Category: Movies

  • Box sets changing economics

    Jerry Doyle brings up a great point while discussing J. Michael Straczynski’s new Babylon 5 Follow-Up: Doyle says that interest in a new series is driven by brisk sales of the Babylon 5 DVD sets, the first three seasons of which have already been released. “We shot the first season for somewhere around $950,000 an…

  • Fox Reviewer Bashes Fox Flick

    Well, anyone who frets that corporate ownership of news organizations controls their news and opinion can take some solace in Roger Friedman’s out and out pimp-slap at his own company’s $200 million dollar flop-to-be, The Day After Tomorrow: Hilariously awful in most places, with an incoherent script and questionable acting, “Day After” will come on…

  • Waitaminute. Statue of Liberty…that was OUR planet!

    I’ve finished watching these four clips from The Day After Tomorrow that debuted today and I have to say… I’ve seen all of this before! The tornadoes…check out Twister. The unnatural events that aren’t supposed to happen to the whiny people who have it easy in Los Angeles: Volcano. The gigantic tidal wave hitting New…

  • Another Anaconda film

    A much-needed and much-desired fourth Evil Dead installment? Not a chance. But a piece of CGI drek like Anaconda gets a sequel.

  • Catwoman trailer

    C.S.I. tonight premiered the Catwoman trailer. Now, Halle Berry is sexy, okay? I’ve liked her since “The Flintstones”, long before most everyone in the world agreed she was hot stuff, so it’s nothing against Halle. The trailer shows lots of shots of her looking sexy. The scene of her licking cream from her lips is…well,…

  • Hellboy on DVD already?

    Well, I have been talking with my wife about whether we should go see Hellboy finally…but now it’s already scheduled to come out on DVD on July 27th! Speaking of Hellboy…on Friday night’s episode of “This Just In“, they discuss whether to see Hellboy or Mean Girls.

  • The Incredibles – FULL TRAILER!

    I am SO sorry! I spend one weekend away from the computer for my anniversary, return for a busy week of gardening and landscaping…and when I finally get around to surfing over to the Apple movie trailers site I find out that THE INCREDIBLES MOVIE TRAILER IS UP AND HAS BEEN UP SINCE THE 13TH!!!!!!…

  • Listen to the Wilhelm!

    On the Media has a piece on the Wilhelm scream. Frankly, I wish I’d never learned of this, because now I hear it everywhere. It’s in EVERY movie, even Lord of the Rings! It’s as ubiquitous as the Simpsons Snowball II cat shriek sound effect, which I’ve since heard so many times that I’m guessing…

  • Win a Great Escape Special Edition DVD!

    DVDTalk has good giveaway contests, and this time they’re giving away The Great Escape.

  • Spock searches for God (again?)

    Mr. Spock has apparently been inspired by his half-brother Sybok, as he’s now looking for God.