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McDonald’s Endorses Drug Use

How else can you explain Mac and Me? In case you’re wondering, there’s a creepy alien in the bear suit.

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Uwe Boll vs. Steven Spielberg

I would call this David vs. Goliath, but really, it’s more like one of the tripods from War of the Worlds vs…uh… Uwe Boll. In case you don’t know who this Boll fellow is, he is a German director of what I might hesitantly call ‘movies.’ Most of his films are adaptations of [...]

Racist? Ignorant?

My boss described someone the other day as resembling a Ferengi. This got a laugh out of me, as I haven’t seen Star Trek since high school, and it seemed like an odd thing to compare someone to. Today I mentioned offhand that I always thought the Ferengi were a Jewish caricature. [...]

Taste

I’ve just come back from seeing Ratatouille. I knew it was going to be good for two reasons: Pixar and director Brad Bird. Bird always seems to have a moment in each of his movies (The Iron Giant, The Incredibles) that make me tear up a little. Watching the mother panic in [...]

Hollywood Is Desperate For New Ideas (The July 12 Edition)

Now I know, and knowing’s half the battle.

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Hollywood Is Desperate For New Ideas (The July 11th Edition)

Paramount dancing to ‘Footloose’Efron to star in Ortega remakeBy MICHAEL FLEMING
Paramount is plotting a musical remake of the 1984 film “Footloose” and will develop it for “High School Musical” star Zac Efron and director Kenny Ortega. Dylan Sellers will produce.Ortega is in negotiations to helm and choreograph, and Efron is in talks to play Ren [...]

Hollywood Is Desperate For New Ideas (The July 10th Edition)

And he’s voiced by Jason Lee. That’s one Scientologist/Professional Skateboarder who is about to enter my Punch In the Face List.

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Hollywood Is Desperate For New Ideas (The July 7th Edition)

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His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass

Please, please, please don’t let them fuck this up. If you’ve somehow had the misfortune of never reading Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, perhaps this can serve as your wake up call. Come to think of it, I’m envious of you. I only wish that I could read them again for [...]

More movie news…Watchmen!

Yes, that is really an image of Rorschach from the nearly in production Watchmen, based on the limited comic book series from Alan Moore. It doesn’t start shooting until September (according to IMDB), so this isn’t an actor but a stand-in wearing the costume of Rorshach in a test shot that was apparently hidden [...]