In The Dark Knight Batman takes a trip to the Orient*, but he won’t be doing any swimming. The production is moving to Hong Kong to get some inscrutable footage, some of which was to include Batman dropping out of a plane into Hong Kong’s harbor and then climbing out. Yeah, I have no idea … Continue reading
JJ Abrams’ new Star Trek flick which, like Devin I’d really like to see work, continues to experience the WTF casting malady. The latest symptom has Winona Ryder cast as mother to Zachary Quinto’s Spock. What do you say to that? That she’s a scene-stealer? I try to come up with a decent joke and … Continue reading
Somewhere in any top ten list of ‘important’ authors from the past fifty years resides Don DeLillo. Composer of novels that are somewhere between those of Thomas Pynchon and Philip Roth, his books tell the story of the 20th and 21st centuries in a unique, if occasionally long-winded fashion. As dense as his work is, … Continue reading
I can’t say I dig everything he’s been doing, but Mark Wahlberg is on a hell of a roll. Fresh from The Departed he had Shooter and We Own The Night, and he’s already jumped to The Lovely Bones and, um, Shyamalan’s The Happening. Now there’s a new addition to his burgeoning slate: Max Payne, … Continue reading
Neil Gaiman wants you to know that he was not bullshitting you at Comic Con when he talked up Robert Zemeckis’ CGI version of Beowulf, which he co-wrote with Roger Avary. This is not the movie that advertising may have led you to believe it is, and I am happy to tell you that Gaiman’s … Continue reading
The response to the Angel Box Set giveaway was immense and lovely. As a result, and timed nicely with the fact that a second X-Files movie is finally coming to screens, I’m thrilled to be offering a lucky Chewer this amazing comprehensive box set of the show that made me open to television again, Chris … Continue reading
Where the author tells you of the many things out there that make him want to become a master thief with an exceptionally large basement to hoard the myriad material things worth owning and loving. Installment One.Installment Two.Installment Three.Installment Four.Installment Five.Installment Six.Installment Seven.Installment Eight.Installment Nine.Message Board Discussion. Good day. The love of consumption is a … Continue reading
Yesterday was the big brouhaha about Rob Zombie directing a remake of 1980s C-movie C.H.U.D., from whence the very name of this site comes. I told you how some people in the world of horror news poo-poo’ed the concept, but then Johnny Butane claimed to confirm it, saying he had spoken to Rob himself. Well, … Continue reading
He worked with John and Alan Lomax at the Library of Congress in the 1940s. He co-founded the Almanac Singers with Woody Guthrie. He adapted and co-authored the definitive protest song of the twentieth century – a little ditty you’ve probably heard called "We Shall Overcome". As one of The Weavers, he seeded the 1950s … Continue reading