Scientology auditions for Mrs. Tom Cruise (and other adventures in social networking)
Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
Roger Ebert
question of the day: Can a movie be great if it’s boring?
If you feel a movie can be great even if it’s boring, which films fit into this category?
question of the day: Do movies matter anymore?
It’s impossible to imagine anyone in the 1960s instructing us to turn our brains off when we go to the movies. Now, that’s all we hear, because even on the rare occasion when a movie has something significant to say, hardly anyone wants to bother with that aspect…
cool viral video for Alien prequel Prometheus… (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
question of the day: Has the Academy just made it too difficult for documentaries to qualify for the Oscars?
Should the critics at The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times be the gatekeepers for an awards organization they aren’t members of?
question of the day: Is there room for film criticism on TV anymore?
Roger Ebert says At the Movies must end unless financial backing can be found. How much should we worry that its end means the end of intelligent criticism on TV?
what happens when all film critics are amateurs?
Do you think my writing has improved over the life of this site? I think it has… dramatically. That’s because I’m writing all the time. I’d like to continue to do so.
on the origin of species (of Cars and Autobots)
It’s perfectly obvious that the Transformers are a more evolutionarily advanced species that has its genetic roots in Pixar’s Cars.
question of the day: Should we — films critics and movie lovers alike — include TV movies when we talk about the best movies of the year?
The movie lover in me cheers at the proposition: Hoorah! Let’s celebrate all good movies wherever they appear. But the film critic in me despairs: Damn, I can’t keep up with the theatrical releases, and now I gotta make it a point to see all the major TV-movie premieres, too?
Alex Pettyfer slams Hollywood; big ‘Harry Potter’ spoiler in trailer; Hollywood gender gap still gapping; more: leftover links
Plus: Atlas Shrugged producer gives up on sequels, unless he hasn’t…
