Am I the only one who looks at the hook-handed killer in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and can’t stop thinking of the Gorton’s frozen-fish guy? We’re supposed to be leaping into our neighbors’ laps in fear, but one glance at this faceless lug, in his big ugly fisherman’s hat and slicker, and I’m guessing that Ronald McDonald would have been a lot scarier. Even the killer’s name is bland — it’s Ben Willis — and, more often than not, he has a peculiar way of terrorizing his victims. Read More...
Perhaps I should admit right from the start that America’s Funniest Home Videos still, after all these years, makes me laugh; that’s just how I roll. Getting a chortle out of watching people doing ridiculous things is as natural as eating and sleeping. And no one does ridiculous better (or with more gusto) than contestants on Japanese game shows. So it’s with embarrassing anticipation that I’ve been looking forward to ABC’s new I Survived a Japanese Game Show, a reality TV/competition hybrid that’s shipped a handful of all too stereotypical Americans (the Staten Island Diva, the country boy, the naive blond) to Tokyo, set them up in a house (complete with bossy Mama-san and remote control toilet), and cast them on a crazy gameshow called Majide, translated by turbo-charged host Romu Kandu as “You Got to Be Crazy. Read More...
Yes! Disney has released concept art from its upcoming 3-D animated feature, Rapunzel, based on the original Grimm’s fairy tale. You can view all of them here — the ones of Rapunzel and the prince walking in the forest and chilling on a boat are particularly gorgeous and should be viewed in full size. I love how the “tower” (pictured, right) is basically an adorable castle on a stilt — if I lived there, I’d feel lucky, not punished. Read More...
