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Month: November 2010

Getting Personal

I didn’t think posting my thoughts about my daughter’s social dilemmas in junior kindergarten fit, but if you are interested, you can check it out on my tumblr feed. The article is here.


In Which I Muse on Format

I love hardcover books. I love them because they look good displayed. Now it used to be that most of my reading was done at home or—when I lived in Korea—in my office. In such a situation, a hardcover is Read more…


Bones for Batman

Okay, this is totally just a rumour, and one that I actually have a hard time believing, but it is so infused with awesome I just had to share. Apparently, after the release of the Dark Knight Rises, Warner Bros. Read more…


Which Warrior’s Way?

I like me some martial arts in my movies. That doesn’t mean I inordinately love martial arts movies, but if you give me some awesome fight scenes, I’ll forgive a lot (though not anything, as I still haven’t forgiven Ong Read more…


Digging the Old School Hack

Just wanted to do a very quick post then get back to doing abso-fucking-lutely nothing. Go check out Old School Hack. Corey Reid (he of the awesome Dino Pirates of Ninja Island) pointed the way, and it was my road Read more…


Falling for Immortals

Some of you out there might know of the film-maker Tarsem Singh, also known simply as Tarsem. While I never did see the Cell, I was mesmerized by the Fall . . . that is until my wife asked me Read more…


Zack Snyder Saturday

I’m not the biggest Zack Snyder fan on the planet, but I enjoyed 300 and thought the Watchmen was a good but far from perfect product. I have to admit, though, to being jazzed by what I’ve seen from Sucker Read more…


Bond Bouncing Back?

With the MGM having filed for bankruptcy, projects can begin production (or not, I really have no fucking clue about financial stuff), and it seems that there is some hope that the next Bond movie might be out as early Read more…


Rebooting: the Casting

A little bit of casting news for Friday. There are reports floating around out there—or are they rumours?—that Martin Sheen and Sally Field have been cast in the Spider-man reboot as—who else?—Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Now this would be Read more…


Paul Anderson Ass Rapes the Three Musketeers

Fuck. You. Paul Anderson. Fuck. You. So, we have a synopsis for the new Three Musketeers movie. Up until now, I heard that it was going to be in 3D, which did not fill me with joy, but also did Read more…