"The plastic tips of shoelaces are called Aglets and their purposes are sinister."

I think I have Swine Flu.

Do any of the symptoms involve itchy ankles?

Yo Yos were originally invented as weapons?

Goddamn that's bad ass.

Next thing you know we discover Legos were originally intended for biochemical use.

"There is a great variety in the nominated films this year. Even Norbit got a nomination, which I think is great. Too often the Academy ignores movies that aren't good."

This video makes me shiver and want to jump up chanting along.

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The OFCS Awards Voting begins Monday and I've only really seen about sixty percent of the screeners sent over, and if I'm sent the Miramax package this week I'll have to crunch and watch those too. I have no one to blame but myself. I'm going to get in as many 2007 flicks before Monday and afterward it will just become a case of watching 2007 ( Read more... )

A reason I'm afraid of interviewing people:

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In honor of Halloween:

A Halloween State of Mind...

Plus, my horror movie marathon continues. Hit a snag yesterday, big surprise, but it will continue today.

PLEASE, watch your kids if you're taking them trick of treating. Please.

Happy Halloween, boils and ghouls.

Damn it, corny as they are and may be, they worked on me. I can't explain it. Perhaps I was just too gullible or susceptible. This is one of my favorites:

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You probably remember that one spoofed on "Scrubs."

The one here horrified me as a child. I would scream and go frantic whenever it was on TV, and this was played during cartoons during the day!

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"In a recent interview with the New York Daily News, Danny Boyle pulled no punches when addressing the topic of Eli Roth. "His movies aren't even particularly well done," Boyle says, "They're not even scary. They're horrible, but that's not scary. It's not suspense. And if you watch my films in detail, there's actually not a lot of violence in them ( Read more... )