NEW MOVIE REVIEWS:
“Puss in Boots” (B)
“The Rum Diary” (C+) [Film.com]
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MOVIE COLUMNS:
Eric’s Bad Movies: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III” (1993), the glorious conclusion to the groundbreaking trilogy. [Film.com]
What’s the Big Deal?: “Frankenstein” (1931), about a nice man who only wanted to make a friend. [Film.com]
Re-Views: “Monster’s Ball” (2001), which despite its title is not a Halloween movie. [Film.com]
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MY OTHER STUFF:
Snide Remarks: “Soda Speak” — What the new Dr Pepper means to you.
Movie B.S. with Bayer and Snider: Reviews of “Puss in Boots,” “The Rum Diary,” and “Anonymous,” plus other fun and/or games. [Cascadia.fm] or [iTunes]
In the Dark: Subscribe to this weekly e-mail and get all the latest movie reviews, DVD releases, and other pertinent info delivered to your electronic mailbox. [Eric D. Snider’s In the Dark]
Twitter: This is a new thing that was just invented. [Twitter]
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MISCELLANEOUS MERRIMENT:
Darrell Hammond was on “SNL” for 14 years, but often only appeared in one sketch per show. Maybe this is because he was ADDICTED TO CRACK. [The Hollywood Reporter]
If it’s wrong to laugh at someone’s pain, then I was wrong a lot during this: tough guy terrified of puppies. [Buzzfeed]
Joe Piccirillo takes a very funny look at the differences between fiction and reality with regard to “Weird Science.” [Movies.com]
Drew McWeeny is showing the “Star Wars” films to his young sons and writing about the experience in a marvelously poignant manner. He’s showing them in this order: “Star Wars,” “The Empire Strikes Back,” then the prequels, and finally “Return of the Jedi.” (That’s brilliant, by the way. We find out Darth Vader is Luke’s father, flashback to Vader’s story, then go to the finale.) Here’s the latest entry, on “Revenge of the Sith.” Links to the previous ones are at the end. [Hitfix]
Mississippi’s Oxford Film Festival, of which I’ve been a guest a few times, needs sponsors! Couldn’t you throw ’em a few bucks? This is a terrific cultural event for the region, and the people are nice, and they cook good food. [Oxford Film Festival]
Johnny Depp meets with Ricky Gervais to settle an old Golden Globes score. [YouTube]
