Peter Dinklage says he “dreams about” the show. I used to work a job delivering ice to gas stations and supermarkets. I used to dream about that job, too. I’d dream I was trapped in an ice box or throwing ten pound bags of ice over and over again. I’d rather dream about being on […]
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So I was already excited about this movie before the latest trailer, but now I can barely stand the thought of waiting until June 22nd to see the 13th Pixar film. For one thing, Princess Merida looks tough and fiery, and we finally get a strong female lead in a Pixar flick. This is awesome […]
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Kevin Smith’s new reality TV show on AMC, Comic Book Men, is meeting mixed reviews. I haven’t seen it yet, and I’ll be honest out the gates: I probably won’t but I plan to… I just can’t make myself care about Smith’s work these days. Of his entire film repertoire, only Dogma stood out as anything […]
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Updated Below What’s happening at Comedy Central? Stephen Colbert’s popular mock-talk-show The Colbert Report has abruptly cancelled taping of this weeks episodes. No reason for the cancellations has been given. A spokesman for the subsidiary has said that “due to unforeseen circumstances, the show will air repeat episodes on Wednesday, February 15 and Thursday, February 16.” […]
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Alyssa Rosenberg wonders if the film is trying to take advantage of recent foreign policy successes: Even though the idea of getting all crazy with the stakes and the slaying is deeply silly, I actually wonder if it strikes a larger chord in American life. President Obama’s surgical strikes to take out and Somali pirates […]
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Alyssa Rosenberg has a smart response up to this piece by Anthony Paletta on the supposed distaste liberals have toward vigilante movies. Paletta argues that liberals essentially don’t like to see the use of force on criminals, especially by non-state actors. The principal objection, he argues, is “not aesthetic, but moral; the offense is to […]
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has long milked his Star Wars franchise for every last penny. Now he’s released the Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace in 3D. John Young at Entertainment Weekly notes that the film has done pretty well. “The three-dimensional re-release of the two-dimensional Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace collected $8.7 million on Friday, […]
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The Civil Wars talk about music and piracy in the age of the internet and social media. The Civil Wars have lots of videos up on YouTube, many of them nicely shot amateur stuff in color and black-and-white. John Paul White and Joy Williams have a captivating look about them as they stare into one another’s eyes, […]
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So I don’t know about you but I’ve played the old Battleship board game. You youngsters may not have seen it before, but if I recall correctly, it looked more like this: And less like this: See, I always thought that Battleship was a strategy game about naval warfare, but it turns out it’s actually […]
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Filmmakers for the indie science fiction film Iron Sky utilized crowdsourcing to create and fund the picture. Alex Knapp captions the above trailer for the yet-to-be-released film Iron Sky: What makes Iron Sky particularly cool, in my opinion, is that despite its goofy, B-movie premise, the production values look to be top notch. And tons of […]
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