I think the phrase I’m looking for — and it’s been a long day, so I could be wrong here — but I think the phrase is “Aaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhh!!!!!”
Month: January 2007
That’s entertainment:
- Donald Trump buys a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Eva Mendes made her breasts bigger for the upcoming Ghost Rider movie
- Joss Whedon will direct an episode of The Office
- Amanda Tapping will join the cast of Stargate: Atlantis*.
- HBO wants to turn George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels into a dramatic series
- George Clooney wants to do the same to Neil Stephenson’s The Diamond Age
* Okay, okay, but what about a Vala/Daniel Jackson spin-off? C’mon!
Pan’s Labyrinth is a remarkable movie. If you haven’t seen it yet, I definitely encourage you to do so as soon as possible. Here’s what a few other people have been saying about it:
Neil Gaiman: It’s an uncompromisingly adult film, with a child and her fairy tale inset into it as a contrast and echo. You start the film believing it to be Ofelia’s film, and you gradually discover that the adult story is not background but the story as well, and they move in tandem.
A.O. Scott: “Pan’s Labyrinth” is a swift and accessible entertainment, blunt in its power and exquisite in its effects. A child could grasp its moral insights (though it is not a film I’d recommend for most children), while all but the most cynical of adults are likely to find themselves troubled to the point of heartbreak by its dark, rich and emphatic emotions.
Stephanie Zacharek: Del Toro’s imagery is so vivid and concrete that it’s likely to change the color of your sleep…
It’s certainly one of the finest fantasy films I’ve ever seen, and it’s del Toro’s best work yet. See it if you can.