The Modern Age

Holy sheboigies! I just got an alarming text from Sarah:

Brad Renfro, star of films like The Client and Apt Pupil has died according to TMZ.com. The cause of death has not yet been determined.
Renfro recently finished filming on The Informers, a movie starring Winona Ryder and Billy Bob Thornton.
Woah.
UPDATE: The Los Angeles Times reports […]

…when it comes to drinking, that is… Check out this preview clip from the Golden Globes Dateline special where Atonement star James McAvoy (and my favorite Scottish actor of the moment) reveals how his inability to drink large quantities of alcohol prevented him from becoming the “rocker” child he longed to be in his youth:

Sadly, […]

So last night I went to see the new Paul Thomas Anderson movie, There Will Be Blood, at the Union Square theater. Me and the BSB are running late, so we book it into the theater about 20 minutes before it starts. Lucky for us, they just let everyone in so we are able to […]

Ever since he scampered onto the screen as Mr. Tumnus in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, James McAvoy has been on my shortlist of most favorite movie star crushes. Sorry, but I’m a sucker for pale, blue-eyed Scottish boys. Throw in the fact that he’s wee (James is only 5′7″) AND has […]

Yes I know, my will to blog has been slowly waining. Heck, it’s the holidays, time to relax and be lazy, right?
What did I do over the holidays? During Christmas shopping I fell in love with two cool local stores: Sweet Tater and In God We Trust. Note to friends: Expect a steady stream of […]

Hoooraaayy! Michael C. Hall got another nom for his performance in Dexter.
And YES, Ryan Gosling was nominated for Lars and the Real Girl AND James McAvoy nominated for Atonement.
Across the Universe and Juno were nominated for Best Comedy/Musical.

It’s a promo bot for the DVD release of Superbad which came out on December 4th. Ugh! This is what happens when some douchebag at a movie studio decides to get into “viral marketing” and the “interwebs” to reach “the kids.”
LAME. Kill the bot along w/ that Moviephone shiz they put on your AIM as […]

According to this article, Across the Universe is set to gain a cult following among teenage girls (probably bonding over their mutual lust for dreamy mcDreamstein JIM STURGESS). As you may recall, I called the movie a “magical train wreck” in my earlier review, but I have to tell you, I cannot stop listening to […]

Have you heard the Matt Damon game based on Team America on Scott Mills Radio 1 show? Hilarious.

Over the last week, I’ve seen two “movie musicals” of sorts–Julie Taymor’s artful stab at a Beatles opera called Across the Universe, and Anton Corbijn’s Ian Curtis biopic, Control.
Both movies had their strong points, but both had their weaknesses.
The most succinct way of describing Across the Universe is to call it “a magical train wreck.” […]