Twitter; ‘The Dark Tower’ is a go; more: leftover links
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…
because there’s nary a dentist to be found in England…
Tom Charity, in his review of Valentine’s Day at CNN.com, makes the comparison that everyone is making: it’s an American version of Love Actually. It’s a totally fair criticism, but the way he does it is stupid, lazy, and just plain unfactual: The reality is forgettable, something like a Robert Altman movie without the calories, … more…
Love Actually (review)
You know me. You know I hate romantic comedies, mostly. You know I think they tend to be phony, they tend to show off the worst sides of both men and women, and they tend to be neither romantic nor comedic. So you gotta be suspecting that a film billed as ‘the ultimate romantic comedy’ would have me running screaming in opposite direction as if my life depending upon escape.
