The Crazies (review)
Surprisingly thoughtful — yet not quite thoughtful enough…
Month: February 2010
trailer break: ‘Remember Me’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Really? Should we just write, right here, the scene at the end of the second act in which Emilie de Ravin discovers that Robert Pattinson was arrested by her father and she’s heartbroken because it means that he was only using her to get to her dad, … more…
question of the day: Who should get paid $38 million to be a judge on ‘American Idol’?
I don’t pretend to understand why audiences find the modern Gong Show freak show American Idol so enthralling, so I don’t even know where to begin thinking about this bit of news. According to a scoop at Deadline Hollywood, the rumor that Howard Stern would be replacing Simon Cowell as a judge on that show … more…
Cop Out (review)
Shame on Silent Bob. I realize that times is tough and everyone’s gotta make a living, and that that’s probably why Kevin Smith agreed to direct a big-budget studio buddy action comedy. But shame on him anyway.
watch it: 1950s Shaeffer pen commercial
These kids today, with their sharkskin jackets and their snorkle pens… That’s Vivian Vance, from I Love Lucy. Who else would you trust to sell you snorkle pens?
‘Tales of the Gold Monkey’ coming to DVD in June!
Aviation! Romance! Adventure! Leather jackets! Alcoholism as an adorable character flaw! Fun for all! It lasted only one season on ABC in 1982-3, but Tales of the Gold Monkey has stuck in my brain as one of the predominant inspirations of the television of my childhood. Because it was a cash-in of the box office … more…
U.K. box office: And ‘Avatar’ is back at the top
And kiddie flicks do very well indeed: 1. Avatar: £2.8 million 2. The Princess and the Frog: £1.7 million (3rd week in wide release; up 15%) 3. The Lovely Bones: £1.637 million (NEW) 4. Valentine’s Day: £1.583 million (2nd week; drops 58%) 5. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief: £1.487 million (2nd week; … more…
trailer break: ‘A Prophet (Un Prophète)’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to be a half-Arab, half-Corsican gangster in a French prison… But I kid one of this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Foreign Language film. A Prophet (Un Prophète) is now playing in the U.K.; it opens in the U.S. … more…
question of the day: Should Kevin Smith — or any filmmaker — leave “the personality stuff” out of his films?
From the same MTV article whence came the Kevin Smith quote that formed the core of yesterday’s QOTD about the Southewest Airlines debacle comes a completely unrelated quote from the filmmaker that struck me. About his latest movie, Smith says: “[‘Cop Out’] has nothing to say itself; it’s a popcorn movie,” he explained. “Let me … more…
caption this! image from ‘Ca$h’
Fun for Wednesdays! We look at an image from an upcoming movie or TV show and write snarky, witty, or otherwise entertaining captions for it. No prizes, it’s just for fun. It’s a funny lookin’ sort of cell phone, ain’t it?: The filmmakers tell us about the movie: CA$H is a quirky psychological thriller that … more…
