The Somewhat Ambitious

As promised yesterday on Nerds of a Feather, here are some of the new screencaps from the upcoming Spike Jonze film, Where The Wild Things Are. And despite the fact that this film has taken so long to get on the ground that I could have sliced off my head, fried it in garlic, grown [...]

[Read more →]

For those of you not obsessed with Bill Shatner (I call him Bill, in the hopes that he’ll mistake me for an old friend and invite me skiing sometime, followed by a vigorous and confusing bout of lovemaking), you may have heard about his new talk show, ‘Shatner’s Raw Nerve’. I’ve not had the time [...]

[Read more →]

I’m aware of the vigor and blind devotion possessed by the average Whedonite. Most are jovial and intelligent nerds, but they harbour an at times indiscriminate and blind devotion to anything Whedon has lain his hands to. And not without due cause; Firefly was terrific, the bits of Buffy without Sarah Michelle Gellar (mostly) worked, [...]

[Read more →]

Apparently Keanu Reeves is starring as Spike in a live action Cowboy Bebop film. I say “apparently” because a) it was mentioned on MTV, and b) it was mentioned on MTV by Keanu. His producer Erwin Stoff (the guy who produced The Day The Earth Stood Still… oh God. I just just threw up in [...]

[Read more →]

Flashman, over on his Flickr account, has drawn up a graph which charts the amount of times people use the letter “a” when googling Captain Kirk’s heartrending yell “KHAAAAAAAAAAN!” in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. I personally err on the side of 9-12, depending on my mood. One day I’ll have due cause [...]

[Read more →]

Don’t you hate it when you’re watching the latest blockbuster film and you realise that you just can’t work out what’s going on? That despite the simple racial and sexual stereotypes, bland dialogue and minimal characters you just can’t make head nor tail of this disarmingly linear story? Why is the father trying to save [...]

[Read more →]

Fresh from the sweet loins if the internet is this terrific (well, staggering) fanmade trailer for a Thundercats feature film. I shan’t blow it for any of you; sufficed to say, it’s a proper change of pants movie. So, you know, have extra pants on hand. Or whatever. You’ll have to excuse the weirdness, I’m [...]

[Read more →]

So, Scarface. Personally, I think Scarface is peurile and flacid cinema, and that people who worship Tony Montana/ quote Tony Montana / put up posters of a coked-up Tony Montana are the most profound kind of assholes. But I do have a thing for novelty snowglobes, and as a result I’m willing to do a [...]

[Read more →]

LUKE SKYWALKER’S LIGHTSABER IS FOR SALE.
A reader has pointed out that Profiles in History is holding a Hollywood memorabilia auction, at which Luke’s iconic weapon (not sure if its the one from ‘Jedi that he built himself, or the one Alec Guiness foisted from his still smouldering dad) will be up for auction. Also for [...]

[Read more →]

Guess who is interviewing Philip Petit, the performer who tightrope-walked between the two towers in 1974 and subject of the award winning doco Man on Wire?
(Hint: It’s me. Also, I clearly don’t understand the notion of hinting.)
It’s at Cinema Nova on Wednesday the 15th, on Lygon street. More info will be posted when I stop [...]

[Read more →]