quick list: five great Jeff Goldblum performances
I remember when Jeff Goldblum used to be the *star* of movies…
Switch
on my radar: opening 08.18-20.10 in U.S. and Canadian theaters
‘You got your sperm in my uterus!’ ‘No, I got my sperm in this little cup here. *You* got my sperm in your uterus.’ It’s the charming romantic comedy you’ve been waiting for!
‘Inception’ attacks ‘X-Men: First Class’; pushing back against 3D; Lisbeth Salander does not eat pray love; 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…
my week at the movies: ‘Micmacs,’ ‘Date Night,’ ‘The Secret in Their Eyes,’ ‘Mother and Child’
Micmacs (now playing in the U.K. and available to preorder on Region 2 DVD; opens in the U.S. and Canada on May 28), in which French comedian Dany Boon is a guy with a bullet in his head on a quest to destroy the weapons manufacturer who made the bullet. It’s from Jean-Pierre Jeunet — … more…
trailer break: ‘The Back-up Plan’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I’ve always said that when I got around to writing my “what if I got myself artificially knocked up just before I met the man of my dreams” rom-com, I would be sure to include a scene in which a crippled dog chews up the preggers testing … more…
trailer break: ‘The Switch’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Honey, I Fathered the Kid? Hilarious and charming! What woman wouldn’t be won over to discover that the superstud she thought had inseminated her is actually the neurotic Nice Guy(TM) who could never be bothered to let her know that he “has feelings” for her? It’s every … more…
