Archive for September 2009

10 Alternate Titles for Jim Carrey’s “A Christmas Carol”

I just saw the trailer for the new Robert Zemeckis/Jim Carrey 3D digital animated version of “A Christmas Carol.”  I’m certain of 2 things:

It will be a huge hit
I would rather have Jim Carrey fart in my face than have to sit through this movie

As if “Beowulf” and “The Polar Express” weren’t bad enough, now [...]

PatriotCare, or: What if Republicans Were Running Health Care Reform?

Well, Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus has finally vomited forth his crapulescent, steaming pile of a health care plan, and… wow.  It is something to behold.  After months of pointless delay and fruitless concessions to Republicans who have no intention of supporting meaningful health care reform and in fact aren’t supporting even this watered-down [...]

“Creation” Movie about Darwin Can’t Find U.S. Distributor

The Telegraph is reporting that a new movie about Charles Darwin and his family, Creation, has been unable to secure a distributor in the U.S. due to its “controversial” subject matter:
Creation, starring Paul Bettany, details Darwin’s “struggle between faith and reason” as he wrote On The Origin of Species. It depicts him as a man [...]