Halloween, unlike a lot of the horror movies that came out of the 70s and 80s, had a wonderfully simple setup: A child goes berserk, murders his family, is committed, and comes back to town years later to finish off the only family member who lived. The John Carpenter original was dark and brooding; the mystery of how and why Michael killed his ( Read more... )

I'm always leery of Hollywood touching sacred cows, and this is no exception. Don Adams was, for all intents and purposes, Get Smart and the concept itself seems impossible without him.

The trailer looks good, but the job of a trailer is to make anything look good.

"The Vice President has a choice to make. If he believes his legal case, his office has no business being funded as part of the executive branch," said Emanuel in a statement released to RAW STORY. "However, if he demands executive branch funding he cannot ignore executive branch rules. At the very least, the Vice President should be consistent. ( Read more... )

Hey baseball fans, pay close attention to the URL.

For those interested, tomorrow there's a Brian Regan special on Comedy Central.

http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_schedule/index.jhtml?dayName=Sun&month=Jun&dayNum=10&year=2007

http://www.sfsketchfest.com/schedule/

I already have my ticket, but since it's on Memorial Day I can't imagine it selling out.  There's ticket info on the sfsketchfest site.

SF Sketchfest Presents RiffTrax Live

with Michael J. Nelson, Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy of Mystery Science Theater 3000!
Return engagement! NEW film!
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For as long as I can remember, I knew the rules of electronics and computers. Two of which have demonstrated themselves this week ( Read more... )

I take no pleasure in anyone's death, it's a morbid affair. That said:

http://www.kansascity.com/449/story/107656.html

Jerry Falwell has finally realized that he outlasted his welcome on this mortal coil. I'm not happy, but I also find it terribly difficult to muster an ounce of sympathy for a man who used religion as nothing more than a means to get ( Read more... )

Dear Mr. Raimi,
Quit while you're ahead.

Love,
me

No one learns. No one ever learns. Do you know what killed the Batman franchise? No, not that. The other reason. No, not that either. Villains. So many villains taking up so much time and making us look at how awesome they were. The movie should've been all about Venom and Harry; Sandman got in the way ( Read more... )

Either AIM is down, I've spontaneously forgotten my password or (in the unlikeliest of scenarios) my account's been compromised by The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. Forecast calls for a 50% chance of a new AIM screenname for y'all. Sorry for the inconvenience.