Great news for fans of Futurama who are mostly looking forward to the New Year because it will bring them that much closer to the 2008 release of new episodes of the classic animated show: ToyFare Magazine has an interview with David X Cohen, co-creator of Futurama, where he reveals some of the details of … Continue reading
Early Saturday morning weary journalists assembled for the junket for We Are Marshall, the upcoming film based on the true story of Marshall University, which had its whole football team wiped out in one plane crash. Matthew Fox was there; he plays Red Dawson, a coach who survived only because he gave up his seat … Continue reading
The later period novels of Stephen King have been marked with an overblown quality, as well as a tortured attempt to link them all together in a fairly lame mythology. While he’s gone back and included many of his older books in that mythology, he really began going down that road with The Talisman, which … Continue reading
This week NBC’s surprise smash hit Heroes turned a big corner – it got rid of the shitty opening and closing voice over. I don’t know how that decision got made, but I hope it sticks. The show sports some of the worst writing on network TV, and the terribleness of it is only highlighted … Continue reading
John Ford is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. I’ve argued in the past that his epic western The Searchers is the best movie ever made, and I haven’t really changed my mind yet. The man had a long and fascinating career, peppered with many classics, and he lived a life worthy of … Continue reading
Showtime’s Masters of Horror series is back for its second season, with many of the previous Masters returning for another go round and a couple of newcomers trying their hand at the format. Last week I received a DVD with the first three episodes and I have to say that there’s a real mixed bag … Continue reading
David Eick is one of the guys behind the amazing relaunch of Battlestar Galactica. Now he’s setting his sights on another cheesy 70s show: The Bionic Woman. Yes, the Six Million Dollar Man’s girlfriend is getting a new life on television. "It’s a complete reconceptualization of the title," Eick told Daily Variety. "We’re using the … Continue reading
Eight seconds lasts forever. That’s how long you have to stay on a bucking bull to begin racking up points, and it’s the points that determine the winner of the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Championship. That man takes home a check for a million dollars and a gold belt buckle; along the way he is … Continue reading
Last night NBC’s new Monday line-up debuted in full with the first episode of Heroes, which was followed up by Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. The media has been salivating about the possibility of Studio 60 failing – show creator Aaron Sorkin is, I guess, hated for being wildly talented and having the ability … Continue reading
When people talk about Francis Ford Coppola they always mention the Godfather films and Apocalypse Now, and maybe if they’re disparaging him, Jack. But one of his great films almost never gets mentioned, and it’s too bad – The Conversation, released between The Godfather movies, is a masterpiece of paranoia and a real template for … Continue reading