Archive · 2005

August 2005

308 posts

WHO WROTE THE BOOK OF LEO?

Joe Lovero. That's the guy we'll have to blame for what sounds like yet another of the "high concept" comedies that Jim Carrey used to do all the time. Except this time we'll be stuck with Seann William Scott. The Book of Leo is about a guy who, as he… Continue reading →

TELEVISION ON THE BIG SCREEN

I like a good skewering of Hollywood, at least when it's done well – Bowfinger, State and Main, Living in Oblivion, The Player, HBO’s Entourage, or even the late lamented TV series Action!. Filmmaker Jake Kasdan has his own indie satire in the works called… Continue reading →

CONTEST: THE MUPPET SHOW, #1

The arrival of The Muppet Show on DVD is a monumental event for some of you folks, and I can only imagine that the Muppets Wizard of Oz is like a warm blanket from the past but stiched with vibrant new patches (and Quentin Tarantino, something that makes this… Continue reading →

BATMAN SEQUEL NON-NEWS

We keep getting tons of emails about the latest casting on the sequel to Batman Begins (Batman Resumes?), and I continually have to be Snuffy the Fire Dog and put out the flames of fun. You see, people, it’s extremely difficult (probably not impossible, but… Continue reading →

DAILY GRABOID 8.9.05

Every single day of the week, a new Graboid appears on this site for you to guess the name of the film, share with your officemates, or discuss on our message boards. Sometimes the graboid will be very easy and sometimes it'll be as obscure as obscure gets… Continue reading →

THOR'S COMIC COLUMN

REVIEWED THIS WEEK:– Rocketo #0– G.I. Spy #1– Green Arrow #53– Justice #1– Gotham Central TPB #2– Dead West #1– Smoke and Guns #1– Wanted TPB First Look: “Rocketo” Looks to be Comics’ Next Great Adventure By Sean Fahey Rocketo is going to be the next great… Continue reading →

THIS JUST ISN'T NEWS

There's only one time that a film rating becomes a news story, as far as I'm concerned, and that's when a serious piece of work gets slathered with an NC-17 kiss of death. The NC-17 was created to be an alternative to the X rating, which the MPAA lamely never… Continue reading →