November 1, 2006 – 2:35 pm ·
Jane Espenson reminds me in a recent post about illustrator and cartoonist Scott Bateman. he publishes these curious, oddly-captioned panels that, while peculiar, never fail to elicit a chuckle. I visit his site for the first time in a while this morning. Check it out. It’s a “Dry William,” courtesy of comedian Bobby Tisdale. Link […]
October 31, 2006 – 11:33 am ·
Wes Craven returns, and in a big way. Thank the Gods. Wes Craven’s New Nightmare is a blessing from heaven. It’s not very good, l and I think that it says a great deal about the caliber of the films before it that I like it so much. Relatively, it’s a pretty nifty film. But […]
October 30, 2006 – 2:27 pm ·
We’re getting close to the end. Six films in and the fatigue is beginning to take its toll. I can’t get myself excited about watching this one, but I slide the disc in and kick back with a bottle of Delirium Tremens. The New Line logo does its thing… Okay, we’re already guilty of hubris. […]
October 29, 2006 – 11:33 am ·
Taking a break from the Nightmares today. If you’re bored, check this out. I’ve been obsessed with this flash toy for more than a week now. Hours of time-wastage. A completely addicting art project that someone cooked up and posted over at deviantart.com. Play at your own risk. Line Rider Line Rider videos at You […]
October 28, 2006 – 2:00 pm ·
And that’s it. Unfortunately, now that the fourth movie is done and the fifth one is underway, I fear I won’t have anything interesting to talk about. We’re dropped immediately into a blue-filtered sex scene. Oh wait. I put on an old Michael Mann film by accident. No wait. I didn’t. This is the right […]
October 27, 2006 – 6:22 pm ·
“I’ll see you in Hell!” “Tell ’em Freddy sent ya!” It’s Renny Harlin’s turn. Welcome to Action Freddy! Patricia Arquette declined to return for this entry into the series. Tuesday Knight takes over the role of Kristen Parker, the former asylum resident who helped tromp all over the Bastard Son of a Hundred Maniacs in […]
October 26, 2006 – 5:16 pm ·
On February 27, 1987, New Line releases what will prove to become, aside from the first Nightmare, the favorite of fans worldwide. It’s a far better film than the second, even without Clu Gulager. But I’m gonna go on record here and say that it just isn’t my favorite, or my second or even my […]
October 25, 2006 – 12:00 pm ·
“You’ve got the body, I’ve got the brains!” A year after the first Nightmare movie made a splash, New Line releases its sequel. November 1, 1985 was the date. Made for just under double the budget of the first one, it goes on to gross ten times that amount, pulling in $30 million during its […]
October 24, 2006 – 12:00 pm ·
November 16, 1984. Where are you when the first Nightmare came out? Me? I’m working at Movies Twin in Santa Fe. It’s a quaint (even for the time) twin theater in De Vargas Mall at the edge of town. A handful of us are on staff that night, the night before the film’s release. We’re […]
October 23, 2006 – 1:58 pm ·
We’re down to the final week before Halloween. That’s right, tomorrow will be seven days before the big day. And guess what? There are seven movies in the Nightmare On Elm Street series. It’s just one of those weird things. I happen to love that series, warts and all. So I’ve decided to get really […]
October 21, 2006 – 8:58 am ·
I can’t stop listening to this album. It’s not exactly a sprawling work, but somehow, perhaps because two of the tracks are multi-part ten minute mini-stories, it feels epic. It’s a concept album with undeniably progressive flavor. Yes, that kind of progressive—Jethro Tull and King Crimson as opposed to John Digweed or Dave Ralph—and there […]
October 20, 2006 – 12:02 pm ·
I sleep on the couch last night. The reason? After shutting down the ol’ laptop and blearily enjoying an episode of Red Dwarf, I stumble into the bedroom to discover that all my clean laundry is on the bed. It’s easier to just crash in the living room. At 3:30 AM I wake up, heart […]
October 16, 2006 – 1:13 pm ·
“I’m the majesty songbird and this is the butterfly brigade,” says Sufjan Stevens as he steps onto the stage. They’re all wearing wings, gossamer, colorful and engineered (at least in Sufjan’s case) to beat slowly as he rocks back and forth on stage. The Sufjan Stevens show at the Wiltern last week (yes, I’ve been […]
October 14, 2006 – 9:19 am ·
Tunsemith, Buffy fan and saver of burning buildings from small children, Michael Keefe has checked in with a new batch of music reviews. He’s still slinging adjectives over at Pop Matters these days, but they can’t take all of his opinions all of the time, otherwise there’d be nothing left for anyone else to do […]
October 12, 2006 – 5:28 pm ·
It’s Sara’s idea to jump. She and Maryann make several passes in front of the big mosaic. I snap away. Then a woman who works nearby observes our antics and volunteers to take a photo of all three of us. So we get in front of the artwork and, on the count of three… We’re […]
