Tuesday, September 11, 2007 Indy 4's Got a New Title!
 A title anouncement hasn't left me feeling this queasy since Attack of the Clones. Of course, it is marginally better than Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem , right? Right?Labels: news >>> READ MORE ... you know you want to.
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Thursday, May 24, 2007
 It's official. We've joined the online community at www.chronicle-tribune.com. Check out our new blog, The Grub Report. Rest assured: We're not abandoning Meals and Movies. But we'll be posting with regularity on the C-T's site. And you can even join the conversation! (Comment away!) >>> READ MORE ... you know you want to.
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Wednesday, April 04, 2007 Bob Clark: 1941-2007 Director Bob Clark died today in a head on collision while driving the Pacific Coast Highway. While you might not know the name right off, I'm sure that his films are surely some of your faves. He began his career with success in the horror genre. He directed the cult classick, Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things in 1972. Two years later he made waves with the original Christmas-themed horror film, Black Christmas (which pre-dated Christmas Evil and Silent Night, Deadly Night significantly). But it was in the 80s that this director truly made his mark. In 1981, Clark practically invented the teen sex comedy genre with the smash hit Porky's, which he wrote and directed. He followed that up the next year with the sequel, Porky's II: The Next Day, but it was in 1983 that he would return to his roots with a holiday film (a comedy this time) and give the world what was surely his greatest gift. Considered by many to be the greatest holiday film ever (even topping It's A Wonderful Life on many polls!) A Christmas Story is a true American classic and a yearly tradition for nearly everyone. As the decade went on, he released a number of other landmarks of 80s cinema. Universally panned, 1984's Sylvester Stallone/Dolly Parton vehicle Rhinestone was a pop culture punchline (until the release of Warren Beatty's Ishtar, anyway). HBO staple, Turk 182! was one of the earliest films to bring the idea of culture-jamming to the masses in 1985. And, for my money, the 1987 Judd Nelson vehicle, From the Hip, is one of the most underrated comedies ever. Recently, Clark had been working on a remake of his earlier film Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things and was in the earliest stages of remaking Porky's. Labels: news >>> READ MORE ... you know you want to.
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Thursday, February 01, 2007 Number TWO in the Hood, G!
 Yesterday after I got off work I hit the Y. Luckily I got there early enough to change the tv away from BET (which it is perpetually set to). I always listen to the ole Ipod while I'm on the treadmill, so I usually opt for one of the news channels that have enough scrolling and otherwise graphic info that listening is not imperative. Yesterday, I stopped on MSNBC and there appeared to be some sort of "BREAKING NEWS!" going on. Of course, previous experience has taught me that what a news channel considers "BREAKING NEWS!" is seldom worthy of yanking out the earbuds. So, I just kept on going, glancing up only occasionally to check out what was going on. Really, it was only random words that registered in my head. Boston, bomb, terrorist plot... It was only later yesterday evening that I learned it was all complete overreaction to guerilla marketing for the upcoming Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie. Yeah, it's pretty lame. You'd think that someone... anyone at the Boston police department would have had the wherewithall to say, "Hey, guys. Maybe we should at least give this thing a little look-see before we call out the bomb squad, S.W.A.T. team, k-9 units, and the remote controlled bomb-detonating robot." If they had actually looked at these things (and I'm not talking about poking around at them, either... I'm just talking about opening your eyes!), they would have most likely come to the conclusion that Christmas lights and Duracells generally aren't considered components in a WMD. I mean, I understand that Boston is probably harboring a lot of guilt. You know... two of the three 9/11 jets took off from Logan. Plus, they've recently begun dropping massive concrete slabs on top of their own citizens, but there is such a thing as being cautious to the point of absurdity. And that is exactly what happened yesterday on national television. Check out the local coverage of it, here. Anyway, I'm a pretty big fan of ATHF. The first two seasons, anyway, but I'm a little leery of a film version. Early word from folks who have seen it is that it pretty much sucks. I mean, they're stretching an eleven minute show out to an hour and a half. What could possibly go... right? I must admit though, the trailer almost has me excited for it. Almost. You can see it, here. UPDATE!!! UPDATIER!!! UPDATIEST!!! >>> READ MORE ... you know you want to.
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Friday, December 22, 2006 April Can't Get Here Fast Enough! Check out the brand spankin' new trailer for Grindhouse. Seriously, this is gonna be the movie to see of 2007. >>> READ MORE ... you know you want to.
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