‘New Moon’ should change its title to ‘Shirtless’
Based on the posters, previews and Taylor Lautner’s new buffed bod, New Moon is going to do two things: 1.) Make girls swoon and drool. and 2.) Make guys want to work out. Do I really need to be reminded that I don’t have the washboard abs of an oily variety werewolf bohunk? Forget the...
Are you a ‘Starsucker’?
I ran across this trailer (actually it was forwarded to me from my co-worker Edith) and I think it was one of the most thought provoking preview for documentary that I’ve seen: It has a very valid point about journalism and, more than that, it makes me reevaluate my intrigue with celebrities and stardom. …but...
The warm fuzzies of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’
Just as I was about to write this review of Where the Wild Things Are, my sister texted me and asked if she should take her two-year-old son to see the movie. I said, “I don’t know – he won’t comprehend the moral.” Then I thought, “Wait a second – I didn’t even comprehend the...
‘Paranormal Activity’ = sleeping with the lights on
Even though I need to be up at 6:30 a.m., there’s a reason why I am still up past 1 a.m. on a Monday night. It’s a valid reason. A very valid reason. It’s this little bitch of a movie called Paranormal Activity. I have been putting this movie at the bottom of my list...
I’m dying to go to ‘Zombieland’!
The new zombie action heroes: Eisenberg (left) and Harrelson Once in a while, there’s a film that reinvents the zombie genre. Zombieland isn’t that film – but that doesn’t mean it didn’t succeed in the whole “running away from mindless flesh hungry monsters” shtick. In fact, it succeeded and then some. The film decides to...
‘A Single Man’ trailer obviously tells the whole story
A Single Man, Tom Ford’s directorial debut, he obviously compacts the entire movie into a two-minute trailer that looks like cutting room floor footage of a Gucci ad. There is no need to see the movie because it was told with such clarity with this trailer. Let me break it down for you. 1.) There’s...
The only redeeming quality of the ‘Nightmare’ redux
Oh look. Another remake from my childhood. Beware…this video might have been pulled from the Internet by the time you read this post. I’ve decided to stop questioning this whole remake thing that Hollywood is going through and just go with it. With the new Nightmare on Elm Street (out in theaters April 2010) ordeal,...
Asian pop culture tally as of September 24, 2009
The tally went off the charts this week… Anna Maria Perez de Tagle is the ‘joy’ of ‘Fame’ Anna Maria Perez de Tagle: The tween starlet plays Joy in Fame. Valerie Tian can be spotted in Jennifer’s Body (she was also the abortion protester in Juno, also a Diablo Cody scribed film) How did I...
The battle of the Fames
Tonight, I was treated to a screening of the new Fame movie and although I would like to share my thoughts about yet another Hollywood “reinvention,” I’ll save it for Friday. In the meantime, there is one song in the film that echoes my head: “On My Own”. Not only have I made a mental...
My ‘New Moon’ excitement goes to ‘another level’
I can’t help myself. I know I just did a post about New Moon and how it is going to be “edgier,” but I feel my inner tween breaking out of my skin like a bad case of Hannah Montana gums. I realize that I am behind on New Moon news, but I just saw...
‘New Moon’ buzzwords
New Moon, the second installment of the Twilight Saga, like many sequels, promises to be “stepped up a whole other notch” and “more complicated” and “exciting” and “pushed to the next level” and – well, let’s see what Taylor Lautner (a.k.a. Jacob) has to say: It looks like Sharkboy has done some great media training...
