Long Shot movie review: not-so-radical romantic agenda
House of Cards as a satirical workplace comedy, with just a touch of rom-com thrown in to render it genuinely sweetly sexy. Theron and Rogen share palpable chemistry, both comic and romantic.
South Park
we’re a place now where trailers have alternate endings (and other adventures in social networking)
Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
question of the day: Is ‘South Park’s plagiarism apology plausible?
Could this really have been be an honest mistake? It’s hard to see how Stone and Parker ever imagined they’d get away with no one noticing, but it’s also hard not to see their actions here as sheer laziness and stupidity. But apparently they’re fine with us thinking they’re stupid…
watch it: “We’ve Got To Stop The Mosque At Ground Zero”
I wish I could honestly believe this is a parody by the *South Park* guys…
question of the day: Did Comedy Central do the right thing in censoring ‘South Park’?
South Park depicts Muhammad — allegedly — in a bear suit. (Turns out it was actually Santa disguised as a bear.) The organization Revolution Muslim threatens South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, suggesting that they will suffer the same fate as Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, who was murdered in 2004 over his … more…
August 7: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but you’re too busy cooking your way through Julia Child’s magnum opus and blogging about it to get out of the house. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone … more…
bias update
obsession: Hamlet; not any particular movie version of it, just the play itself… and every movie version of it (still more of my summer of David Tennant and Hamlet to come, and yes, I know it’s now autumn) boyfriend: Lee Pace in Pushing Daisies (cuz he’s just the cutest thing ever) psyched: Quantum of Solace … more…
Bowling for Columbine (review)
Michael Moore is pissed off. Not exactly a newsflash, I know, but nobody is as entertaining when he’s about to bust a gut as Moore is, so his rants are always cause for celebration. Though this may only be true if you’re predisposed to agree with the substance of his rants.
