BurningbirdThis is wrong on so many levels: Fox is going to be doing a remake of the classic “The Day the Earth Stood Still”. It’s scheduled to hit theaters, May, 2008. There are some films that were made once, made right, and should be left alone. One such is, To Kill a Mockingbird. Among others are One […]
From Seth today: I am not making up this headline: Tonight at 11, news by neighbors – Santa Rosa TV station fires news staff, to ask local folks to provide programming “I have my own silly little term,” Spendlove said. “Local content harvesting.” A true moment not to be in the process of hydration, for fear of ruining […]
I had a Netflix account until Blockbuster came out with their, “Turn in a movie, get a movie” plan. It was a novelty to go into the local Blockbuster, turn in an envelope and get a movie. It was especially nice because online DVD rental places aren’t always good about sending that next video. Recently […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I’m returning to the “Saturday Matinee” posts, where I’ll review an oldie but goodie movie beginning this weekend. Tomorrow, it’s a double feature: Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet and Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women. There’s been an amazing number of old science fiction movies that have entered into public domain, as […]
I’m sitting here with what I call a ‘dirty margarita’. I learned this one from a restaurant a while back. Instead of salt around the rim, which the bartender considered equivalent to drinking Boones Farm apple wine–with a straw– you get that necessary salty tasty by pouring the margarita straight up with green olives–just like […]