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In honor of Homer and his clan’s long awaited arrival to the big screen, I decided to offer up a special edition of the ‘My Favorite Things’ series.
The format for this edition is going to be a little different than prior installments. Rather than grace y’all with the details of why a particular episode hit [...]
I love flicks set in snowy environs. Now if only someone would get around to making a wintry apocalypse flick where one man has to stave off the advances of homicidal snowmen, I’d be sound as a pound. Anyway, on the heels of the I Am Legend trailer comes this peak at the Sam Raimi [...]
Continue reading »The first teaser for the Will Smith flick - I Am Legend - based on the classic Richard Matheson novel, has been released. I’ve got to say, I am a huge fan of apocalyptic flicks and this one has me excited. Any time you take a huge city and empty it out and leave the [...]
Continue reading »With summer movie season officially kicked off… wait, who am I kidding. With Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third and Pirates of the Carribean: At World’s End all released prior to Memorial Day, we may already be onto the Autumn Oscar season by the time I finish scribing this list.
Oh well, once upon a time the [...]
Ed’s Note - This piece was originally posted in July 2006. When I caught a Comment on my Cousin Jason’s Biggerboat site stating my Aunt Sharon’s intention to reveal a list of film’s that made my Uncle Ron (a grown man if there ever was one) cry, I decided to repost this here to provide her with a forum [...]
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What hath Star Wars wrought?
Ever since King George closed out his original series of space opera flicks with that great campfire ditty, Yub Yub, Hollywood has been enamored with the power of three. These days, every franchise gets tagged with a three-picture deal. And while a trilogy makes sense when the entire story arc is [...]
Aint it Cool News has been running rumors which have just been confirmed by a piece in Variety earlier today. Edward Norton has been cast as Bruce Banner in the forthcoming Hulk sequel. These comic flicks just keep impressing with their casting. I’ve already gushed about the way The Dark Knight is coming together and [...]
Continue reading »I came across this article on Kotaku, a popular Gaming Blog, regarding an intriguing bit of product placement in the new Adam Sandler flick, Reign Over Me.
Reign, a comedy drama directed by Mike Binder, stars Adam Sandler as Charlie, a New Yorker who has disconnected from reality in the wake of a massive personal tragedy. One [...]
I caught this flick last weekend with my best bud Sean. Earlier this year, he had posted his Top 5 Films of 2006. When I tried to comment, I realized that the only way I could make out a Top 5 List of my own was to list every movie I had seen in the [...]
John Carpenter must be spinning in his grave. I read this morning that the trifecta is complete - there are now remakes of his three greatest movies in the works. While Rob Zombie continues toiling on his Halloween remake and Ronald Moore polishes the script for The Thing redux, now comes word that producer Neal [...]
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