cinematic roots of: ‘Megamind’
In Megamind, Will Ferrell’s big-headed blue alien genius supervillain takes on Brad Pitt’s annoyingly ultragood Metro Man one last time. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
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Megamind (review)
I like superhero stories that play with the tropes… and if such a story can take us to new places within a genre that seems like it must be totally played out by now, even better still. It turns out that Megamind is, in fact, just that kind of movie.
wtf: ‘The Other Guys’ insults Wall Street, which is nothing but kind and noble and beneficient
About those ‘Other Guys’ closing credits…
cinematic roots of: ‘The Other Guys’
In *The Other Guys,* Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg are ordinary NYPD detectives trying to move out of the shadow of two superstar detectives, while also trying not to kill each other. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
‘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…
The Other Guys movie review: cops and bunglers
It’s all absurd and overblown and — most importantly — consistently so through to the end.
question of the day: What do you think about the Razzie nominations?
Following up on yesterday’s QOTD about the Oscar nominations: What do you think about the Razzie nominations? Highlights from the noms for the “Berry Worst ‘Achievements’ in Film” in 2009 — which were also announced yesterday — include (links go to my reviews): Worst Picture All About Steve G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Land … more…
September 25: 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 just gotta sing, gotta dance, gotta get a B in algebra so you can get into Julliard. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on … more…
watch it: “Protect Insurance Companies PSA”
Will Ferrell, Jon Hamm, Masi Oka, and others bring the heartfelt snark: Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell via MoveOn.org via my pal Bonnie
July 10: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
Who has time to go to the movies, darling, when there’s all those fashion shows to attend and fabulous celebrities to stalk? But did you know that DVDs are for more than porn? Ich had no idea. So instead of the disgusting multiplex, where it’s all proles and unfabulous people anyway, you can stay in … more…
