Greg_intro
There was a bit of news about puppets and stuffed animals in June - Warren the Ape is coming to a telly near you! First there was robot-human relations and now there is puppet-human matters. More and more Fox cancelations are getting the thumbs-up? Do we dare hope for a Firefly revival? Back to the topic at hand. The show in question is a spin-off of Greg the Bunny and is going to follow a reality TV format. It seems like a good day to mention Greg the Bunny, isn't it?

Read more >

Futurama is backRemember Matt Groening's other masterpiece, Futurama? Looks like it is all set to make a comeback. Ask any die-hard Futurama fan – Fox has swiped away the dust bunnies and brought the show out of the vault. So far they've ordered 26 brand new episodes and, if all goes according to plans, it will air in 2010.

This makes it a good day for Futurama trivia, doesn't it? Before I tackle the trivia facts, I will add a short synopsis about the show. It is an animated series about a pizza delivery guy, Philip J. Fry, who ends up in a viral chamber, becomes frozen and then is thawed out in the future. And yes, the future is freakishly scary (creepy crawly aliens and what not) ... and yet, not that different from his time. And what do you know, he ends up as delivery boy – to one of his descendants no less – and makes new friends in the form of one-eyed space captain, Turanga Leela, money-nabbing robot called Bender and Dr Zoidberg, an alien who is basically a walking talking crustacean. Together, they make sure important packages reach their destination. Think of it as a dysfunctional Enterprise during tough financial times.


Read more >

As much as Knowing and Push were marketed together, I found the differences between the two to be pretty surprising—especially in the fact that Knowing started awesomely and got worse throughout the movie while Push sort of did a here-and-there impressive scene followed by more nothingness.

Neither one really delivered on their premises, though I’d recommend Push before Knowing, which sort of gave me some post-Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull blues, though to a much lesser degree.

During the film, I thought I had noticed a few discrepancies and thought I’d look them up. It turns out that there were a handful of such errors in the movie.

Read more >

Angelina Jolie earning that humanitarian title.Angelina Jolie is best known for her role as… adoptive mother and homewrecker for stealing Jen Aniston’s man, Brad Pitt. But let’s take a look at the career of the tabloid favorite. She has an Oscar for her role in The Changeling, a film about a woman in 1920s Los Angeles whose child is kidnapped. LAPD, in all their grace and tact, give her a replacement kid counting on her grief to fool her. Needless to say she spends the movie trembling, screaming and rocking back and forth.

Read more >

Last time, I talked a little bit about the original Stargate series, specifically focusing on the SG-1 team. This week, I thought I would find out a bit more about the newer SG-1 members as well as the two renowned commanders of the base.

Don S Davis

Remember him? Gen. Hammond? He was a fantastic leader in the Stargate SG-1 series. When he was there, you knew the evil plotting NID couldn't get their grubby nubbies on SG-1 papers/technology/crew. Well, what did I find out about Don S Davis, the man behind this lovable general.

- Did you know he was a stunt double for a character in one of the MacGyver episodes? Alright, so he also played a cameo as a truck driver but it is interesting to know that actors from SG-1 had a kind of linked past.

Read more >

Bela Lugosi 

Photo Source: Wikipedia

If you are a fan of old horror movies, you must be familiar with the legendary Bela Lugosi. You know, the man who gave us chills and thrills as Count Dracula. I must admit, all other portrayals of the fanged count come across as rather mellow and soft once you have caught a glimpse of Lugosi's evil creepiness. Well, this is going to be a list of interesting facts about Lugosi. Here goes:

Read more >

It has been six years ago today that actress, Katharine Hepburn (May 12, 1907- June 29, 2003) died at the age of 96.  Hepburn was well known in theatre, film and television, winning four Oscars for Best Actress (out of 12 nominations), an Emmy in 1976 for ‘Love Among the Ruins’ (out of 5 nominations), 2 Tony awards and 8 Golden Globes.  Katharine Hepburn was also ranked by the American Film Institute in 1999 as the Greatest Female Star in the history of American cinema.

Some interesting facts that you may not have known about Katharine Hepburn:

Read more >

Terminator SalvationTerminator: Salvation is one the biggest films of the summer. After the disappointment of the third outing, Rise of the Machines, fans were hopeful this big budget event would bring the series back on track. It has been released to mixed reviews and the film probably generated more publicity because of male lead, Christian Bale’s outburst on set.

Read more >

Apparently a British Pop band has adopted the name of an infamous movie family: McFly. Right now McFly is a big hit on the twitter circuit, so I thought I would have a little fun with the phenomenon of the McFly quizzes, and make a McFly Quiz of my own.

Take my McFly Quiz to find out which McFly member you are!!

I wonder if these youngsters will even get the joke. I mean, come on... McFly.. McFly, your shoe's untied.

Read more >

This decade has basically been split in half when it comes to the kinds of movies that have made it to the silver screen. The first half of the 00's went decidedly to pure entertainment. It was all about super heroes, high fantasy, special effects and broad laughs. A few art films sneaked into the lineup, but it's apparent that American audiences wanted jokes and escapism in what turned out to be a rather dark period in our culture. The shift to heavier material in the second half of the decade indicates a recovery period. Stateside movie-goers have been more willing to embrace darker, more complex stories as of late. Looking at the films I've selected for the second part of this list, it all seems so cathartic in retrospect.

Read more >