For those of you who have been reading The Movie Blog for at least 2 years or more, you may remember that at one point I signed a small book deal with an even smaller publisher to write a book that I was calling “The Silver Screen From Where I’m … [Read More]
Hey there guys. For those of you who have been reading The Movie Blog for at least 2 years or more, you may remember that at one point I signed a small book deal with an even smaller publisher to write a book that I was calling “The Silver Screen … [Read More]
Being from Canada, I was surprised to hear this and I dont know how I missed it. I checked the date on the article, and it was on March 30th, so there is potential for this to have been an April Fools gag. But it looks like Aqua Teen Hunger … [Read More]
Cineplex Odeon, Canada’s largest movie exhibitor will now start selling naming rights to the highest bidder, it’s going to be the Staples movie theaters and McMovies very soon. In fact it is already starting. The folks over at imdb.com give us this on the news: Borrowing a page from sports … [Read More]
Well here we are, the annual list of the ten best films of 2006. These list are always hard to do because no matter what you put, there are going to be 1,000,000,000 people calling you an idiot for your list. But hey, it certainly gets the conversation going! So … [Read More]
The upcoming Darren Aronofsky film “The Fountain” just played at the Venice Film Festival… and it didn’t quite get the reaction I think it was hoping for from the audience. Reports are coming in that as the credits on the film started to roll… the audience actually BOOED. Actually, the … [Read More]
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride… here it is. I haven’t been looking forward to this at all. In general I’m not a Tim Burton fan. I must admit I did quite enjoy his Charlie and the Chocolate Factory… but 1 movie doesn’t not a fan make. Plus, I haven’t really thought … [Read More]
I’d had this link saved from Boing Boing for some time as the main picture and blurb had me quite interested. This is a reproduction of a very funny slide/talk by biologist/SF author Peter Watts (actually delivered at a Toronto SF convention this spring) with audio track and PowerPoint type … [Read More]
Title=Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Score=8
Summary=Despite the odd cheesy moments, some poor acting and a complete disaster of a big pay off scene, the movie’s actually close to the original Star Wars and doesn’t feel like it came from the same stock as its prequels.
Want to know what movies are coming out between now and May? I came across this nicely compiled list from the good fols over at Canoe-Jam that should help you out. Personally, the ones on this list I’m most looking forward to are A Lot Like Love, THE HITCHIKER’S GUIDE … [Read More]
I have never liked the idea of the self destructing DVD’s (also known as disposable DVD’s). Here’s how the thing works. The disc is actually red, covered with a chemical that activates once the DVD package is opened and is exposed to air. After anywhere between 30-48 hours the chemical … [Read More]
Hey boys and girls … Terry Gilliam is slated to begin filming Tideland in Toronto starting at the end of September. I’ve sent a note off to his agent to see if we might get in to see the set and meet the man while he’s here … I’ll let … [Read More]