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So, dish: What was your favorite moment of last night’s Oscars? Could be a dress, could be a speech, could be a particular winner (or loser), could be when you won your office pool. I highlighted some of my favorites here, but if I had to pick a favorite favorite, it might be “realizing that … more…
The next-up Doctor Who special, “Planet of the Dead,” has recently been shooting in the Arab emirate of Dubai. Why? According to show producer Tracie Simpson: The locations in Dubai are a perfect match for writer Russell T Davies’s vision of the episode and we expect to film some incredible scenes while we are here. … more…
This suggestion for a QOTD came in from reader Patrick before I posted yesterday’s trailer for Law and Order: UK. But that coincidence only reinforces the necessity of the question itself. The question: What is the enduring appeal of the Law and Order franchise? I think it’s an especially interesting question to ask because L&O … more…
Earlier this week, Patrick Goldstein at his Los Angeles Times blog wondered “What happened to the fabled ‘Oscar bounce’?” In the midst of a tremendous box office boom, the films nominated for Oscars have not benefitted — in fact, they’re being all but overlooked by moviegoers, for the most part. Writes Goldstein: Here’s one perspective … more…
This Sunday’s Los Angeles Times ran a story with this disturbing headline and blurb: Publicists for octuplets’ mother quit over death threats Brentwood couple say they received threatening e-mails and phone calls soon after they began representing Nadya Suleman and set up a website for her. I say “disturbing” because, of course: death threats? Cripes. … more…
I haven’t seen Confessions of a Shopaholic, which opened on Friday in North American theaters, but apparently it’s just as offensive as it looks: Not only is it an unfunny movie shrilly told, it probably is the most ill-timed and appallingly insulting movie in recent memory. How could any studio be so out of touch … more…
A group of fans in Buenos Aires have started an online petition to convince Warner Bros. to retire the character of the Joker from film, in honor of the late Heath Ledger. At the petition site, Heath, The Ultimate Joker, the organizers explain themselves: Can you imagine the super human efforts film companies would have … more…
Today is Darwin Day, the anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin… and this year is a biggie: it’s 200 years since he was born. In honor of the man and his paradigm-shattering breakthrough in biological science, today’s question: What scientific discipline would you like to see explored more on film? We’ve seen lots of … more…
A followup to yesterday’s question about scary movies: What setting would you like to see a horror movie take place in? Could be a location you’ve never seen a horror movie set in, or a kind of place that’s underutilized. Me, I’d like to see more scary movies in urban settings. It’s always the lonely … more…
No explanation needed: What’s the scariest movie you’ve ever seen? Mine is Threads, the 1983 British TV movie about an all-out global nuclear war. It’s so horrifyingly straightforward that it still gives me nightmares… and at the time that I saw it, in the 80s (it aired on PBS in the States), it was something … more…
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