After waiting all day, the final bell at work rang and my shift was over. It took another hour to get home to meet up with a friend, and from there we were off towards downtown Chicago. What would normally be a forty minute drive had the option of turning into a full hour and … Continue reading
Without a doubt, summer 2008 has proven to be one of the strongest and most prolific for Hollywood in quite some time. The sheer bravado displayed on screen this season hasn’t been seen since the late 1990s and we, the filmgoer, are all the better for it. The month of May is traditionally the starting … Continue reading
So, on Tuesday afternoon, I took in a screening of Tonight, He Comes. I will continue to refer to it by that title because it’s the most bizarrely inappropriate title I’ve ever seen for an action adventure film. But I am not here to discuss my opinion of that film (has its moments, but won’t … Continue reading
While at Dragon*Con this Labor Day weekend, I’ll be staying in a downtown Atlanta hotel that cost me $194 for four nights. No, not per night. Maybe I should be worried. I don’t understand why I was able to score a room so cheaply. Even a space with cardboard walls, no bathtub, and a cum-stained … Continue reading
Cinnamon toast. It is such a very simple food, and yet one that brings deliciousness and nostalgia together in a slam dunk. I recently discovered that Cinnabon makes bread. I’m sure you have indulged in a Cinnabon in your local mall or airport, and know the decadence that lies within. The bread is soft and … Continue reading
No people, Steve Martin hasn’t died. On the contrary, it’s just that his career had taken such a dip in quality that he’s been passing on this plane of existence as a spirit that was once funny. Why do I say that? For starters, I’ve been watching the first three seasons of Saturday Night Live … Continue reading
A rant on Lost I made a huge mistake recently guys. I got myself into Lost. I had sidestepped the whole thing too. I watched the first season and was like “They don’t know what the fuck they are talking about. They are making it up as they go along.” And stopped watching it. And … Continue reading
In a world overaught with much consternation about monetary gross, entertainment value and useless gossip I offer this link as an impromptu rendition of my parting words…a place where cinema gets its much deserved place as an actual intellectual artform, and not just a series of fun pictures in a dark room. Hopefully some of … Continue reading
A couple Saturday nights ago I went to a midnight screening at the New Beverly of Never Too Young To Die. If you somehow missed this thankfully unique artifact from the 1980s, this is a movie which stars John Stamos as a gymnast who discovers that his father (played by that guy who … Continue reading
Some folks may’ve heard that both the US and UK incarnations of Tartan Films had closed their doors, leaving us bereft of many future foreign film releases. I’ve been the main reviewer of Tartan US releases on DVDActive.com for some time now, and even got my name aboard two releases (the one wasn’t actually released … Continue reading