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Five horror movie-worthy PSAs from the UK and Australia.
Wed, Sep 9 2009 1:35 PM
Have you seen that ridiculously prolonged, gory Welsh PSA about the dangers of texting while driving? Probably -- it's already managed to amass over six million hits and counting. Personally, it isn't as outre as I'd like: it dwells too long on ambulances and grim faces. But the gratuitous splatter factor is high. Over at the Guardian, Peter Bradshaw... Read More...
All quiet at the Alamo Drafthouse.
Thu, Aug 20 2009 9:40 AM
My heart skipped a beat upon seeing a post on Jim Emerson's Scanners blog about the Alamo Drafthouse's stern onscreen warnings to anyone who dares to talk during a movie at any of the Austin, Texas theater chain's locations. For those who have been to the Drafthouse or anyone about to make the pilgrimage to the upcoming Fantastic Fest, one must understand... Read More...
"I would simply go to the Internet and watch real people having real sex."
Tue, Sep 9 2008 1:52 PM
"I was on a roll, so I kept going with it. I said, 'Look, if I were a 13-year-old boy, and I saw ['Zack and Miri'] on cable back in 1983? Yes, it would send me to the bathroom to jerk off. Now, as a 13-year-old boy, if I saw this movie? It would not titillate me. I would simply go to the Internet and watch real people having real sex. How can... Read More...