Courtesy of Wizard: First full-body pic of Heath Ledger as The Joker. Yikes.

Halfway through the day and I'm having to remind myself to hang on just four more hours before I can get some blessed caffeine, or a nap. The holiday was good -- hung out with The Group, survived two food comas, and borrowed a treasure trove of music for myself and fishnetfatale --but I managed to wreck my sleep cycle twice, most recently last night, when I ( Read more... )

It's not a total loss, but I imagine midnight movie enthusiasts around Austin are a little disappointed by this: Alamo Drafthouse closes downtown location.

I was lucky enough to be able to visit the downtown Drafthouse once, a few months back, for the Terror Thursday showing of the utterly forgettable Grizzly. The beer was good, the crowd was ( Read more... )

Went out tonight to catch DayWatch and came away feeling pretty good. If you haven't heard about it, here's the trailer. If you have, though, ( Step into the Gloom ... )

For making $49 million on opening weekend -- partially thanks to schmucks like me who took in the midnight show Thursday night -- this movie is catching all sorts of flack. So I thought I'd chime in.

( Minor spoilers within )