When I watched Grindhouse last year, the experience left me wanting more. Not in a good way, mind you. But that is another (heated) discussion for another day. However, like most of you, what I enjoyed most about Grindhouse were the trailers interspersed throughout brought to you by special guest directors. For me, the most … Continue reading
EDIT: Apparently youtube hates me. Below is one of the music videos for HammerFall’s big hit, “Hearts on Fire.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL9mlqbG5CU No, you’ve not been infected by a rare brain disease that is causing your eyes to see very magical and unspeakable things not meant to be seen by human eyes. That is Swedish Power Metal … Continue reading
Some questions I asked myself while watching The Dark Knight: If Superman growled all the time, would anyone ever suspect he was really Clark Kent? Hong Kong? Why? Couldn’t Gordon have just told his family he was going to be fake killed? Didn’t he come back to life the next day? How big of a … Continue reading
Many critics are claiming in the wake of the release "The X-Files: I Want to Believe," that "The X-Files" is no longer relevant to today's society. I, for one, think they are wrong.
I know everyone else is writing about this film too, but there’s a reason why all us ‘Pens’ feel the need to wax philosophical about such an unbelievable piece of work. However, the bastard had some issues. WHAT? SACRILEGE!!! OUTRAGE!!! Calm the fuck down. Nothing huge, and most of which I suspect may ‘iron out’ … Continue reading
Pretty in Pink is my attempt to make a movie for girls using all the tricks I picked up after ten years of making movies for boys. If any of you guys out there found yourselves oddly attracted to this movie, there’s your reason why. It doesn’t mean you’re gay. It just means you like … Continue reading
Remote Control Zombie
I’m certain most anybody frequenting this site knows the story of Casablanca by now. Boy meets girl, girl leaves boy at train station, boy opens up gin joint in Casablanca, and of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, girl walks into his. Of course, I’m simplifying the story too … Continue reading
I don’t even know where to start. First of all, this is not the review of the movie. That will come tomorrow, after I watch the movie at midnight tonight. Yup, my first midnight opening viewing ever. I am not a nerd. I swear. It’s going to be me, and the seven other people that … Continue reading
Kevin Smith was so stoned last night he couldn’t even form complete sentences. And this was the man who was, hypothetically, moderating the Q&A at the screening of Spaced at the Arclight last night. When he came out announcing he was baked, the audience laughed, but it soon became clear that he wasn’t joking, and … Continue reading