In today’s strip, PvP references Francis Ottoman’s robot double.

Jason Apuzzo, one of the heads of the Liberty Film Festival and a devotee of George Lucas, reviews Episode III with minor-to-middling spoilers. He largely addresses the faux-controversy about Lucas making remarks about Bush and the Iraq War as represented in this movie, and puts that into perspective. I don’t really agree with Apuzzo’s take…

Thank you to Erik who notified me of this funny column: James Lileks: Producers see cash, but we’re after fun …in the last Batman movie, his costume had a codpiece and nipples. Nipples the size of a dial on a combination lock. Batman does not have nipples. So there you have it. You have an…

Gross Misunderstanding – Forget about the box office. By Edward Jay Epstein is a good article about the revenue stream for movies, showing how 80% of a film’s profits don’t come from the theater. That’s why movies are on DVD so quickly these days; the movie advertising and movie’s showing in the theaters are both…

Scripts for Sale is an intriguing article about a variation on speed-dating where participants get five minutes to pitch movies to power brokers. This is worth reading just for the pitch about the vampires. It sounds so good, I hope it gets made!

I just discovered this: Trailer of Tears I love this opening: Adam Sandler looks like Albert Brooks’ older brother. Nicole Kidman should have known better. And Christian Bale plays Batman not gay. Got that? NOT GAY!

The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl 3D Movie is the next film from Robert Rodriguez, who has double cred in doing both Spy Kids and Sin City. I caught most of this trailer before Hitchhiker’s Guide and it should be a great kids movie, emphasizing the escapism of superheroes.

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Those looking for a Star Wars movie where they can spout “Awesome” and “Cool!” at all the spaceship battles should be warned that they should also bring a box of tissues to “Revenge of the Sith.” SPIELBERG WEEPS AT STAR WARS SCREENING At last, a Star Wars film that can have you breaking down and…

Okay, I’ll admit it: Warner Brothers is doing a very good job of cranking out the Harry Potter movies as fast as possible so that they can use the same cast of rapidly-aging kids throughout. Still, I’m surprised that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is already on its way. Seems like the last…