The Vow (review)
So it turns out that perhaps the most awesome thing ever to happen to sappy shitty romantic flicks is brain damage. It makes sense! These movies are already brain-dead 95 percent of time anyway…
Nicholas Sparks
The Vow (trailer)
Not based, surprisingly, on a Nicolas Sparks novel. It only wishes it were…
trailer break: ‘Letters to Juliet’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… It was while watching this trailer that I suddenly realized what I’ve been doing wrong all my life, why I’m tragically still Not Married at the advanced age of 40. It’s because I’ve actually been living and enjoying myself and not settling for Mr. Good Enough… because, … more…
The Last Song (review)
Damn you, Greg Kinnear, for making me cry over *The Last Song*…
March 31-April 2: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but you can’t remember where you hid all those Easter eggs and you’ve gotten find ’em before they start to stink. But you can have a multiplex-like experience from the comfort of your own sofa with a collection of the right … more…
trailer break: ‘The Last Song’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Miley Cyrus and Nicholas Sparks? It’s a match made in an overly sweet diabetic coma! Is the rich Florida boyfriend dying of cancer? Is he about to go off to war? I’m trying to think of a situation that could be milked for more sappiness, but nothing’s … more…
North American box office: nothing can stop ‘Alice’
A quick look at last week’s box office as we head into the new weekend: 1. Alice in Wonderland: $34.2 million (3rd week; drops 46%) 2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: $22.1 million (NEW) 3. The Bounty Hunter: $20.7 million (NEW) 4. Repo Men: $6.13 million (NEW) 5. Green Zone: $6.11 million (2nd week; drops … more…
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…
Dear John (review)
Oh, it’s tragic, all right, what happens when lovers get separated by a war whipped up out of political bullshit.
my week at the movies: ‘Dear John,’ ‘Blood Done Sign My Name’
What? Young lovers? In love? With hugging and everything? Is there kissing? Oh no! So romantic! And then… war! What? Separated? Duty? Honor? *sob* Sacrifice? So sad! Won’t someone think of the lovers! Won’t someone think of the lovers! Man’s inhumanity to man! Slo-mo lovey-dovey on the beach! *sob* Dear John (opens in the U.S. … more…
