Archive · 2006

November 2006

182 posts

SPIDER SPIDER

May 2007 is going to be the Wrestlemania of major 21st century franchises. In that one month we’re getting Shrek 3, Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and Spider-Man 3. Each of these films would be expected to be the #1 movie of the year in which they’re released,… Continue reading

NERDS GET FOX ATOMIC WEDGIE

After much-publicized problems with the location shoot (the university they were using didn’t want to be associated with the film after all), the remake of Revenge of the Nerds has been shut down by Fox Atomic. Nooo! First New Line shafts Peter Jackson and… Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID – 11.22.06

What is this? Every single day of the week (almost), a new "Graboid", a single moment grabbed from a random movie, 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… Continue reading

MCP REVIEW: WII SPORTS

You get Wii Sports free with the system, so it can't be any good, right? Wrong. Wii Sports is the perfect introduction to the workings of the Wii Remote. It also happens to be a damn good party game, much more so than most video games meant for that purpose.… Continue reading

MCP: WII- THE LAUNCH

The alarm clock blared from the bedroom. I started to get up then wisely decided against it. Shit. I'd fallen asleep. I turned my head to the TV, from where I lay on the couch I could see that Slither was still playing. In my blurry vision Grant Grant sliced… Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID – 11.21.06

What is this? Every single day of the week (almost), a new "Graboid", a single moment grabbed from a random movie, 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… Continue reading

AN INCONVENIENT EMAIL EXCHANGE

I get a lot of email from publicist types that I ignore. Often it’s someone pushing a product that they want to tie into a new movie or TV show – they’ll “pitch” me editorial ideas. Most of the time it’s pretty inane stuff, like cookbooks tying into The… Continue reading