Transformers Revenge of the Fallen

Rotten Tomatoes commenters are the best!

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I should never ever look at the comments people post on Rotten Tomatoes, but sometimes I simply cannot help myself. Here’s a delicious sampling of what RTers are saying in response to my review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen… or, more likely, in response to the tiny excerpt from my review that appears at … more…

trailer break: ‘Cold Souls’

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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Ah, it’s Downloading Paul Giamatti. Nice. “I can’t feel anything”? Wasn’t that the idea, dude, to get rid of that pesky thing that was making you think and feel and was causing all the angst and worry? Why, if you don’t think or feel anymore, you can … more…

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (review)

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Like the most totally awesome artifact ever of the end of the American empire, a preposterously perfect reflection of who we are: loud, obnoxious, sexist, racist, juvenile, unthinking, visceral, and violent… and in love with ourselves for it.

my week at the movies: ‘Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,’ ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,’ ‘Bruno,’ ‘Public Enemies, ‘The Hurt Locker,’ ‘Cold Souls,’ more

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If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook (or MySpace, but I may dump that soon), then you probably guessed that I attended one of the public sneak previews yesterday afternoon of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (opens in the U.S. and the U.K. on July 1), because you saw my post-screening quick-reaction tweet: … more…

opening in the U.K. June 19: ‘Year One,’ ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,’ ‘Miss March,’ ‘Away We Go,’ ‘Moon,’ more

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Year One: Oh god, there’s gonna be a sequel, isn’t there? Year Two? For the love of Brian, someone make it stop… Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: By the time I see this come Monday afternoon, its debut-weekend fate in the U.K. will already be known. Weird. [trailer] Miss March: Man, we are just dumping … more…

U.K. box office: ‘The Hangover’ hits Britain

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Though not quite as strongly as it did North America: 1. The Hangover: £3.19 million (NEW) 2. Terminator Salvation: £1.95 million (2nd week; drops 72%) 3. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: £1.08 million (4th week; drops 55%) 4. Drag Me to Hell: £.53 million (3rd week; drops 53%) 5. Angels & Demons: … more…

trailer break: ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’

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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh my goodness, Michael Bay does love blowing shit up, don’t he? Unexplained markings in ancient ruins all around the world? Michael Bay wants to make Raiders of the Lost Ark, methinks. With lots of shit blowing up, of course. I don’t like to spectulate about man … more…