Archive for May, 2009
Raimi’s trip to “Hell” is a thoroughly disgusting delight
Going in to the great movie showdown that that weekend promised, I had two questions: Which movie would I prefer, Pixar’s “Up” or Sam Raimi’s “Drag Me to Hell,” and how in the world did Raimi’s movie end up with less than a R rating? Well, after having seen them both, I can definitively reply the fi…
Friday wee hours links
Actually, the best news out there is that, with a revamped starting pitching staff and the best outfield in the American League, the Baltimore Orioles are now 6-1 in their last seven games. And, even better, supercatcher Matt Wieters finally makes his debut tonight against the Detroit Tigers.With al…
Just how much did ABC hate “Pushing Daisies,” and when can we see it end?
It really pains me to even write that headline, but given what they’re doing to the last three episodes of Bryan Fuller’s prime-time fairy tale, I’d have to imagine it’s a valid question. Oh well. I guess we should just be happy we’re getting to see these on TV at all.And whether you hate “Pushing D…
Mottola, Pegg and Frost assembling A-list comedy
After the pure catastrophe that was Mitch Hurwitz’s “Sit Down, Shut Up” (though out of loyalty, I did watch every episode that made it to air, hoping against all evidence that it would somehow get better … it didn’t), I could certainly use a smart and funny animated offering for my summer viewing …
Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 5/26
Filed under: New Releases, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home EntertainmentKillshotSometimes a film comes with big names and notable filmmakers, but just can’t get more than a barely-there release on the big screen. that is one of those films. An adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel about a couple embr…
” whether the apocalypse comes, beep me”: Well, for “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” fans, its here
Buffy: I wish we could be regular kids.Angel: Yeah. I’ll never be a kid.Buffy: Okay, thereupon a regular kid and her cradle-robbing, creature-of-the-night boyfriend.Wow. I had an inkling that “Terminator Salvation” would get housed at the weekend box office by the family-friendly “Night at the Museu…
A glimpse of Heath Ledger in Terry Gilliam’s “Imaginarium”
It’s the height of laziness, I know, but for a Sunday wee hours you’ll have to excuse me, considering all I have is that fairly tantalizing clip of Heath Ledger in “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus.”I believe it comes from Swedish TV, but some resourceful person was kind sufficient to cut off all th…












