Longtime The X-Files director/producer Kim Manners has lost his battle with lung cancer. He was 59. Manners passed away on Sunday at the Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles following a long struggle with the deadly disease.

He was best known for his work on sci-fi series The X-Files, for which he won four Emmy Award nominations, and his stint on U. ( Read more... )

It's taken a while, but finally I bring you my review of
Supernatural - 207 - The Usual Suspects

Loved this episode. Just awesome.

I liked the recap, listing up many of their aliases and such, very good. I also liked how the first scene with the cops going to the motel room was kind of reminiscent of the opening scene in ‘Skin’. I liked that, but ( Read more... )

Wow, my Supernatural review yesterday turned out so much longer than I had intended. Might seem like that episode will end up among my favourites.

Anyway, I kept referancing my 'Modern Vampire' class in that review, so I figured I'd dig out my notes form that class and write some of the stuff down for you.

I'm taking you back to my first session ( Read more... )

So Had my first day of school today, was rather tired when I got going, but it felt good to get started.

The first class 'Contemporary Film Theory' was rather boring. Theory isn't exactly my thing, and we were stuck in a poorly ventilated room, so that didn't help much either. Did pick up a bit when we saw a clip from 'The Usual Suspects'.

Next ( Read more... )