Recently re-read the story and it is indeed earnest, but when I was a kid (when content is often more important than how it's presented) I thought it excellent. Here was a comic book that wasn't talking down to me - at least it felt that way at 10. It admited that there were junkies and slums, and sometimes people…

A screenwriter I know had an anecdote that astounded me. The studio has, for lack of a better way of saying it, a list of possible shots to include in a film trailer and their respective impact on which groups (and how many people) will see the film. They told him that he had to write a specific scene - which wouldn't…

@Idiotking - send that Xmas Carol treatment to Kelsey Grammer right now. Because with the ever growing Prosperity Gospel movement there's a market for that film…and if you don't take advantage of it then you're a godless commie who will burn in hell.

I'm too lazy to look it up, but did Wanted really do well enough at the box office to warrant a sequel? Or has James MacAvoy's star risen so much that any film of his will be a smash hit?

When Die Hard came out I hoped I'd look like Bruce Willis when I was in my 30's. Now that I'm in my 30's I hope I don't look like Bruce Willis in his 50's when I'm in my 50's.

@Melissa and laym: According to the Bond producers, a friend of their family was a nuclear physicist who worked on nuclear disarmament just like the character of Xmas Jones. The woman was very young and extremely attractive with a propensity for wearing tank tops and shorts. As producers never lie when talking up…

Ten years old? It's at least forty years old, as it was used as a joke in Diamonds Are Forever.

Nice tribute to that in Dead Set: "Go on, eat them! Eat them! They're full of shit!"

One word: Weredouche.

The biggest laugh in Dead Snow (for me) revolves around amputation, and whether or not you would do it…

Lady, I have friends in the entertainment business so I feel compelled to pay for media to support them. That guilt transfers over to artists that I appreciate, although oddly enough even my friends don't pay for what they watch/listen to (and I'm not talking about screeners…). They (and you) could argue that you…

LadyUranus - did you also recognize Carey Mulligan from Doctor Who and Rosamund Pike from Die Another Day? Looks like geekdom is well represented in that film…this is obviously a ploy on the part of the producers to get the coveted and gigantic Whedon/sci-fi/Bond crowd in seats to boost the box-office. I hate it when…

Thumb on bottom and index finger on top of far side of lens. Squeeze (not too hard) and push back.

No "Brosnan's hung like a horse" jokes?
That'll bring in the Mums…

As soon as we saw the preview…
I said to my friend that an American studio executive obviously saw Love, Actually and thought "Those stupid Brits can't make a movie to save their lives. We'll make the same thing but set it at Valentine's Day like it was supposed to be!".

As soon as we saw the preview…
I said to my friend that an American studio executive obviously saw Love, Actually and thought "Those stupid Brits can't make a movie to save their lives. We'll make the same thing but set it at Valentine's Day like it was supposed to be!".

Innocent? This would be at least PG-13 today.
Surprised at the fact that this was rated PG and that so many people think of it as "innocent". Not that I disagree, but could you imagine a pregnancy scare in High School Musical, or lyrics to their songs having cuss words or making fun of a girl for being "lousy with…

- look *at*.

It's laughable to look the complete lack of effort to present accurate period detail in some TV shows and movies from the 70's. When I was in a production of Grease in the early 90's our costume designer went out looking for skin-tight bell-bottoms for all of the guys because she honestly believed that's what teens…

I would have liked to see how Lazenby would have handled a second film. He had a charming affability and was much more human than Connery, though some would consider that a minus. And despite being embarrassingly wooden in some scenes (such as his first meeting with Tracy's father), he was genuinely affecting in the…