question of the day: What’s your most anticipated comic book movie of 2010?
Recently, the members of the Online Film Critics Society voted on which comic book movie slated for release in 2010 we’re most looking forward to. We chose from this list, which includes, as far as I...
View Articletrailer break: ‘Kick-Ass’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I understand why the geek community is very very very very very very psyched for this movie. I don’t see how this movie is much different from Mystery Men,...
View Articlequestion of the day: What movie are you most looking forward to in April?
As of this writing, 12 movies will open wide in North America in the month of April. Which means that even if you’re an active moviegoer and see a movie each week, you’ve still gotta pick and choose...
View Articlemy week at the movies: ‘Clash of the Titans,’ ‘The Last Song,’ ‘Kick-Ass’
My week at the movies is one-third over already: it’s a truncated week, what with Easter and Passover and kids’ spring break and all that stuff. There weren’t many screenings for me to choose from this...
View Articletrailer break: ‘The Greatest’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Carey Mulligan and Susan Sarandon and Pierce Brosnan? Nice. Yes, the boyfriend is Aaron Johnson, aka Kick-Ass. The Greatest opens in the U.S. and Canada on...
View Articlequestion of the day: Is the “controversy” over ‘Kick-Ass’ worth getting...
It started late last year, when the redband trailer for Kick-Ass debuted. Some fanboys appeared to find it hugely erotic to hear 11-year-old Chloe Moretz as Hit Girl say “cock” — which it kinda...
View ArticleJon Stewart loves Barbie; should government support the arts?; learning...
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....
View Articlewas out all day at screenings…
…and meeting the kids from Kick-Ass. Thought I’d have time in between to check email, post something, etc. No such luck. Hauled the laptop around all day for nothing. Such is the life of the...
View ArticleU.K. box office: ‘Titans’ and ‘Dragon’ lead a fantastical weekend
But 3D isn’t necessary to kick ass: 1. Clash of the Titans: £5.7 million (NEW) 2. How to Train Your Dragon: £4.8 million (NEW) 3. Kick-Ass: £3.9 million (NEW) 4. Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang: £2.6...
View Articleoh, for the love of Tim Berners-Lee…
You know what, dude? You can read our minds. We’re totally predictable. When you mention RedMist.org in your little Kick-Ass movie, you already know what 10 million geeks are going to do the minute...
View Articlequestion of the day: Who is your dream celebrity casting of a celebrity?
Confused? See, it’s like this: This week we learned that Rachel Weisz will play Jackie Kennedy in an upcoming movie by Darren Aronofsky about the first lady’s life just after her husband’s...
View ArticleKick-Ass (review)
Clearly, Dave Lizewski has never read *Watchmen,* or seen the movie... (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
View ArticleU.K. box office: ‘Titans’ drops big but clings to the top
And it’s deja vu for the rest of the top five: 1. Clash of the Titans: £2.4 million (2nd week; drops 57%) 2. How to Train Your Dragon: £1.4 million (2nd week; drops 71%) 3. Kick-Ass: £1.19 million (2nd...
View ArticleApril 16: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but all that street crime isn’t gonna fight itself, and you’ve got to pick up your cape and mask from the dry cleaners, too. But you can...
View ArticleHit Girl hysteria…
…where are the women at Cannes, the politics of hair, and more. Yes, it’s The Week in Women — or, rather, last week’s Week in Women, finally — my regular column over at the Alliance of Women Film...
View Articletrailer break: ‘The Losers’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I’m pretty sure I had never seen Jeffrey Dean Morgan in anything before Watchmen, but now I want him to be in everything. And Zoe Saldana is clearly on her way...
View ArticleNorth American box office: ‘Kick-Ass’ can’t quite kick ass…
…and How to Train Your Dragon continues breathing fire: 1. Kick-Ass: $19.8 million (NEW) 2. How to Train Your Dragon: $19.6 million (4th week; drops 21%) 3. Date Night: $16.7 million (2nd week; drops...
View ArticleThe Losers (review)
A wickedly wonderful little smashup of fluff... (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
View Articlemore adventures in corporate Hollywood totally misunderstanding the Internet
I wrote recently about how the people behind Kick-Ass missed a golden opportunity to engage with fans of the film when they failed to do anything with the domain redmist.org, which features prominently...
View ArticleNorth American box office: ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ back at No. 1
And new releases fail to engage: 1. How to Train Your Dragon: $15.4 million 2. The Back-up Plan: $12.2 million (NEW) 3. Date Night: $10.5 million (3rd week; drops 37%) 4. The Losers: $9.4 million (NEW)...
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