I am Legend
Holy Shit! I just read that they are actually making a movie, staring Will Smith, of the book “I am Legend“. I had heard rumors, but they have an estimated release date for the end of this year. “I am Legend” was written by Richard Matheson, who wrote many episodes of the original Twilight Zone. The has a storyline that [...]
Forrest ‘Fucking’ Gump and the Academy Awards
Tonight’s ABC Saturday Night movie stands as a reminder of the worthlessness of the Academy Awards. The movie is “Forrest Gump”, which won the 1994 Best Picture award. Do you know what movies “Forrest Gump” beat? It beat “Pulp Fiction” and “The Shawshank Redemption”…Yes, let that sink in for a minute…”Pulp Fiction”, probably the most [...]
Carthaginians Riding War Elephants Would Rule!
I’m such a geek. I just saw an ad for “Hannibal Rising” and my initial thought was that it was a movie about the Hannibal whom crossed the Alps, but it’s about the Hannibal whom eats livers. That’s one of the reasons I don’t like movies, they always disappoint me. I referenced War Elephants in [...]
5 Shitty Movies I Love
Big Top Pee-wee Problem Child Problem Child 2 Joe Dirt Waterboy These movies are in no particular order. Notice that I listed “Big Top Pee-wee” and not “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” which is a cinematic masterpiece and one of my favorite movies of all-time. “Big Top Pee-wee” centers around a circus being blown into Pee-wee’s farm [...]
The Movie Time Line
This is a cool link, The Movie Time Line. What these people have done, is place the date of events in many popular movies into one list. It’s pretty cool, because they mix all different sorts of movies. These are the examples that the site gives at the beginning: Who’d have thought that while Gangs [...]
Starz looks to expand to PCs, video players
Starz Entertainment Group is introducing a $9.95-a-month subscription service that will allow people to download movies from the Internet and watch them on their computers, portable video players and television sets. The new offering, called Vongo, comes at a time when movie studios and television networks are rapidly expanding their efforts to distribute their [...]
Pat Morita, Mr. Miyagi of ‘The Karate Kid,’ dies at 73
Actor Pat Morita, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal of the wise and dry-witted Mr. Miyagi in “The Karate Kid,” has died. He was 73. Wax on, Wax off. Wha!!??! Arnold is dead? He’s piloting his Japanese Zero into heaven. read more | digg story
Thanksgiving roundup
Hey, hope everyone had a decent Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving isn’t that big of a deal to me, but hey it’s a day off. We woke up and watched some of the Detroit Thanksgiving Day Parade. I like the Detroit parade the best. The Macy’s parade is too theatrical and broadway-ish for me. I like a traditional [...]
