My mother told me today that Britney Spears was going to be in the new Tarantino movie. After she did I told her why it wasn’t true and wouldn’t be happening. The original story broke with the UK Telegraph and was then circulated around the globe where it was either proven false (CHUD) or regarded … Continue reading
I’ll begin by alleviating any curiosity that Man on Wire is somehow a play on Man on Fire. It is not. The phrase “man on wire” is what’s used in the police report under “Details” for Philippe Petit’s trespassing and disturbing the peace charges. The buzz of the world that day, no more details needed … Continue reading
Now more than ever, biopics are a hot commodity in Hollywood. Humans are a curious kind, so having the opportunity to peer through the closed doors of someone’s life is just too hard to pass up. Drama and biography- it’s the perfect marriage between two aspects of storytelling that’s supremely challenging to create, but incredibly … Continue reading
With the (hopefully false) rumors circling the mill about Tarantino remaking Russ Myers’ extraordinarily stupendously sensational Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! I’ve revisited an idea I had several years ago – I want to create a staged, musical version of the film. Like most of my little projects I didn’t get very far, but when the … Continue reading
If you look at the top ten films of all time (aka the best of Sam Strange), six of them will be Star Wars films. This historical series has changed the life of every man, woman, man-child, child, and child-child who have come across its middle school charms, high school themes, and technical school wizardry. … Continue reading
A Nice Hard Slap – Doppeltracheotomygängers!! There’s a pilot for a Sci-Fi Original Series in here somewhere… I was at lunch the other day and saw a dead ringer for a friend of mine. I mean, a serious dead ringer. Same bone structure, hairstyle, height, frame, and even the same sparkle to the eye. Except … Continue reading
It’s a pretty easy call to say that FRWL is one of the best Bond movies ever made; if not THE best, then certainly within the top three. Like one of Bond’s martinis, every ingredient here is mixed perfectly. The villains are first-rate. The plot gives us a terrific Bond adventure. And (for the time, … Continue reading
About two weeks ago I wrote this letter, which I’d like to share with you all because it’s somewhat of a review of a comic book that I believe everyone should be reading. Christopher Mitten is a very good comic book artist who does the art for Wasteland. He did send me a rather pleasant … Continue reading
My review of Pineapple Express which is the latest out of Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen.
In the spirit of the apparent cinematic summer of the superhero action movie, and the very recent San Diego Comic-Con weekend, I watched a documentary called Confessions of a Superhero. That one feels like a good stopping point, for the time being, after having written what feels like an unintentionally disproportionate amount … Continue reading