“”This Is 40” is an oddly self-indulgent movie about people who’s problems have nothing to do with their age.” There are mild spoilers, so if you have not seen the film, please consider seeing it before reading. Growing up, my family used to watch shows like “Dynasty,” Falcon’s Crest” and “Flamingo Road;” stories about very […]
This morning, I decided to see how much Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” cost to produce. Box Office Mojo didn’t list its production costs, but with a modicum of searching I learned that the budget was probably around $250 million (most of which you can see on screen). Now, my whining comes in […]
Gossip Cop has a trailer for Joseph Kosinski’s upcoming “Oblivion,” and I am not sure how I feel about it from a design standpoint, which is interesting, because Kosinski’s has a pretty strong esthetic sense, if “Tron: Legacy” was any indication. Thanks to Gossip Cop for the foreign language trailer that I linked to above, […]
I suspect I know the answer to the question above even before I wrote it, but part of me refuses to believe that a movie based upon Gerry Anderson’s “UFO” is probably not going to happen. Sure, there’s been no news for almost a year now–the site has been live for a bit over two–but […]
As anyone reading this blog on anything approaching a regular basis has probably noticed, I am a fan of Kickstarter. For those coming late to the party, Kickstarter is a way for creative types to get financing for their projects. Kickstarter gives you the chance to support projects you genuinely interested in seeing, reading, or […]
I am not a huge Doctor Who fan, though on occasion I did watch some of the Tom Baker episodes. I hindsight I probably wasn’t more into the good Doctor because, like most British series of the time, the quality of the special effects and sets were usually bad (they did the best with what […]
I normally don’t write about politics, and have no intention of changing that trend. That’s not the same thing as saying that I don’t care, or have a point of view, which is why I am watching the election results on NBC, via Rawstory.com. Currently President Obama is just under six hundred votes behind Mitt […]
Why would anyone pay for Hulu Plus? I don’t necessarily mean that in a disparaging way–because, while Netflix may have more films, they lag in the amount of television series available for viewing–but it’s less a question of content, than commercials. You see, if you were to get Hulu Plus–which is supposedly somehow better than […]
If tears don’t threaten at any point during “Paperman” (the Disney short that airs before the feature) or “Wreck-It Ralph” you’re made of stone. A few minutes ago I was trying to explain Disney’s “Wreck-It Ralph” to my sister, who has three children, two of them younger than five. Despite enjoying the movie myself, I would not recommend it to […]
I like Joss Whedon (which is a little odd–and mildly creepy–since I have never met the man). He not only can direct kick-arse action films (“Serenity,” “The Avengers”) but he also has this snarky way toward responding to events around him that’s refreshing, especially in these days of self-important commentators that are more about telling […]
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