Archive · 2006

December 2006

239 posts

ANOTHER DICK ON TV

Last semester, I took a Films and Literature class. A big part of the course was the novels of Raymond Chandler. Philip Marlowe, a character Chandler created, had been the star of many of the books and films we studied. I hated the character at first, but he… Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID – 12.12.06

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

SMILIN' JACK RUBY: THE POSTER

Somehow I missed this over the weekend: there’s a poster for the new Pang Brothers movie, The Messengers, and if you have microscopic vision, you should be able to make out the name ‘Mark Wheaton’ on there as screenwriter. That name may not be very familiar… Continue reading

D'OH

Things are looking up for The Simpsons Movie. The first teaser trailer, which featured Homer being smashed around by a wrecking ball (a gag from 1926 that holds up so well it feels more like it’s from 1933!), was, without a doubt, the worst teaser for a… Continue reading

MCP: EXCITE TRUCK REVIEW

While I knew that I’d be picking up Twilight Princess at the Wii launch, I wasn’t sure what else would be worth buying. The purpose for most launch games is to display the abilities of the new system. Sometimes they are groundbreaking (Mario 64) and sometimes… Continue reading