Faster is the first time I’ve seen a movie attempt to become a badass action-movie classic by opening with a close-up of a man’s nipples. I know you’ve seen the trailers and the posters and you’re going in there expecting to see Dwayne Johnson’s famous arched-eyebrowed glare, or even his surging biceps, but no, the first … Continue reading
Since moving to LA five years ago the holiday season has come to mean pretty much just one thing to me: METAL. So last year while in the throws of a deep Opeth binge I found myself hunting around on the internet for other groups to pontificate on. These days it takes more than just … Continue reading
Many years ago I was loaned Matthew Reilly’s Ice Station and fell completely in love. The man writes novels that feel just like a summer blockbuster, quick and action-packed and utterly, utterly ridiculous. Full of macho men and guns and all kinds of high speed chases and shootouts, they really rely on your to turn … Continue reading
Since I am a resident of the US, this Thursday holds some significance to me, as well as a good portion of my fellow Americans – it’s the day we celebrate the day we started stealing land and offered polio as compensation. But, a lot of you are more familiar with its non-Kryptonian name – … Continue reading
This is a new series dedicated to theme songs, scores, and any type of music featured in film and television that I love, that gets stuck in my head, or that has special significance. THEME SONGS FROM THE KIDDIE YEARS – PART 2And unfortunately for you, this list seems to keep growing 1. The War … Continue reading
Disclaimer: I had planned to do this entry on Terry Prachett but then I realized he doesn’t fit the criteria I set out (i.e he is well known all over the world) so that blog will be for another time. Plus, I want to do more research on it before I publish it. So instead … Continue reading
Adult Beverage. I hate that term. It’s an attempt to be clever or make the act of boozing it up seem cute. Having a few people over for some adult beverages sounds awfully boring, plus it puts too much emphasis on the beverages. If your main motivation for doing something revolves around the fact you’re … Continue reading
I’ll put this out there. I completely fall apart when I’m in a new city. I like to portray an image of a slick, streetwise, well travelled young go getter, but the reality is I’m a bit of a country bumpkin. I remember myself and my wife losing our minds in London when we saw a … Continue reading
Pre-Credits Sequence (5 minutes tops) – Quickie Origin that covers the basics. Krypton is about to destroyed, everyone wants to try Jor-El for heresy. Jor-El’s biggest supporters have been sent into the Phantom Zone. Fearing the worst, Jor-El plots a course of a rocket to take his infant son to the next habitable planet. Jor-El … Continue reading
In the late seventies, and something that feels like it’s outta the eighties (only with less of a budget), was a small little film called LASERBLAST. I suppose I could say that we don’t make crazy movies like this anymore, or if we do they’re just throwbacks, but this movie is crazy and I don’t … Continue reading