Going out to the movies is not such an easy task these days, so we ordered in Black Death.  It will be in theaters on Friday.  To say anything about the movie beyond that it is set in 1348 during the Bubonic Plague may telegraph the substance and reason for watching the movie.  (If you are interested in seeing the movie, you may do well to stay ( Read more... )

I was an addict for "21 Jump Street" and "X-Files" from Day One.

Oh David, how you took your work in "Californication" and Showtime's series "Red Shoe Diaries" (yes, I watched it to get my fix) so seriously as to disappoint...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/28/david-duchovny-in-rehab-f_n_122268.html

Johnny, please don't do something stupid ( Read more... )

Really, Ethan, really?  Divorcing Uma is one thing.  Isn't it two shades past cliche to marry your kids' nanny?  Dead Poets Society, Training Day, and Before Sunrise will not be the same for me.

This article at Entertainment Weekly from last week is intriguing.  Stephen King looks at The Strangers, The Happening, and the upcoming X-Files movie.  The premise:  a good horror movie doesn't need a big budget, a long-winded back-story, or A-list stars.  Why?  "Horror is an intimate experience, something that occurs mostly within oneself... "  I ( Read more... )

Will you please stop re-making (or "re-inventing") my favorite movies?  Most are bad re-makes at that (one exception is The Thing, or even Invasion of the Body Snatchers).

I've known about this for a year, and it still saddens me.  Can you please tell me why The Day the Earth Stood Still needs an update?  Is it to put money in the coffers? To look ( Read more... )