question of the day: Has Hollywood abandoned young men?
Transformers, Pirates of the Caribbean, Thor, Green Lantern, X-Men, Captain America, etc. This is what 2011 looks like at the movies. In what way can it be construed that young men are “endangered” at...
View ArticleJack and Jill (review)
There has always been something meanspirited about drag, but the meanness of this appalling movie descends to a cruel new low... (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
View ArticleAlex “Repo Man” Cox insists you pirate his movies (and other adventures in...
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw yesterday and today... (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
View ArticleAdam Sandler sweeps the Razzies (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today... (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
View ArticleThat’s My Boy (redband and greenband trailers)
Difficult as it may be to believe, the greenband trailer for this film is far more offensive than the redband... (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
View ArticleCandy Land is most dreaded upcoming board-game adaptation, say readers of...
Results via a totally unscientific poll conducted on Facebook... (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
View Articleif R-rated movies were kids’ books (and other adventures in social networking)
Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today... (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
View ArticleTed (review)
“I need a man, not a little boy with a teddy bear.” This is a shocking thing to hear in a piece of American pop culture in the early 21st century... (please click through for commenting, social...
View ArticleHere Comes the Boom (trailer)
Oh my god, they’re not even kidding with this, are they? This is a real movie, isn’t it? For puny values of both real and movie, of course. (please click through for commenting, social networking,...
View Articleit was a long four-movie day (and other adventures in social networking)
Stuff my followers on Facebook and Twitter saw today... (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
View ArticleBenedict Cumberbatch + Monty Python — this is real (and other adventures in...
Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today... (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
View ArticleMovie 43 (redband trailer)
This is amazing. All these huge stars... and director Peter Farrelly apparently has blackmail material on all of them! (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
View Articlequestion of the day: What do you think Hollywood movies tell the rest of the...
I don’t mean just in relation to violence but in all aspects. Idiotic romantic comedies. Alien invasion movies. Everything Adam Sandler. What do such movies say, if anything? (please click through for...
View Articlequestion of the day: What are your all-time favorite and least favorite...
As pure comedy goes, I might pick Midnight Run as my favorite. It never ceases to be hilarious even upon the 100th re-viewing, and it’s endlessly quotable, with applications for all sorts of real-life...
View ArticleThat’s My Boy (review)
This is like the evil Mirror Universe version of Ted. (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
View Articlequestion of the day: What’s the most inexplicable appearance by a big star in...
Inspired by Movie 43, which distinguishes itself in this regard merely by the sheer number of incomprehensible movie-star appearances in a single film... (please click through for commenting, social...
View ArticleWhat makes a movie star a movie star? (QOTW)
What are the most appealing qualities of the biggest and best movie stars? And who is your ultimate movie star? (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags, and more)
View ArticleThe World’s End review: the very bitter (and lager) end
Its humor is a little more uncomfortable than that of the other Cornetto flicks, and it’s more far satirical, in a far more cynical way, than I ever would have anticipated. (please click through for...
View Articlefun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Jul 13-19 2013
Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me)... (please click through for commenting, social networking, tags,...
View ArticleGrown Ups 2 review: Adam Sandler’s Happy Funtime Circle Jerk
This is not a movie. This is nothing but Adam Sandler hanging out with his pals and congratulating himself on how awesome he finds himself to be. (please click through for commenting, social...
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