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The Avengers Trailer Watch: Joss the Superhero Wrangler
I have to admit, I was worried when I saw the first trailer for Joss Whedon’s The Avengers; nothing about it made me eager to see the movie. Joss is brilliant with television and even with mini-series and comic books … Continue reading
Grimm: Welcome to the Portland Hellmouth
In the fairy-tale face-off between Grimm and Once Upon a Time, I initially chose the latter. Since Grimm’s lead character is a cop, I figured it was going to be another show that wasted an intriguing premise on a predictable … Continue reading
Awake: Jason Isaac’s Waking Dream
Update: Canceled. Sadly, this show did exactly what I hoped it wouldn’t – squander its intriguing premise on less-than-intriguing procedural storylines. Awake is a promising new show with an intriguing premise: after a terrible car accident, Detective Michael Britten finds … Continue reading
Sarah’s Key: No Escape from the Holocaust
Sarah’s Key opens in 1942, with a young girl hiding her little brother in a concealed closet to protect him from French authorities rounding up Jewish citizens in their Paris neighborhood. Sarah locks Michel in, with a child-like belief that … Continue reading
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The Hunger Games: Will the movies do justice to Katniss?
I just saw a Hunger Games preview on TV last night, and my question is: why is Katniss giving her sister Prim the mockingjay pin? Is the movie just getting rid of the character of Madge, the fellow District 12 … Continue reading
My Oscar Hangover
This is not a recap or criticism of anyone in particular (except maybe for Angelina), just my lingering impressions of the Oscar ceremony: Some Like it Wilder! The peerless filmmaker Billy Wilder (Some Like it Hot, Sunset Boulevard, and many … Continue reading
The Help: A White Girl Feels Black Women’s Pain
The poster satirizing The Help on the website theshiznit.co.uk effectively sums up my reasons for not wanting to read this book or watch the movie: “White people solve racism. You’re welcome, black people.” I wasn’t interested in watching yet another … Continue reading
The Artist: Silently Singin’ in the Rain
Oscar favorites usually underwhelm me (I’m looking at you, The King’s Speech!), but The Artist is a delightful exception. It’s a beautiful silent picture, an examination of the transition from silent films to talkies, and an exploration of the experience … Continue reading
Vote today for Pop Goddess on Slate!
I submitted a suggestion to Slate’s crowdsourcing project about how to improve the Oscar ceremony. Click on the link below to see it, vote for it, and forward it to other pop culture-savvy friends: http://hive.slate.com/hive/fix-the-oscars/lose-the-dance-numbers-keep-the-thalbergs Voting closes on Wednesday, February … Continue reading
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Take Shelter: Where’s the Oscar, Michael Shannon edition
*SPOILER ALERT* Take Shelter is a harrowing examination of the multiple layers of anxiety plaguing Curtis, an average working class man in a small-town America. Curtis suffers from unnervingly realistic nightmares, in which apocalyptic storms threaten him, his own dog … Continue reading
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