Shipwreck complains about being left out of the G.I. Joe movie, by MightyGodKing.

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Year-old UK pre-cinema adverts!
I have no idea why these were in my head (“I just don’t understand you,” Kat just said) but I was thinking about the ads we would see before the movies when we lived in London.
They’re not much different from the ads we get over here, for the most part. I mean, [...]

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Some thoughts on the movies I’ve seen so far are available for your reading fun at mightygodking.com. Thrill to discover what I thought of Pontypool! Gasp as you learn whether Anvil!: The Story Of Anvil is the best movie ever, or just the best movie of the festival! Be amazed as I bash Alexander the [...]

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So we bought SXSW film passes, because I’m not established enough as a journalist to get ‘em for free (or, if I am, I’m not confident enough about it to ask for them). You’re probably aware of SXSW as a music festival, but it’s a bit more than that – here’s a brief description, if [...]

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Have y’all heard about those kids in Virginia who were arrested on terrorist conspiracy charges for leaving Joker’s cards with the date 8/15 written on them around town?
I’m not all that interested at the moment in defending them or condemning them for being stupid or whatever, but what’s absolutely fascinating to me is how, [...]

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1. Expecting that the follow-up to The Dark Knight is going to be a film adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns. Michael Doran had a piece on Newsarama that started some of conversation about how the logical sequel to The Dark Knight would have to be an adaptation of Miller’s mini-series, in order to complete [...]

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You’ll be forgiven if you’ve not heard of An American Carol, David Zucker’s follow-up to Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4, set to precede Scary Movie 5 (seriously, there are five of those fucking things). There’s no trailer, and the movie doesn’t even have an official web page. But, oh, you’re missing out on [...]

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Andrew Klavan had a truly batshit (that’s a pun, there won’t be more) editorial in the Wall Street Journal over the weekend in which he argued that The Dark Knight vindicates the Bush administration as noble heroes, left to defend a world that doesn’t understand them. It’s absurd on its face, of course- Batman is [...]

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