I suddenly realized that several articles I was reading in the space of 24 hours had a common theme: the refutation of current movies.

Oh look. He called it

Next year will be the 40th Anniversary of the movie “MANOS” The Hands of Fate (and that IS the correct punctuation). The Agony Booth directed me to a wonderful article from the 30th Anniversary, “The Hand That Time Forgot” by Richard Brandt. Brandt also has a follow-up article, “Growing Up Manos,” which recounts the movie…

Nicolas Cage and wife Alice are parents of boy Nicolas’ son is named Kal-el Coppola Cage. You know, I’ve thought about naming a son Clark, but I’d be afraid that that would be too geeky. “Kal-el”? KAL-FREAKING-EL? If you’re determined to do a bizarre insider trivia name as the title by which your poor son…

Years ago, at the first Dixon Dinner I attended, I actually disputed Chuck’s assertion that Armageddon was a better movie than Deep Impact (with both of us agreeing that the two films were awful, but which was better?).

I could spend a week reading The Agony Booth reviews. Actually, weeks; every review is longer than an X-Men mega-crossover. Bookmark this one!

Roger Ebert’s review gives it three stars. I guess it doesn’t matter that I watched a bit of Firefly before my review; Ebert is blissfully unaware of most TV shows (a point of pride with him, though it leaves him ill-fit to review Bewitched, Dukes of Hazzard and the like) so you now have your…

The Grumpy Gamer was also invited to the screening, though he had to go through a great deal of rigamarole to do so. His post is funny (with a few brief expletives). Some money quotes, emphasis mine: Apparently, me getting into the screening is dependent on my regurgitating a much of marketing hype on my…

I have been invited to an advance showing of Serenity. Watch for my review!

Showgirls with Sock Puppets sounds like it would be far more watchable than the actual movie.