One of my (three male) roommates back in DC told me once that I was like Michelle Pfeiffer in Batman Returns.  I have never seen Batman Returns.  But this was just posted in film_stills.

Okay, then.

Isn't it great when things you encounter in real life (or fictional life) remind you of things in your writing?  I DO, I DO.  I always think my thing is more real, even when it's clearly not in any objective way - although I guess it's more real for me.

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I seriously thought this was a Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots movie (and I was like, can we please ( Read more... )

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Now, I'd see this.  It's aggressive and fantastical, two traits that sadly rarely go together.  But see the part where he says, "your child is the only hope humanity has of surviving"?  I literally ROLL MY EYES.  That was the major reason I ended up not liking Children of Men - the whole "the fate of humanity rests with one unborn child that must ( Read more... )

Oh, jeebus:

Taras Bulba, the 15th-century Cossack immortalized in Nikolai Gogol’s novel by that name, disdains peace talks as “womanish” and awes his men with speeches about the Russian soul. When Polish soldiers finally burn him at the stake, he roars out his faith in the Russian czar even as flames lick at his mustache.
A lush $20 million film ( Read more... )

So, in honor of a post in moviebuffs that startled the hell out of me with its title ("Yo Joe!") and gave me a truly insane thought for a second, but was actually about the new G.I. Joe movie that's slated to come out this year (kill me now, I know), I decided to write a list of things I consider insane about G.I. Joe. You can dissect a lot about the the ( Read more... )