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…
Scared
When you start flipping channels and find an endless array of horror movies on TV you can tell that Halloween is coming. When I was a kid it was a time to hike a few blocks toward the rich neighbourhood and hope to score a few full-sized chocolate bars. As I got older, it became…
Come Out and Play
So last Friday, author J.K. Rowling outed one of her Harry Potter characters. In case you didn’t hear about it, turns out Dumbledore is gay. Rowling said she was reluctant to draw attention to his sexual preference for fear of how readers might react. When I read this news, I started feeling like she should…
Pictures of You
I was thinking long and hard about this week’s top five, and found myself staring out my apartment window while doing so. I noticed a building a few blocks over from me, that has an entire wall painted up as a movie poster. In three years of living here, that wall has never not had…
The Best of You
Yesterday I posted about how I was pleasantly surprised with how good 3:10 TO YUMA turned out to be. I’ll admit, when I first saw trailers, I thought I was in for a crummy western like BAD GIRLS, AMERICAN OUTLAWS, or THE QUICK AND THE DEAD. Instead, I was treated to two hours of pure…
The Art of Losing
A few nights ago, Paris Hilton did a spot on David Letterman. Unfortunately for the living Barbie doll, nobody warned her about how tough Dave can be. While he has turned the volume down in recent years, Letterman has always been a comedian who can cut you down with a joke before you’ve even had…
Glory Days
This time of year means different things to different people. Obviously, for movie lovers, it’s the time that some of the best films of the year hit screens looking for award contention. For TV fans, it’s the point where their favorite shows return and they are given a new crop of offerings to find new…