The X-Files 2: Still Out There
One of the movies I’ve been most anticipating this summer, and also one of the movies I’ve been most concerned wouldn’t meet my expectations, is the long-awaited second X-Files feature film, The X-Files: I Want to Believe. My father introduced me to The X-Files mid-w
Who Watches the Watchmen Trailer?
Seeing as how The Dark Knight has already made two kajillion dollars, I guess most of you reading this have probably already caught the flick. If so, you quite likely also beheld the magnificent Watchmen trailer. For those of you who haven’t had the opportunity, behold! &#
Unlearn What You have Learned: Looking back on Star Wars: Episode I
There’s a weird phenomenon that affects me sometimes (and I know I’m not alone in this) where I so fall in love with a story, or a group of characters, that I will watch those characters even in something really really bad. I know Star Trek V is a terrible movie. Terrible. The
Scum & Villainy: Star Wars Episode I
So. Sigh. The Star Wars Prequels. Its interesting to me to look back now, some years distant, on Episodes I-III. For someone like myself who grew up with the Original Trilogy but who has no memory of seeing those films released, it was an incredible thing to be able to experience
The Dark Knight Returns: Spoiler-Free Review!
I am almost speechless. For the past two and a half hours I had my brains pretty much blown out the back of my head by the The Dark Knight in IMAX. This is a SPECTACULAR film. It is dense. It is dazzling. And boy oh boy it is dark. It is SHOCKINGLY dark — […]
Golden Sequel
I always like my super-hero/fantasy flicks to have a touch of melancholy. (Probably why I enjoy Superman Returns so much, as I’ve written about previously on this site.) One of the things I really appreciated about the Lord of the Rings movies, and the original books, was that t
Movie Mediocrity
I had a rare two-days off from my summer job last week, and so I of course took the opportunity to go see a whole bunch of new movies currently playing in theatres. I had a lot of fun, but I must report that everything I saw was pretty solidly mediocre. The Happening — Its [&hel
Quantum of Bond
It’s still got a dumb title, but holy cow the trailer for the next Bond film is awesome: http://www.moviefone.com/movie/quantum-of-solace/26922/main Please please please let the bad-guy organization be Spectre!!! Also, if Bond is taking things personally, Felix had better keep h
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the One Last Joke
I posted my final cartoon making fun of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on Friday. (I don’t usually post new cartoons on a Friday, but I was running one day behind last week.) If you missed it, just check out the Archived Comics page! See you back here tomorro
“Me… I’m Gone!”
I remember the first time I heard a George Carlin album. It was when I was 13, spending my summers (as I always did, and still do!) at Camp Ramah in New England. Someone in my bunk had a cassette tape with a short routine: Carlin’s classic “seven words you can’t say