October 30 is Frankenstein Friday. Like a lot of kids, I could not get enough of monster movies. On Saturday afternoons, I would hunker down on my living room couch to watch […]
"It's alive! It's alive!"—even after all these years
TunesDay: scary monsters
When we think about Halloween and art, we sort of automatically think of film. And why not. We have a decades-long library of movies designed to scare the pants off us. But […]
ArtsWeek, part deux: be afraid…
Well, ArtsWeek sure has been fun, huh? Great posts, great reviews and interviews, great photography – makes you wish it happened more often, doesn’t it? Well, there’s no rule that says it […]
The giant sharks of summer—coming soon to a theater near you
Steve Alten is waiting for some big news. In Alten’s case, “big” involves a seventy-six-foot-long man-eater that lives in the world’s deepest oceans and has been trying, for twelve years, to rise […]
My Gina Bellman crush: A tribute to over-40 actresses
Basic cable is known for running even more commercials than network TV does. Its shows are best watched after recording them with DVR or TiVo to eliminate the need to sit through […]
The Weekly Carboholic watches "The Day After Tomorrow"
I’m not someone who demands scientific authenticity in my movies. I’m far more concerned with whether or not the movie is good entertainment than I am with whether the science is right. […]
Time for you to leave…
David Carradine is dead at 73. Thanks for the memories…
Hobbits, wizards, and storm troopers: the future of fan art
by Josh Catone This past weekend saw the online release of the first non-spoof, fan-created film set in the Lord of the Rings universe. That by itself is fairly unremarkable, but a […]
Sundays with Uncle-God Momma: Sita sings the blues
Myth serves as an individual path into the collective unconscious. It is a means to attain at-one-ment with the greater forces that affect the individual life. That is, it informs life by […]
Yeah, I watched 'em….
Like a lot of other people, I watched the Watchmen this past weekend. Despite lukewarm reviews and a running time that nearly hits three hours, the movie still managed to pull in […]
