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I’m certainly giving my Kindle a workout, and expect that I will read more classic novels this year than I have recently, because it’s so easy to find and download good e-versions of them… and because I’m feeling a little guilty about selling and giving away so many books…
Please don’t tell me that she’s going to be a dwarf who, halfway through Mirkwood, reveals she’s actually Thorin Oakenshield’s teenage daughter who disobeyed Dad when he told her she couldn’t come along on his quest…
I’ve been astonished when I’ve traveled outside the U.S. how easily ordinary, mainstream, comparatively unadventurous consumers of media are able to digest the output of cultures beyond their own. The majority Americans seem unable or unwilling to do that. But why?
Smith wants his fans to pay $60 to see his new movie, Red State, in order to support independent filmmaking and independent distribution. Could any movie possibly be worth that, even to Smith’s legions of fans?
I’m surprised — in the most pleasant way — by all the love for Winter’s Bone. It’s a great film, but a tough one, and it’s not usually the kind of movie that gets this much attention from the Academy…
It’s worth noting that the U.K. version of Skins is about to debut its fifth series this week, and the country is, for the most part, still standing. I have seen no wild gangs of feral teenagers, those who were not protected from Skins, roaming the streets, mugging dogs and harrassing old ladies…
Imagine that money is not an object. Immigration hassles are not an issue. Your other obligations — to family, to work — are taken care of to the degree you’d like them to be taken care of (perhaps you’d like to run away from your job and your spouse! or perhaps you want to take them with you). Where would you go?
I’ve just posted my worst-of list for 2010 — it’s here — so now it’s your turn. Don’t worry whether you saw only 5 new theatrical releases of 2010, or 500. Just share with us the most unpleasant, dumbest, or otherwise awfulest experience you had of a new film this past year.
I would have preferred someone who’s proven she’s capable of showing a dark side, like perhaps Rachel Weisz (who apparently had been lobbying for the role) or Rebecca Hall. What do you think?
Senator Al Franken calls it “an awful development for those of us who care about media consolidation”…
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