Misery (review)
Annie Wilkes is King's best psycho and one of the most banally malevolent visions of evil ever depicted onscreen -- as played by the extraordinary Kathy Bates, she is a terror of frighteningly everyday...
View Articlequestion of the weekend: What books do you read over and over again (or wish...
This weekend’s question was prompted by a conversation with my pal bronxbee, in which we lamented the fact that it’s almost impossible to keep up with all the new books being published that we’d like...
View ArticleFebruary 26: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but soldiers in gas masks have your town surrounded and will shoot on sight if you try to leave. But you can have a multiplex-like...
View Articlequestion of the day: Ron Howard’s Stephen King’s ‘The Dark Tower’? No,...
Have you read any of Stephen King’s series The Dark Tower? No? Imagine if Clint Eastwood and James Joyce collaborated on a trippy fantasy about the mystical quest of a gunslinger. It’s weird and...
View Article‘Haven’ debuts on Syfy tonight…
…and I’m sorry to say that it’s a bit of a snooze, judging by the premiere episode, which I had the chance to watch in rough cut. More than a bit of a snooze, actually. FBI agent Audrey Parker (Emily...
View Articlemy reads: ‘The Passage’ by Justin Cronin
I admit I fell prey to the summer-blockbuster-read hype that got whipped up around *The Passage,* the first mainstream novel by literary writer Justin Cronin. Vampire novel! But sorta literary! (please...
View ArticleMartin Freeman is not Bilbo; Apple takes over Twitter; ‘The Dark Tower’ is a...
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 Articlecinematic roots of: ‘Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D’
In Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D, the 187th installment in the series, Milla Jovovich continues kicking zombie ass in... and this time it’s in 3D! This flick sprang from (among other films)... (please...
View ArticleChilean mine disaster: the movie; Justin Bieber goes to Hollywood; Muppets...
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 Articlewtf: ‘The Stand’ as a feature film?
The six-hour miniseries ABC did on TV in the 1990s wasn’t long enough. Unless Warner Bros. and CBS Films are proposing to do three three-hour films à la The Lord of the Rings, I don’t want to hear...
View Articleretro trailer: ‘Carrie’
I’m seeing Disney’s Prom tomorrow morning. I hope it’s as good as this. (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
View Articlequestion of the day: How much is too much to spend on producing a movie?
Disney shuts down production on The Lone Ranger over budget concerns even though it seems like a sure thing. Have we finally hit a ceiling on production costs? (please click through for commenting,...
View Articlequestion of the day: If you could turn any — yes, *any* — book into a movie...
The Joy of Sex? Jane’s Fighting Ships? Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management? (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
View ArticleChronicle (review)
The superhero origin story we have become so very familiar with in its purest form, stripped of all the pulp and all the camp that has accreted around the genre. (please click through for commenting,...
View Articlequestion of the weekend: What’s the trashiest book you’ve ever read?
Feel free to define trashy however you want. (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
View ArticleMitt Romney/Paul Ryan slash fan fiction is a real thing (and other adventures...
Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today... (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
View ArticleGreat Expectations (London Film Festival review)
I love it when a film that is “supposed” to be all stuffy and classic turns out to be this electric and alive... (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
View Articlefinal video production diary for the first Hobbit film (and other adventures...
Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today... (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
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 UK Instant Video, blinkbox, Netflix UK (from Jul 21)
What’s new, what’s hot, and what you may have missed, now available to stream, including 20 Feet from Stardom, Starred Up, 112 Weddings, and more. (please click through for commenting, social...
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