I grew up, like many of you, listening the the Chipmunks. I had Chipmunk Punk, God help me. The escapades of Alvin, Simon, and Theodore were the stuff of legend in a time when you too could have your own Chipmunk records simply by popping an album on and changing the .78 to .44. Or … Continue reading
Catherine Hardwick, known for her alternative youth culture knack (naughty girl subpolitics of Thirteen, edge riding trendsetters at the dawn of skateboarding in Lords of Dogtown and teen pregnancy in The Nativity), is looking to add some righteous recognition to the environmentalist movement by helming the film adaptation of The Monkey Wrench Gang. Gang centers … Continue reading
Any time I see the term “ferocious” combined with “bidding battles”, I envision nothing short of severed limbs slapping to the floor, eyeballs hanging from the danglies and stuffy old executives leaping at obnoxious young executives in a battle to the death. A situation way cooler than the usual anxiety-driven melee of phone calls and … Continue reading
Blizzard’s vice-president of development, Itzik Ben Bassat, has gone on record saying that the company’s next MMO project will be "innovative." Theories abound that it will take place in the Starcraft universe, which would make sense given the large fanbase. What Blizzard doesn’t want to do, obviously, is step on their own toes by making … Continue reading
There’s nothing like beating a topic into oblivion to send the “who gives a shit meter” into the red. So, I’m sorry and thanks for reading. Amidst all the recent ratings fuss, ex MPAA head and current advocate of the silver haired blackened brow club, Jack Valenti has jumped to the defense the ratings system … Continue reading
There’s been a lot of grumbling on the Web concerning the proposed American remake of Korean cult fave flick Oldboy, not the least of which concerns the choice of Justin Lin for director. And with each subsequent Justin Lin stinker that washed up in theaters (Annapolis, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift), the gnawing … Continue reading
Travelling through Utah back in the day must have been the worst. If the elements didn’t get you, the Mormons would. If, you know, you happened to be traveling through the sage and snakes of Southern Utah territory in an Arkansas wagon train named “Fancher” in 1857. Back in August, Devin wrote a piece about … Continue reading
Jet lag hovers over me at all times. When I finally pass out Monday night at 1am it’s really 8 to my body. When I wake up at 5am it’s really midnight to me. There’s something grossly disorienting about waking up far too early in the local time zone and yet at a completely bizarre … Continue reading
As a legal and tax paying Utah resident, I put up with a lot of abuse. Rage-inducing driving, bitter cold winters and heaps of condescending “You live in Utah!?” mockery. But when January rolls around and the Sundance Film Festival turns Park City into a sea of furry boots, big-ass sunglasses and drunken, star-watching revery, … Continue reading
The last few weeks, we’ve seen a lot of 300. The studio is churning things out so fast, it’s hard to keep up. One poster iteration after another after a new trailer after another poster after another trailer. I’ve worried about overkill in posting these, but 300 is pretty highly anticipated by a lot of … Continue reading