As I look at my tea-stained and scribbled-on desk calender, I see that I’ll be tearing off the page tomorrow and staring at “December” come Monday morning. If the fact that I need to go buy myself a new calender isn’t a sure sign that the credits are close to rolling on 2007, then the…
One Time Too Many
As my basketball game went to halftime last night, I grabbed my remote and searched for something to watch. I landed on ABC, a channel that has already gone full-swing with their Christmas Specials schedule. Much to my dismay, last night’s choice was a new animated special called SHREK THE HALLS. This thing disappointed me…
Scary Monsters
Audiences first caught this mysterious trailer as it played before TRANSFORMERS last summer. If you were one of those who decided not to give Michael Bay twelve of your hard earned dollars, than hit play, and let your geek flag fly as you get a taste of CLOVERFIELD.
Back In The Saddle
I haven’t written for about two weeks, and in that time I’ve done a lot of thinking. Thinking about what I want to say, and how I want to say it. I’ve thought about what I want this blog to be, about what it is, and what it isn’t. I’ve never pretended to be Roger…
FRED CLAUS
Is it my imagination or do most modern Christmas films deserve a spot on the “naughty” list?
True Colors
A little bit of Oscar news on a Friday morning. The short list for Animated Feature nominees has been released… ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE BEE MOVIE BEOWULF MEET THE ROBINSONS PERSEPOLIS RATATOUILLE SHREK THE THIRD THE SIMPSONS MOVIE SURF’S UP TEKKONKINKREET TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES …kinda feels like they named every…
Pressed In a Book
So the WGA writers are on strike. They’re demanding that they get a bigger piece of the money producers reap from DVD sales and legal downloading. It’s hard to blame them really. After all, if not for those who write the material, we the audience would have no good material to watch (that said, I…