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In my day, the great debate was “Star Wars or Star Trek”? Today it appears to be “Harry Potter or Twilight”? (Openminded and ecumenical fans have always known that there was no need to choose, that there is always plenty of passion to spread around.) The half-not-kidding jokes about Your Favorite TV Show or Movie … more…
I’m starting to wonder if all the handwringing over Inception — is it the greatest movie ever? is it a con? what does it all mean? — is actually a reaction to the idea that it looks like, maybe, Christopher Nolan has never made a bad movie. He’s had a string of films now — … more…
People walked on the moon, 41 years ago today for the first time. Walked on the moon. It sounds like science fiction, but it’s history. Forty-years-gone history. Outside the living memory of many, many people now alive (including me, who wouldn’t make her debut on the planet till a month after Neil Armstrong’s famous first … more…
An interesting tidbit from the estimated weekend box office numbers: Though Inception had an excellent opening weekend — earning around $60.4 million (the actual numbers will be in this afternoon) — it earned that from a smallish slice of the potential audience, according to the Los Angeles Times: The highest-ever opening for a film not … more…
As I attempt to figure out just what I can do to keep all of you already here coming back for more while, at the same time, bringing in lots and lots of new readers — this is a necessity, I’m afraid — I thought it might be instructive to hear from you what else … more…
Inception has finally arrived, and now we’ll see if audiences feel the same way about it as critics do: reviews range from pretty good to rapturous, with only a few detractors (and not just Armond White, either!) But I’ve been noticing a particular tenor in the predictions of how audiences may react that I find … more…
Today’s question comes from reader Paul: This came up between me and my friends waiting to watch The Last Airbender. This was late last night and a lot of the reviews and online complaints were in, so we knew it was going to be a pretty bad film. But it got us thinking: “When was … more…
I thought the IHOP/Despicable Me connection was a tenuous one — you may have seen the ads on American TV in which little yellow blobby Minions are chowing down on pancakes — but even if IHOP is disgusting, at least there’s something endlessly cute about watching Minions do anything. But MasterCard prepaid credit cards featuring … more…
Despicable Me seems to have captured the public imagination at the moment, opening to an astonishing $60 million-plus this weekend, far beyond the most generous predictions on Friday. It seems, perhaps, that audiences were indeed hungry for something fresh and original. With supervillainy on my mind, then, this morning, here’s a question for you: If … more…
Mark the date. Or not. On August 27 of this very year, you will have the distinct honor of being able — or not — of paying your 20 bucks/15 quid or so and being graced with eight whole extra minutes of Avatar. In 3D only! Because that’s how you rack up the most box … more…
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