Miserably obvious movie marketing: the Ghosts of Girlfriends Past trailer. »

Blogging’s been in the backseat lately, because life has taken a turn for the hectic and my priorities have had to shift a bit for the immediate future.
But still. When I come across such a pathetically predictable and awful trailer such as that for Ghosts of Girlfriends Past starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner, it’s [...]

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It might pay to be Matthew McConaughey’s costar. Unfortunately. »

I find it very difficult to get through most of Matthew McConaughey’s movies. Sure, there’s a Lone Star in there, a Dazed and Confused, but in general I find his delivery, his smug persona and his general smarminess to be real cinematic turn-offs.
So it’s with an exuberant sense of “bleh” that I read a piece [...]

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Little Violet Affleck has some things she’s been thinking about. »

Mommy, why are all those sweaty, buggy men taking my picture?
Am I someone important in the world?
Are those people our friends or strangers?
Do they protect us when they’re following us to the supermarket and the park?
Are they kind of like my nannies, just outside the house instead of inside?
Why do they keep pointing those cameras [...]

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