question of the day: Which ‘Superbad’ guy has the best prospects for a long...
Those guys are, of course, are the stars of the 2007 hit *Superbad* which cost only $20 million to produce and earned $120 million.... (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and...
View Articletrailer break: ‘Nowhere Boy’
Tomorrow would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday. It is a crime against humanity that he is not still with us. (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
View ArticleRed (review)
Of all the washed-up washed-out over-the-hill too-old-for-this-shit action-hero movies we’ve had thrown at us this year -- The A-Team, The Losers, The Expendables -- Red is by far the most amusing, the...
View ArticleAlliance of Women Film Journalists 2010 EDA Awards nominees
The AWFJ is one of the critics’ groups I belong to; my input helped determine these nominees, and I will vote in the final balloting to narrow it down to the winners. I still have to watch a few of...
View ArticleX-Men: First Class (review)
“Best. Comic Book Movie. Evah!” So my inner fangirl is screaming at the moment as she does a little happy Snoopy dance. (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
View Articlequestion of the day: If you were going to invent a new Oscar category à la...
Perhaps the best thing about the MTV Movie Awards is its cheeky categories: Best Kiss, Best Fight, Best Villain. The Oscars could use a few fun categories to enliven its broadcast each year... (please...
View ArticleKick-Ass 2 review: the mask is empty
Like a Comic-Con cosplay event gone horribly wrong, this poor excuse for an action comedy has nothing to say beyond a few expletives and nothing to offer but a shocking lack of appreciation for its own...
View ArticleCarrie review: women who hate women
I’m struck by the perversity of a story four decades old about religious misogyny and basic feminism and the perniciousness of bullying that still feels fresh and relevant... (please click through for...
View Articlewhat’s on iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Netflix (from Aug 05)
What’s new, what’s hot, and what you may have missed, now available to stream, including Coherence, Locke, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and more. (please click through for commenting, social networking,...
View Articlequestion 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...
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