New York Times: “Since [Heading South] opened July 7, theaters have been packed with women about the same age as the ones on the screen. Some bought tickets in groups for a kind of middle-aged girls’ night out. Interviews indicated the movie has hit home with this audience because it affirms the sexual reality of women of a certain age, that even as they pass the prime of their desirability to men, libidos smolder. More than a few said they came seeking a hot night out.”
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Yo, Kevin, There’s Some Nice Oxygen Outside
Kevin Smith: “Leave the diva-like behavior and drama-queen antics to the movie stars, not the movie reviewer, ya’ rude-ass prick.”
David Poland: “It turns out that Kevin is still angry about a passing comment in a September 2000 review of a movie he produced, Vulgar, in which he appeared….And so, I am banished from seeing screenings of Kevin Smith movies.”
Scott Foundas: “So imagine my surprise when I took my seat at a press screening of Clerks II last Monday morning, only to be tapped on the shoulder by a publicist and kindly, albeit firmly, asked to leave.”
Mark Caro: “He tracks down every review and every story about him, whether written by a nationally known writer or some anonymous schmo on a Web site. Not only does he read the test-screening reviews posted on Ain’t It Cool News but, until recently at least, also has perused the Talkback section.”
Get Well, Ebert, If Only to Stop That Roeper Weasel from Running Amuck
Editor and Publisher: “Movie critic Roger Ebert is on leave from his syndicated column as he recovers from cancer surgery. Ebert has not had a column appear since the week of July 3, according to Universal Press Syndicate. It’s not yet known when he’ll resume his feature, which runs in about 250 newspapers.”
And given how much of a workaholic Ebert is, this does not augur well.
Perhaps He Was Paralyzed While Recalling His 2000 Shoplifting Arrest?
Better Than Fudge: “He was sprawled in such a way that he was clutching the back of my seat for support hence my necessary involvement in this emergency. It was then that I realized that the gentleman in this unfortunate predicament was Rex Reed.” (via Gawker)
So This Explains Why Uwe Boll Has Made So Many Films
“X-Raying the German Tax Skin” by Edward Jay Epstein (Slate version of article) (Apparently, this law was changed in January 2006.)