Archive · 2007

January 2007

292 posts

KIRK BREAKS THE PRIME DIRECTIVE

As Devin illuminated yesterday, JJ Abrams cryptically stated the new Star Trek will be for folks who may not have the Starfleet uniform hanging in their closet (and if they do, hopefully it’s the old ones, because Next Gen’s are stupid). Today we find out,… Continue reading

THE SYNECDOCHE FIVE

Charlie Kaufman, the writer of films like Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Adaptation, is making the plunge into directing with Synecdoche, New York, which is about a theater director/playwright who tries to put on a play inside… Continue reading

DANCING STREEP

It seems like it was just four news items ago that Dan reported to you that Mamma Mia!, the musical that uses 22 ABBA songs and has grossed well over a billion dollars on stages all over the globe, is being made into a movie. How time flies, because here I am… Continue reading

GATCHAMUNROE

In the early 80s, my pals and I would congregate in the basement at 3:30 pm to watch the anime series G-Force. With five heroes in silly looking bird costumes (and the girl- you can see her underpanties!), big robots and innumerable shots of gritting teeth… Continue reading

DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP 1/10/07

– Rob Cohen, the man who takes making crap (Stealth, XXX, The Fast and The Furious, Daylight, Dragonheart… need I go on?) very, very seriously, is in rumored negotiations to helm The Mummy: Part Trois. There’s always a request in the forums about “guilty… Continue reading