“why is Netflix secretly cropping movies?” [updated]
WTF, Netflix? This ain’t right…
Passion of the Christ
fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Feb 09-15 2013
Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me)…
question of the day: What holidays lacking horror movies should get them… and in what form?
Today is Good Friday, and there hasn’t been a Good Friday horror movie, unless we count The Passion of the Christ…
deep thought (re Mel Gibson)
I am profoundly unsurprised to find that the man who directed The Jesus Chainsaw Massacre is a racist and a misogynist.
North American box office: ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ back at No. 1
And new releases fail to engage: 1. How to Train Your Dragon: $15.4 million 2. The Back-up Plan: $12.2 million (NEW) 3. Date Night: $10.5 million (3rd week; drops 37%) 4. The Losers: $9.4 million (NEW) 5. Kick-Ass: $9.3 million (2nd week; drops 53%) actual numbers, not estimates Ugh. It was ugly out there this … more…
trailer break: ‘Creation’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I’m so looking forward to seeing this movie, and it looks like I’ll get my chance: the film has finally been picked up for U.S. distribution by Newmarket Films, after a period during which no one would touch it. As the Telegraph explained back on September 11: … more…
Year One (review)
Thanks so much, everyone involved in *Year One,* for setting back the noble causes of blasphemy, rational thinking, and humanism about a century.
trailer break: ‘Year One’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Holy moviola, can you see it? Writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky sat around, probably stoned out of their minds, going, “No no, wait! It’s the Book of Genesis meets Spartacus! No no, wait! It’s Quest for Fire meets Life of Brian! No no, wait! It’s The … more…
Ben Domenech and me: fun fun fun
The Washington Post’s discredited right-wing blogger stole from me, the wanker…
best production design of 2004 (plus some other bests and worsts of the year)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN (encompassing production design, costumes, and makeup) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou I usually favor invented worlds when picking the year’s best production work… and maybe I’ve done that here, too. Steve Zissou’s universe feels like it’s a baby step off skew with our own — the colors just a tad flat, … more…
