Watched the first Thor movie last night. It was...not terrible? But certainly flawed. I'm unsure if that comes down to the direction or the script, but I suspect it was probably a combination of both. I love Kenneth Branagh in all his egocentric glory, but I don't believe I will ever understand why he was put in charge of this film. On the ( Read more... )

Hello! So sleepy! This has been a crazy-long week, and I still have one more night to go until I can relax for a bit and finally go to the Phila. Flower Show (this year's theme: Springtime in Paris!) But before I turn in for the morning I wanted to pop in for a quick round of movie gossip ( Read more... )

Afternoon all! So, in an attempt to begin the slow process of reducing the clutter in my apartment, with hopefully the side benefit of raising a few dollars, I have decided to cull a large number of titles from my DVD library. I am in the process of determining whether it would be better to sell them via Amazon Marketplace, ebay/Half.com, or some ( Read more... )

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Did this movie ever get a theatrical release in the US? If it did it slipped right by me. I spotted it in the offerings on the Red Box movie rental machine at work this morning, so as soon as I got home I checked Amazon, where I found it was issued on DVD last week. It's on sale over there for almost 50% off ($12.99) and there's a Blu-ray version ( Read more... )

That Tim Burton will be directing a stop motion version of The Addams Family. Gee, I wonder who will be doing the voices for Gomez & Morticia...? I'll give you one guess! Not that anything has been confirmed as yet, but the answer is fairly obvious. I will be well and truly shocked if my supposition is not correct ( Read more... )

Oh what gossip I've stumbled upon this morning...Sarah Brightman and Richard E. Grant starring in a romantic comedy based on Mozart's opera Così fan tutte. Seriously! It's being billed as a combination of Gosford Park and Amadeus; and while the whole business sounds almost too fantastical to be true, I've read enough articles over the past hour ( Read more... )

So it looks like the Hamlet poll needs a do-over, since the options I gave weren't satisfactory. I'll see to that in a bit. Meanwhile, I'd like to direct your attention over to Tonner.com, where they have just this afternoon posted their 'Summer Blockbuster Movie Releases', including dolls from Prince of Persia, Jonah Hex, LOTR (Galadriel is superb ( Read more... )

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LOL, he's been powdered! I nabbed these from the David Tennant Facebook page, where they were posted in anticipation of the 5/24 UK release of St Trinian's 2: The Legend Of Fritton's Gold on DVD. Of course there is nary a whisper of the film having a theatrical release here in the US, but I hope at the very least it will make it onto DVD in ( Read more... )