Van Helsing gets *** from Ebert and has been #1 so far this weekend, but 3 out of 4 critics hate it.
Don’t trip over the stool!
I’ve always liked Dick Van Dyke, and now I hear there is a reunion show on Monday night.
Two words: Cree! Py!
The latest movie from M. Night Shyamalamamalan, The Village, looks like it’ll be the creepiest movie since…well, his last movie.
It’s BIZARRO!
Bizarro sounds. Not the Superman Bizarro, but the strangest episode of Sealab 2021 ever where the bizarro counterparts of the crew appear. Now, with this handy page, you can replay all your favorite sound clips from the episode! You may also enjoy this similar Captain Murphy soundboard.
Pod Six is jerks!
Pod Six’s Sealab 2021 Episode Guide informs us that new episodes of Sealab will premier on June 20th! This is a great web site if you’re a Sealab fan, by the way.
I’m bein’ blaxploited!
Mario Van Peebles’ new film, Baadasssss!, (Sorry, but that’s the title!) is an account of what his father went through in making the first blaxploitation flick in 1971, Sweet Sweetback’s Baad Asssss Song. Melvin Van Peebles fought the studio system, financing the flick via a loan from Bill Cosby and filing for work-related injuries due…
Hallelujah!
One of the funniest scenes from Monty Python’s Life of Brian (and that’s saying something) is now online as a promotion for the rerelease of the film. The trailer is also online, though it’s the original trailer from the 70s. I’ve noticed that the re-release is being billed as the “Second Coming of The Life…
New Riddick trailer premiere
The Chronicles of Riddick movie looks like a cross between The Matrix and Lord of the Rings, even swiping some visuals and concepts from both…but that’s not such a bad pair of trilogies to be copying, I guess. Vin Diesel’s played this part before, in the movie Pitch Black. Aside from an allusion to being…
Shooting Star Comics latest victim in the War on Terror
Shooting Star Comics’ Message Board has been hacked by someone with a beef against Christians, Jews, the USA and Israel. I have no clue why they singled out the SSC board. To the best of my knowledge, the SSC boards are not overflowing with Ann Coulter-ish Muslim-bashing. Scott McCullar is working to have the Forum…
Captain America vs. the Predator
No one is outbidding me!