(via Satellite News) 1966: The movie shown in episode 424- MANOS, THE HANDS OF FATE premieres in El Paso, Texas. Several of the cast members, appalled at the final product, slink out of the theater in the dark before the movie ends. Several of the cast members, appalled at the final product, slink out of … Continue reading “40 Years Ago Today”
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I’ve had it with these mother f#$king snakes on this mother f#$king plane!
(via email) And there’s this story, which sounds like a William Castle promotion gone horribly wrong: Live Rattlesnakes Released in Arizona ‘Snakes on a Plane’ Theater
Joel Siegel walks out of ‘Clerks II’ after 40 minutes
(via My Boring Ass Life) A Dick in a Mustache is Still Just a Dick: So last night, at a press screening of “Clerks II” in New York City, “Good Morning America” movie critic Joel Siegel decided he’d had enough of my shenanigans, and walked out of the flick at the forty minute mark. You’d … Continue reading “Joel Siegel walks out of ‘Clerks II’ after 40 minutes”
Star Trek vs. Star Wars
Clerks II
The Ultimate _Star Trek_ Collection
Say it ain’t so, Joe
(from the interesting juxtaposition dept.) Tonight (2005-10-22), opposite the World Series, Encore Drama is showing John Sayles‘ Eight Men Out. For those who aren’t familiar with this film, here’s a summary from the IMDb: A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World … Continue reading “Say it ain’t so, Joe”
Not the Pie Machine!
‘Wallace and Gromit’ creator’s clay archive is destroyed by fire: Thirty years of toil, including the creation of the premier couple of ” claymation”, Wallace and Gromit, were destroyed in the blaze at the archives of Aardman Animations, Britain’s largest and most successful animation studio. News that the archive building had been destroyed came 30 … Continue reading “Not the Pie Machine!”
“Clonus” Producers File Suit
(via Satellite News) On Monday, August 8, Robert S. Fiveson and Myrl A. Schreibman, producers of PARTS: THE CLONUS HORROR (seen in episode 811) filed suit in New York claiming DreamWorks and Warner Bros. cribbed their movie for “The Island.” In addition to unspecified financial compensation, Fiveson and Schreibman want “The Island” withdrawn from theaters … Continue reading ““Clonus” Producers File Suit”
“Clonus” Director May Seek Injunction
(via Satellite News) “Clonus” director says he’s seen this clone story before: Here’s an irony alert — and a lawsuit alert: a new movie about clones appears to be an uncredited clone of another movie. Director Michael Bay’s new science-fiction blockbuster has drawn comparisons to the ’70s classics “Logan’s Run” and “Coma.” But “The Island” … Continue reading ““Clonus” Director May Seek Injunction”