With the exception of perhaps news about Eliot Spitzer, it’s been a quiet summer thus far with regards to television — and, no, that Jake and Vienna broke up after finding “true love” on The Bachelor doesn’t count. So greet this bit of casting news with as much excitement as you can muster: Read More
To paraphrase Bill Clinton: It’s the movies, stupid. Much has been made in recent days over the sagging ticket sales at the summer box office. The numbers are stark: Compared to last year at this time, box office is down $106 million. To put it in even more perspective: Memorial Day weekend attendance Read More
Looking for something to do this Memorial Day weekend? Here’s a handy guide to the new releases.
Sex and the City 2
What’s the story: Also known as Ishtar in Manolo Blahniks. Sex and the City 2 finds Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha (Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon and Kim Cattrall) headed to Read More
“The only thing memorable about Sex and the City 2 is the number two part, which describes it totally, if you get my drift,” wrote The Observer‘s Rex Reed in his review of the film for this week’s issue.
“Sarah Jessica Parker looks better after her face mole was surgically removed,” Mr. Reed added. Read More
Sex and the City 2 is set mostly in Abu Dhabi, where Carrie and Co. fly for an all-expenses-paid romp and much in the way of Scooby-Doo-like hijinks ensue. It’s all in good fun, if not the most culturally sensitive artifact Hollywood ever turned out. The thing is, I lived for the past two years Read More
The only thing memorable about Sex and the City 2 is the number two part, which describes it totally, if you get my drift. Everything else in this deadly, brainless exercise in pointless tedium is dedicated to the screeching audacity of delusional self-importance that convinces these people the whole world is waiting desperately to watch Read More
