Mysterious Viral Footage
Surveillance and then something bad happens. (Secretly from Fewdio).
Trapped in a World He Never Made!
Slate‘s Keith Phipps sat through Howard the Duck and lived to be sad about it. “Howard the Duck, the movie, is as bad as you’ve heard. Actually, it’s worse. But its failings as a film have overshadowed the frequently brilliant 1970s comic book that inspired it.”
SYNECHDOCHE, ARIZONA
In the final episode of St. Elsewhere, something strange happens. Snow begins to fall around St. Eligius Hospital, and we cut to an image of Dr. Donald Westphall’s autistic son Tommy, a minor character in the series up to this point. He sits, staring at a snow globe, […]
Mohammed Hussain’s Dirty Harry
“Where Hollywood’s films were full of urban grit and cinema verité style, Bollywood’s were full of blinding color and outlandish levels of artifice. This did not, however, deter Indian B movie king Mohammed Hussain from forging ahead with a remake of Don Segal’s Dirty Harry — one in […]
Where the Wild Things Are
Filmopia sights the trailer for Spike Jonze’ Where The Wild Things Are.
Bodice-ripping… and lacing!
An archaeologist has solved the mystery of the bodice-ripper. No, it’s not a romance novel. He found a tool for lacing ladies’ bodices. Even better, this one’s at a Viking grave site. Bodice-ripping jokes abound at least two sites! (via Read for Pleasure)
The Cultural Gutter 