watch it: Marine shames 30 NYPD cops in Times Square (Occupy Wall Street)
Some of those young cops looks ashamed. As they should.
New York City
watch it: 19th Raindance Film Festival ad
Unlike the weird “sexy” ad I bitched about the other day, this is clever, subversive, and not sexist…
The Art of Getting By (review)
Let me get this straight: we’re supposed to cheer on a spoiled, overprivileged private-school brat when he gets coddled and overindulged yet again?
question of the weekend: How are you dealing with — or avoiding — the 9/11 anniversary?
In a way I’m glad I’m not in New York this week: the 9/11 remembrances and retrospectives have been painful enough on this side of the Atlantic, and I can only imagine that the looking-back is even more intense in the city where some of the events of that day happened.
the end is nigh! Hurricane Irene shuts down Film Forum in NYC!
I’m so glad I’m in London at the moment, where we only have to worry about riots, not the cinemas shutting down.
watch it: Ryan Gosling breaks up a street fight in NYC’s East Village
Guys fighting in the middle of Astor Place over… something. Ryan Gosling swoops in and breaks it up. But it gets even better…
watch it: “Say Something Nice”
Improv Everywhere is at it again.
Torchwood: Miracle Day: Episode 7: “Immortal Sins” (review)
Seven episodes into this ten-episode Torchwoodpalooza, it finally feels just a little bit like Proper Torchwood. Just a little bit. And just for a few minutes.
question of the day: Does ‘Captain America’ blackwash history?
Black soldiers did not fight alongside white soldiers in the U.S. Army in World War II. But you wouldn’t know that by looking at Captain America: The First Avenger…
The Smurfs (review)
Incontinence — as the result of either as-yet untrained bowels or a terrible adult affliction — is presumed to be a major concern for the viewer here.
