NEW MOVIE REVIEWS:
There aren’t any movies this week, because Hollywood has forsaken us. Maybe you should think about what you did wrong.
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MOVIE COLUMNS:
Eric’s Bad Movies: “Steel Dawn” (1987), a dull post-apocalyptic Western in which Patrick Swayze stars as Patrick Swayze. [Film.com]
What’s the Big Deal?: “An American in Paris” (1951), in which Gene Kelly dances his way into our hearts with ballet (?!). [Film.com]
Re-Views: “Almost Famous” (2000), a movie whose charms might have faded over the years. [Film.com]
One Year Ago: Catching up with “The Warrior’s Way,” “Black Swan,” and more. [Movies.com]
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MY OTHER STUFF:
Snide Remarks: “The Circle K of Life” — The Snider boys’ Christmas tradition
Movie B.S. with Bayer and Snider: Our first show outside the warm embrace of Cascadia.fm proves to be uneventful, insofar as nothing caught on fire. [MovieBS] 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: @EricDSnider
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MISCELLANEOUS MERRIMENT:
Drew McWeeny points out that “fan fiction” is shaping a lot of our current pop-cultural pleasures, thus giving hope to every fan who dreams of writing for his favorite show. [HitFix]
This chart shows how much of the Science, Discovery, National Geographic, and History channels’ programming is actually dedicated to each channel’s supposed focus. (Hint: not much.) [PhD Comics]
Follow-up: the Kansas governor who demanded an apology from a teenage girl has instead apologized to her for overreacting. Justice! [Yahoo!]
The same picture of Dave Coulier every day. [Tumblr]
In Colorado, a retired county sheriff was arrested for trying to trade meth for sex. That’s newsworthy but unremarkable. What’s remarkable (and awesome) is that he was booked in the jail that was named after him. [Denver Post]
Dancing in a mall while listening to Christmas music on your iPod. The big dopey grin on his face is what sells it. [YouTube]
Oh man…. I just saw a trailer for The Darkest Hour, coming out on the 25th.
I can not WAIT for your review of this movie. It looks Skyline: The Ripoff, but without black scrubs.
Here’s to hoping that Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is great and gets a great review, and that the rest of the holiday movies give us lots of terribleness for you to make fun of in your reviews!
(I feel sorry for you though, having to watch both Valentine’s Day 2 and Skyline 2 over the course of 2 weeks.)