The Great Dictator (retro trailer)
If you’re tempted to complain that Sacha Baron Cohen’s upcoming The Dictator is in bad taste, take a look at how Charlie Chaplin’s similar The Great Dictator was promoted back in 1940…
Sacha Baron Cohen
watch it: General Aladeen — aka Sacha Baron Cohen — dumps the ashes of “Kim Jong Il” onto Ryan Seacrest
On the Oscars red carpet last night.
Sacha Baron Cohen responds — ingeniously — in character to his booting from the Oscars (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
the MPAA’s preciousness strikes again (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
The Dictator (trailer)
I wonder if Sacha Baron Cohen has chosen a tough subject for himself this time out: repressive regimes are already so far beyond satire…
Hugo (review)
Martin Scorsese made a 3D kids’ movie that’s about movies. That’s about the love of movies. And it’s steampunky and rollicking and features a cool girl character, too. How is it possible that I won’t love this movie?
Sacha Baron Cohen is ‘The Dictator’
God help me, I’m actually looking forward to this.
Roger Ebert hates 3D; is Sacha Baron Cohen worth $20 million?; Brits playing American; and more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
U.K. box office: it’s about all ‘Harry Potter,’ of course
A quick look at last weekend in the U.K. as we head into the new one: 1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: £19.8 million (NEW) 2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: £2.8 million (3rd week; drops 40%) 3. Bruno: £2.3 million (2nd week; drops 54%) 4. The Hangover: £.89 million 5. Transformers: Revenge … more…
U.K. box office: ‘Bruno’ is huge
A quick look at last weekend in the U.K. as we head into the new one: 1. Bruno: £5 million (NEW) 2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: £4.8 million (2nd week; drops 38%) 3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: £1.4 million (4th week; drops 35%) 4. The Hangover: £1.2 million 5. Public Enemies: £1 … more…
