Roger Moore’s sophomore outing as 007 is a maddening experience because it has so many things that could have made it a great movie, but some unforgivable lapses into silliness just sink any effort at good storytelling. It’s a shame, because for roughly the first hour and 20 minutes or so (barring some sequences that … Continue reading
The problem with ‘best of’ lists is that there are so god damn many of them. For this, my list of favorite movie villains, I’m going to do my best to avoid the usual choices, like Darth Vader, Hannibal Lector, Norman Bates or Dracula. I’m aiming for something a little more original, though I seriously … Continue reading
I ducked out of Dragon*Con a little early Monday morning so I could beat the hurricane back home to Louisiana. For those who don’t know, Dragon*Con is the largest gathering of something or other east of the Mississippi and south of the Mason-Dixon Line. It’s big—70,000 attendees is the number I heard, but that really … Continue reading
Starting this Wednesday, September 3rd is out 5th guest programmer series at the New Bev SETH GREEN’S CALVALCADE OF HORROR The super rad movies Seth is showing are: Sept 3-4 ROBO COP & DIE HARD Sept 5-6 DEFENDING YOUR LIFE & DEATH BECOMES HER Sept 7-9 YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE WARRIORS Sept 10-11 THREE … Continue reading
I think tattoos are cool. Call me silly or impressionable but I’m fairly impressed by those who permanently mark themselves with a symbol of their youth or family or humor. It’s the ultimate form of commitment in many ways. It can also be dreadfully stupid, as I’ve seen with many tattoos. Especially the one I … Continue reading
I’m continuing today, albeit after quite a delay, my series of articles on war-time British war films that started with my article on In Which We Serve. This article will look at another film I’m equally as fond of, Went The Day Well. Although visually it is not as interesting and certainly it is not … Continue reading
Rebranding McCain Apologies to all for being away so long. If you haven’t heard, back in May, my family and I made a sudden decision to move to Tokyo for the year, which led to a distracting three months of preparations. We’ve been here now for two weeks, are mostly settled in, and are loving … Continue reading
It seemed so simple. All I wanted to do was make a remake of 3:10 to Yuma. A little Western action, heroes and villains, pride: lost and found. The studio said, “Yeah, sure. Here’s Batman, don’t let him get hurt out there.” I walked out of the office thinking, “Hmmm, that was too easy.” Turns … Continue reading
A Nice Hard Slap – OK, Now We Really Have an Oil Crisis. OK people it’s finally time to start worrying about this oil situation. Sean “Puffy” Combs is flying commercial. PROOF. Seriously people. We cannot inconvenience this man any more than we already have. Some suggestions: 1. Don’t drive.2. If you do drive, use … Continue reading
It’s funny when you think about the way love is portrayed in film. You rarely ever see an honest display of how love can unfold. Sure, we’ve all had butterflies in our stomach, went through puppy love, and generally just made a jackass of ourselves in the name of “love”, but what about when the … Continue reading