I received an urgent "action alert" email this morning from the Parent's Television Council: MTV Assaults Families With Nonstop Profanity on Movie Awards Show! On Sunday night, June 6th, the MTV cable network shattered all previous records for profanity on its telecast of the MTV Movie Awards. This program was shown starting at 9:00 p.m. ET — only 8:00 p.m. … Read More
SATC2 Reviews Are In…
… and it's being compared to Gigli and a female Ishtar. You ready? First, let's see how it rates at Rotten Tomatoes: Oh… my. [UPDATE: As more reviews roll in, it's down to 10%] And the New York Times’ A.O. Scott says: The ugly smell of unexamined privilege hangs over this film like the smoke from cheap incense. and then Wajahat … Read More
How The Rest Of The World Sees Americans
Mom reacts to American Idol winner announcement: UPDATE: Perhaps I need to make it clear — this isn't my Mom.
Ebert on SETC2
I love Ebert's takedown of Sex and The City 2, especially this: The movie's visual style is arthritic. Director Michael Patrick King covers the sitcom dialogue by dutifully cutting back and forth to whoever is speaking. A sample of Carrie's realistic dialogue in a marital argument: "You knew when I married you I was more Coco Chanel than coq au … Read More
Lost: Unanswered Questions
CollegeHumor catalogues them:
She Writes A Tell-All Book
The "she" of the popular line "That's what SHE said" has had enough, and is fighting back:
Lost: Unanswered Questions
Why wasn't Walt at the afterlife party? Or Nikki and Paulo? Or Ana Lucia? Or. Mr. Eko? They were all on the plane in the original crash. Why did that sequence of numbers keep reappearing? And how? What was the origin of the island sickness that prevented women from giving birth? And why was Claire the exception to that sickness? … Read More
In Honor Of Lost’s Last Episode (on Sunday)
Click to embiggen… …and from David Lettermen, the Top Ten Lost Finale Spoilers:
Smoke Monstor From “Lost” Given Own Primetime Spin-Off Series
As reported here: BURBANK, CA—Executives at ABC announced Monday that the network will premier a new Lost spin-off series this fall based around that show's popular smoke monster character. The new series, a half-hour family-oriented comedy called Where There's Smoke, is touted by ABC as the new anchor of its Thursday-night lineup. "Somewhere between the smoke monster's first appearance on … Read More
Lost Finale LEAKED!
I'm not sure how long this will stay up… I imagine lawyers are scrambling to take it down. And maybe you don't want to know. SPOILER ALERT, as they say…. But here it is…. from the final episode of LOST:
Smut On Film: “Babies”
Kids in Mind is a website which reviews movies on a 1-to-10 basis along three criteria: Sex & Nudity, Violence/Gore, and Profanity. Their mission is to "enable adults to determine whether a movie is appropriate for their own children…" It gets a "5" rating for nudity because… SEX/NUDITY 5 – Bare female breasts are seen throughout the movie in a non-sexual … Read More
Nobody Likes “Ken” Anymore
TOP BABY NAMES OF 2009 RELEASED: Rank indicators as compared to previous year:up down up more than 10 ranks down more than 10 ranks same rank new on charts Male Female 1 AIDAN/AIDEN/ADEN 1 AMELIA/EMILIA 2 NOAH 2 ISABELLA/IZABELLA 3 LIAM 3 AVA 4 CAYDEN/CADEN/KAYDEN/KADEN 4 SOPHIA/SOFIA 5 ETHAN 5 OLIVIA 6 JACKSON 6 MADELINE/MADELYN/MADELYNN 7 LANDON 7 LILY/LILLY … Read More
“Lost” Episode Recap and Prediction
Apparently, if you weren't Caucasian, you died last night. Sun and Jin, after a tearful reunion just last week following a two-season separation, died in a watery Titanic-like "I'll never let you go" fashion last night. And Sayid, who was already dead but kind of like a zombie (I guess), turned back to his old heroic self long enough to do … Read More