12/09/2012
12/05/2012
12/03/2012
11/15/2012
11/12/2012
11/06/2012
11/04/2012
11/02/2012
10/31/2012
Zombieland
October 31 - Zombieland
I figured this Halloween I should watch something I've never seen before and so, of course, it must include zombies. I never really intended to ever see this film, my own bias has stopped me in the past, but I think it's about time, plus Bill Murray, how can I go wrong?
I figured this Halloween I should watch something I've never seen before and so, of course, it must include zombies. I never really intended to ever see this film, my own bias has stopped me in the past, but I think it's about time, plus Bill Murray, how can I go wrong?
10/30/2012
From Dusk Till Dawn + Hellraiser
October 30th - From Dusk Till Dawn + Hellraiser double feature
I couldn't decide which I wanted to watch on Halloween and decided I didn't want to watch either, so I'm watching them both tonight to leave something better for the tomorrow night. HUZZAH
I couldn't decide which I wanted to watch on Halloween and decided I didn't want to watch either, so I'm watching them both tonight to leave something better for the tomorrow night. HUZZAH
10/27/2012
10/23/2012
Pop + Classical
This is a fun idea, and I love these kids. But watch it until the end, there is a surprise.
House of the Devil
October 23 - The House of the Devil
Apparently this film rules, so I'm going to watch it.
Apparently this film rules, so I'm going to watch it.
10/21/2012
10/20/2012
Tales From the Darkside
October 20 - Tales From the Darkside
I haven't seen this in a long time but I'm always a fan of anthology horror movies
I haven't seen this in a long time but I'm always a fan of anthology horror movies
10/19/2012
10/13/2012
Hocus Pocus
October 13 - Hocus Pocus
I was originally going to watch Friday the 13th, but it's not Friday, and honestly that movie sucks. So instead I'm watching a bit of nostalgia. I feel sorry for anyone who didn't enjoy this as a kid, it literally is an all encompassed Halloween flick; you've got witches, zombies, black cats, and, my favorite part, a comedy style to match the old school days of the Three Stooges.
I was originally going to watch Friday the 13th, but it's not Friday, and honestly that movie sucks. So instead I'm watching a bit of nostalgia. I feel sorry for anyone who didn't enjoy this as a kid, it literally is an all encompassed Halloween flick; you've got witches, zombies, black cats, and, my favorite part, a comedy style to match the old school days of the Three Stooges.
10/12/2012
Monster Squad
October 12 - The Monster Squad
My absolute favorite monster mash, way better than The Goonies for obvious reasons.
My absolute favorite monster mash, way better than The Goonies for obvious reasons.
10/11/2012
Howling VI: The Freaks
October 11 - Howling VI: The Freaks
..'cause what's Halloween without a crappy straight-to-video horror movie?
..'cause what's Halloween without a crappy straight-to-video horror movie?
10/08/2012
The Faculty
October 8th - The Faculty
While this is not that great of a film, it was one of my favorites growing up. Who didn't think some of their teachers were aliens, huh?
While this is not that great of a film, it was one of my favorites growing up. Who didn't think some of their teachers were aliens, huh?
10/07/2012
The Thing
October 7th - John Carpenter's The Thing
I honestly can't think of a single remake or reboot that takes something boring and cheesy and turns it into one of the most innovative and terrifying films ever. This is one part creature feature, one part psychological thriller, all badass.
I honestly can't think of a single remake or reboot that takes something boring and cheesy and turns it into one of the most innovative and terrifying films ever. This is one part creature feature, one part psychological thriller, all badass.
10/06/2012
10/05/2012
House of the Long Shadows
October 5th - House of the Long Shadows
While this is more of a comedy than actual horror it has Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing AND John Carradine. So yea, it rules.
While this is more of a comedy than actual horror it has Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing AND John Carradine. So yea, it rules.
10/04/2012
10/03/2012
Poltergeist
October 3rd - Poltergeist
My favorite ghost movie, and probably my favorite Spielberg movie too.
My favorite ghost movie, and probably my favorite Spielberg movie too.
10/02/2012
The Lost Boys
It's October again which means horror movie night is every night!
Tonight is The Lost Boys!
9/27/2012
9/22/2012
9/11/2012
9/10/2012
9/08/2012
The Catten Club
Here's one background in a series of backgrounds for my new short cartoon that is entitled "The Catten Club", that is until I finish the script, the name will probably change. It's based in Harlem in the late 1930's with cartoon cats playing jazz and stuff. More soon.
9/04/2012
9/02/2012
8/29/2012
8/26/2012
8/22/2012
8/19/2012
8/17/2012
8/13/2012
8/06/2012
8/05/2012
8/04/2012
8/03/2012
LRRH
I found a strange Disney short with Michael Richards, Don Rickles, and I think I heard Adam West in there too
8/01/2012
7/31/2012
7/26/2012
7/24/2012
Cool World
Ladies and Gentleman,
the first and only time the Hollywood sign has been used in part of an advertisement:
the first and only time the Hollywood sign has been used in part of an advertisement:
7/22/2012
7/21/2012
7/20/2012
This was published this morning, following the Colorado "Dark Knight Rises" Premiere shooting, by Roger Ebert:
JAMES HOLMES, who opened fire before the midnight premiere of “The Dark Knight Rises,” could not have seen the movie. Like many whose misery is reflected in violence, he may simply have been drawn to a highly publicized event with a big crowd. In cynical terms, he was seeking a publicity tie-in. He was like one of those goofballs waving in the background when a TV reporter does a stand-up at a big story.
James Holmes must also have been insane, and his inner terror expressed itself, as it often does these days, in a link between pop culture and firearms. There was nothing bigger happening in his world right now than the new Batman movie, and in preparation for this day, or another like it, he was purchasing firearms and booby-trapping his apartment. When he was arrested after the shootings, he made no attempt at resistance. His mission was accomplished.
I’m not sure there is an easy link between movies and gun violence. I think the link is between the violence and the publicity. Those like James Holmes, who feel the need to arm themselves, may also feel a deep, inchoate insecurity and a need for validation. Whenever a tragedy like this takes place, it is assigned catchphrases and theme music, and the same fragmentary TV footage of the shooter is cycled again and again. Somewhere in the night, among those watching, will be another angry, aggrieved loner who is uncoiling toward action. The cinematic prototype is Travis Bickle of “Taxi Driver.” I don’t know if James Holmes cared deeply about Batman. I suspect he cared deeply about seeing himself on the news.
Should this young man — whose nature was apparently so obvious to his mother that, when a ABC News reporter called, she said “You have the right person” — have been able to buy guns, ammunition and explosives? The gun lobby will say yes. And the endless gun control debate will begin again, and the lobbyists of the National Rifle Association will go to work, and the op-ed thinkers will have their usual thoughts, and the right wing will issue alarms, and nothing will change. And there will be another mass murder.
That James Holmes is insane, few may doubt. Our gun laws are also insane, but many refuse to make the connection. The United States is one of few developed nations that accepts the notion of firearms in public hands. In theory, the citizenry needs to defend itself. Not a single person at the Aurora, Colo., theater shot back, but the theory will still be defended.
I was sitting in a Chicago bar one night with my friend McHugh when a guy from down the street came in and let us see that he was packing heat.
“Why do you need to carry a gun?” McHugh asked him.
“I live in a dangerous neighborhood.”
“It would be safer if you moved.”
This would be an excellent time for our political parties to join together in calling for restrictions on the sale and possession of deadly weapons. That is unlikely, because the issue has become so closely linked to paranoid fantasies about a federal takeover of personal liberties that many politicians feel they cannot afford to advocate gun control.
Immediately after a shooting last month in the food court of the Eaton Centre mall in Toronto, a young woman named Jessica Ghawi posted a blog entry. Three minutes before a gunman opened fire, she had been seated at the exact place he fired from.
“I was shown how fragile life was,” she wrote. “I saw the terror on bystanders’ faces. I saw the victims of a senseless crime. I saw lives change. I was reminded that we don’t know when or where our time on Earth will end. When or where we will breathe our last breath.”
This same woman was one of the fatalities at the midnight screening in Aurora. The circle of madness is closing.
Roger Ebert is the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times and the author of “Life Itself: A Memoir.”
JAMES HOLMES, who opened fire before the midnight premiere of “The Dark Knight Rises,” could not have seen the movie. Like many whose misery is reflected in violence, he may simply have been drawn to a highly publicized event with a big crowd. In cynical terms, he was seeking a publicity tie-in. He was like one of those goofballs waving in the background when a TV reporter does a stand-up at a big story.
James Holmes must also have been insane, and his inner terror expressed itself, as it often does these days, in a link between pop culture and firearms. There was nothing bigger happening in his world right now than the new Batman movie, and in preparation for this day, or another like it, he was purchasing firearms and booby-trapping his apartment. When he was arrested after the shootings, he made no attempt at resistance. His mission was accomplished.
I’m not sure there is an easy link between movies and gun violence. I think the link is between the violence and the publicity. Those like James Holmes, who feel the need to arm themselves, may also feel a deep, inchoate insecurity and a need for validation. Whenever a tragedy like this takes place, it is assigned catchphrases and theme music, and the same fragmentary TV footage of the shooter is cycled again and again. Somewhere in the night, among those watching, will be another angry, aggrieved loner who is uncoiling toward action. The cinematic prototype is Travis Bickle of “Taxi Driver.” I don’t know if James Holmes cared deeply about Batman. I suspect he cared deeply about seeing himself on the news.
Should this young man — whose nature was apparently so obvious to his mother that, when a ABC News reporter called, she said “You have the right person” — have been able to buy guns, ammunition and explosives? The gun lobby will say yes. And the endless gun control debate will begin again, and the lobbyists of the National Rifle Association will go to work, and the op-ed thinkers will have their usual thoughts, and the right wing will issue alarms, and nothing will change. And there will be another mass murder.
That James Holmes is insane, few may doubt. Our gun laws are also insane, but many refuse to make the connection. The United States is one of few developed nations that accepts the notion of firearms in public hands. In theory, the citizenry needs to defend itself. Not a single person at the Aurora, Colo., theater shot back, but the theory will still be defended.
I was sitting in a Chicago bar one night with my friend McHugh when a guy from down the street came in and let us see that he was packing heat.
“Why do you need to carry a gun?” McHugh asked him.
“I live in a dangerous neighborhood.”
“It would be safer if you moved.”
This would be an excellent time for our political parties to join together in calling for restrictions on the sale and possession of deadly weapons. That is unlikely, because the issue has become so closely linked to paranoid fantasies about a federal takeover of personal liberties that many politicians feel they cannot afford to advocate gun control.
Immediately after a shooting last month in the food court of the Eaton Centre mall in Toronto, a young woman named Jessica Ghawi posted a blog entry. Three minutes before a gunman opened fire, she had been seated at the exact place he fired from.
“I was shown how fragile life was,” she wrote. “I saw the terror on bystanders’ faces. I saw the victims of a senseless crime. I saw lives change. I was reminded that we don’t know when or where our time on Earth will end. When or where we will breathe our last breath.”
This same woman was one of the fatalities at the midnight screening in Aurora. The circle of madness is closing.
Roger Ebert is the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times and the author of “Life Itself: A Memoir.”
7/18/2012
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