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Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s ‘The Book Of Mormon’: Social Commentary That’s Actually Good?
Disclaimer: I am not the world’s biggest South Park fan. Oh, don’t get me wrong: the show is funny, and I’ll watch the episodes people tell me to. I just find that Matt Stone and Trey Parker have a tendency to get a little…preachy in their atheist/Libertarian values; a sort of blind spot to their own rigid worldview as they mock every other cultural, political, and religious system. That’s why I was so surprised by the compassion and humanity that I saw during a preview last night for their latest Broadway venture, The Book of Mormon. More »
Fake News Outlet Apologizes For Fake Review - The Onion was forced to write a retraction for its review of Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell’s Genius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth. Because the comic book hasn’t actually been written yet. (The A.V. Club)
Video: ‘Lights, Camera, Jackson’ Kid Weighs In On ‘Inception’
Here’s what’s bugging me: I know I’ve written about 11-year-old Jackson, of the website Lights, Camera, Jackson before. I know because I remember going to his website and thinking it was some sort of viral prank. But as is so common with those of us who write a billion things a day and yet somehow can’t be bothered to remember how to feed themselves (so James Franco, basically), I can’t find the darn thing. So now that Jackson is getting some serious viral attention for his Inception review, I want to be like “First!” but I can’t. Oh well. This kid is the new Roger Ebert. More »
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button review (DVD release May 5th)
For those of you who are waiting to buy your own copy of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (or perhaps rent it to see it for the first time), don’t forget that it comes out on DVD and Blu-Ray May 5th.
A PR contact at Paramount was kind enough to contact me a few weeks ago to offer me an advance copy of the movie to watch and review. It came last week and I was finally able to… More »
A look back at Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in 2008
It’s the end of 2008 with a whole new year on the way and I always like to be corny and take inventory of what happened over the past year. Let’s look at some of the big moments from Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie over the last 12 months.
January 2008 – A sad start to the month as we remembered the anniversary of when Marcheline Bertrand tragically passed away, and meanwhile, the twin rumor mill had already started (little… More »