Dead Bond Girls
For the record, the dead Bond girls in today’s cartoon are (from left to right): Paris Carver from Tomorrow Never Dies, killed in her bed by the assassin Dr. Kaufman at the behest of her media mogul husband Elliot Carver; Miss Anders from The Man with the Golden Gun, shot by Sc
“He was Some Kind of a Man” — An Orson Welles Double Feature
I first saw Citizen Kane in college, during a fantastic class called Film Architecture (one of the best classes I had in college). I’ve seen it several times since then, and while I wouldn’t list Kane as my favorite film of all time, I certainly understand why many consi
My Farewell to Heroes
I suppose I have high standards for the TV shows that I watch. Is that a bad thing? I don’t watch TV casually. I don’t sit down and flip around to find something that looks interesting. There are a bunch of shows that I watch, and I watch them religiously — e
The Redemption of 24?
When the new TV-movie 24: Redemption begins, television super-hero Jack Bauer is in Africa, helping out at a school for orphans and trying to avoid a subpoena that would summon him back to the States. However, this being 24, it isn’t long before a perfect storm of evil warlord
Happy Thanksgiving and News Around the Net!
The folks over at aintitcoolnews have posted something very cool — a slightly tweaked version of the new Star Trek trailer. It’s basically the exact same trailer, with one big glorious change made to the very last shot. This isn’t a fan-made hoax, this is a real
How to edit a movie, starring The Incredible Hulk
In the weeks before Marvel’s The Incredible Hulk opened this summer, there were a lot of stories on-line and in various entertainment magazines about a dispute over the editing of the film between Marvel and star Edward Norton (who played Bruce Banner). As the tale was told, N
Spend a Threevening with Kevin Smith & Robot Chicken!
I’ve seen some very funny movies in the theatres lately, but let me tell you about the two best pieces of entertainment that I’ve seen this week: Sold Out: A Threevening With Kevin Smith — Back in 2002, film-maker Kevin Smith (Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, etc…
Kevin Smith and Seth Rogen Make a Pretty Great Movie
In the new comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno, we witness the interesting collision of two comedy worlds. Kevin Smith has been making raunchy comedies since his black-and-white, made-for-no-money-whatsoever debut film Clerks. Although his subsequent films (Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogm
Quantum of Solace, Watchmen, and Star Trek!
So Steph and I caught Quantum of Solace on Friday — What a fun time in a theatre! The showing started off with several exciting trailers for some of the big blockbusters that will be arriving in the spring. Quite a few of them didn’t interest me, such as Angels & Dem
J.J. Abrams’ new Starship Enterprise design revealed — oh, the pain!
I seem to be alternating between manic euphoria over the impending arrival of J.J. Abrams’ big-screen big-budget Star Trek relaunch/reboot/whatever, and tremendous pessimism that a film trying to re-cast the iconic roles of Kirk, Spock, etc., can’t possibly be good. On the