Stephanie Zacharek laid off by Movieline (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
Movieline
question of the day: What do you think of the Katniss Everdeen Barbie?
Would you buy it? For yourself? For a little girl or boy?
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) (trailer)
Oh, I’m sure the movie is thoroughly disgusting, inhumane, and pointless. But what’s sorta more disgusting is all the oneupmanship going on over the promotion of it.
question of the day: Are stories about racism automatically racist if told through the eyes of white characters?
If the Association of Black Women Historians thinks The Help is racist, aren’t I just demonstrating my own white privilege by insisting that it isn’t?
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (“leaked” redband trailer)
This showed up online over the holiday weekend, ostensibly a pirated version shot in a movie theater. Movieline calls it Sony being sneaky…
question of the day: Should we — films critics and movie lovers alike — include TV movies when we talk about the best movies of the year?
The movie lover in me cheers at the proposition: Hoorah! Let’s celebrate all good movies wherever they appear. But the film critic in me despairs: Damn, I can’t keep up with the theatrical releases, and now I gotta make it a point to see all the major TV-movie premieres, too?
question of the day: Does the world need Seth McFarlane’s ‘Flintstones’ reboot?
Because, you know, the world has been absolutely clamoring for a Seth McFarlane reboot of The Flintstones. Our long national nightmare of McFarlane-Flintstone-lessness is finally over!
question of the day: What is a fireable offense for a film critic?
What does it take to get fired from a job writing film criticism? Elvis Mitchell — just booted from Movieline — may run the gamut. Or not…
tres cool: Justin Long is a nice guy
Critic writes mean things about actor. Actor reads those mean things aloud on a talk show. Mortified critic posts insightful, soul-searching essay to the Web about why being mean is part of the job. Actor responds in comments, nicely and politely…
