Thanks to services such as those offered by direct TV and Netflix, people are enjoying new movies at home almost immediately after the movies leave the theaters. While in the past we all had to wait for sometimes as many as six months to enjoy home viewing after a movie left the theaters, it is becoming increasingly easy to simulate a theater experience in the living room. With this in mind, this … [Read more...]
For the germophobes and OCD among us, it's a nightmare scenario. A super-strain of some mutated virus turns lethal, making those microscopic organisms constantly surrounding us more than a mere wintertime annoyance that gives you a sore throat and a stuffy nose. Suddenly, the most mundane everyday objects have been transformed into conduits of death. The metallic shopping cart handle at the local … [Read more...]
The Iron Man 2 reviews are starting to come in, and they seem to be running the full spectrum. From the highest praise to severe disappointment, and everything between, it seems the film is going to start some degree of controversy. It's clearly going to do well in ticket sales, but is it going to live up to the first film? Whatever thoughts you have so far, here's your chance to check out … [Read more...]
The Iron Man 2 Premiere looks to have been spectacular, and here are some images to get you excited for May 7th. The world is aware that billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) is the armored superhero Iron Man. Under pressure from the government, the press, and the public to share his technology with the military, Tony is unwilling to divulge the secrets behind the Iron Man armor … [Read more...]
In a decidedly "screening" focused May issue, Harper's Bazaar has Gwyneth Paltrow on the cover, with an interview inside focusing on Iron Man 2, Hollywood in general, and a recent shoot in Tennessee involving an odd menu. Also in this month's issue, keying in on the recently trending topic of airbrushing and body image, Kim Kardashian, and others, pose nude, and forego the retouching. In a … [Read more...]
The first time I mentioned GOOP, Gwyneth Paltrow's... I don't know... blog, newsletter, website?, the thing didn't quite exist yet. The front page of the site was there, but it had no content. It had a cute, little message proclaiming the fabulosity that was about to exist, but that's about it. Since that time, the thing has really existed well under my radar. Gwyneth (yeah, she writes it … [Read more...]
One of the trickier problems you find in superhero movies is that the whole creation vs. story question is always an issue for the script. How much time are we going to spend working out how the superhero came to be, and how much are we going to include some actual “story” in a bigger picture sense? The trouble with Iron Man is that it really only has the introduction … [Read more...]
We’ve all grown accustomed to celebrities trying to give us poor commoners a nudge in the right direction. The attempts at correcting the unfortunate, little souls who curiously don’t know how to live their lives come in many forms. It might be as simple and innocuous as some diet, exercise, or lifestyle campaign. Step 1 – Get rich, so as to free up a bit of time. Step 2 – Have no … [Read more...]
