Browsing Month November, 2008
A Very Mogwai Christmas To You!
By Allison at November 30, 2008 | 4:43 pm | 4 Comments
Ah, now that you have all been stuffed to the brim with either turkey, tofurkey, or turducken, you can turn on the telly and catch holiday movie after holiday movie for the next 25 days. I chose to poke around in my parents' basement and came up with Gremlins. On VHS. Recorded off of HBO. This would be my holiday viewing pleasure. Gremlins actually debuted in theaters more...
It’s A DVD Holiday Season
By Norm Schrager at November 28, 2008 | 11:53 am | 0 Comment
It's "that" weekend again... a shopping bonanza across our consumption-crazed country. Like it or lump it, one thing is true, especially this year: there are some pretty decent DVD deals. While past "Black Friday" sales may have been about the hardware -- HDTVs, game systems -- this year, with a few exceptions, it's all about DVDs. Seems everyone can afford a fresh more...
Review Roundup: MILK, AUSTRALIA, FOUR CHRISTMASES
By Norm Schrager at November 26, 2008 | 11:43 pm | 0 Comment
Thanksgiving weekend is here -- which means we now get the cinema equivalent of Oscar and Felix. Opposites, that is. On one side, an overload of earnest efforts targeted at the upcoming year-end awards; on the other, a slew of commercial holiday titles. The releases for this long weekend provide the perfect example. Van Sant tackles human rights with Milk, Luhrmann more...
Stop Wetting Your Pants. Please.
By Norm Schrager at November 25, 2008 | 11:44 pm | 3 Comments
After writing about film for nearly ten years, I'm catching a disturbing trend: Bloggers and writers who express their excitement by saying they've wet their pants. Or they're going to wet their pants. Or they wish they could wet their pants. What's with all the incontinence? (Oh, that means inability to hold your waste ...) Hey, how about some examples?! :: more...
