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If anyone had asked you, a decade ago, to predict who would be the biggest star of 2010, you might have said Jim Carrey. Or Tom Hanks. Or Tom Cruise. They headlined the biggest movies of 2000, after all (respectively, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas — yes, that was the biggest movie of … more…
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…
First thing the Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes made me think? (Okay, second thing, after ‘Sexiest Holmes evah!’) ‘I have got to see Young Sherlock Holmes again.’
UPDATED: Winners are indicated with ♦s. I made informed guesses in 20 of the 24 categories; of those, I guessed 12 correctly. (Well, 13, really, except that in the animated short category in the original version of this page, I had both “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” and “Logorama” checked … more…
Any resemblance to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is entirely intentional: In this present day prequel, the robot invaders attack the Earth, forcing a small band of humans to seek refuge below the surface of the planet. Prequel? Prequel to what? Why, just-plain Transmorphers, from 2007, which it was devoutly hoped you would confuse with … more…
And it’s nowhere near done yet: 1. Avatar: £4.3 million 2. The Princess and the Frog: £2.2 million (NEW in wide release) 3. Astro Boy: £1.09 million (NEW) 4. Invictus: £1.07 million (NEW) 5. Sherlock Holmes: £.78 million (actual numbers, not estimates) After last weekend, Avatar is now officially the biggest movie ever in the … more…
Are you sick of hearing about Avatar yet? 1. Avatar: £4.9 million 2. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: £1.195 million 3. Edge of Darkness: £1.172 (NEW) 4. Sherlock Holmes: £1.149 million 5. It’s Complicated: £.84 million (4th week; drops 26%) (actual numbers, not estimates) Avatar was down only six percent last weekend in the … more…
obsession: Canadian TV (and film) (because I’m hungry for something new and good) boyfriend: Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes (sexiest Holmes ever) psyched: The Wolfman (because I adore Benicio Del Toro) girl crush: Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (because she’s too cool) dreading: Cop Out (why, Kevin Smith? why?) enemy: everyone connected … more…
This looks awfully familiar: 1. Avatar: £5.2 million 2. Sherlock Holmes: £1.6 million 3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: £1.5 million 4. Up in the Air: £1.2 million (2nd week; drops 7%) 5. It’s Complicated: £1.1 million (3rd week; drops 12%) (actual numbers, not estimates) Up in the Air and It’s Complicated switched positions, … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… In case you got confused and thought this was the Guy Ritchie movie, it isn’t. This is the Sherlock Holmes movie with dinosaurs. And robots. And steampunk battle armor. And sea monsters. And girls with guns. Well, that other Sherlock Holmes had girls with guns, too. Gee, … more…
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