DVD Doppelgängers: Seinfeld Vs. Blast From The Past
I was browsing Amazon today and noticed this.Glad to see the Seinfeld logo's still getting work. He's settled down a bit since the early 1990s— he's a lot more balanced and grounded than he was in his...
View ArticleIt Came From The Cineplex: Poltergeist (2015)
Poltergeist (2015) was written by David Lindsay-Abaire and directed by Gil Kenan.Both were previously worked on CG animated features, which of course makes them the perfect choice for a remake of a...
View ArticleTwo And A Half (Plus 9.5) Years Too Long
I was browsing Amazon today (a web-site on "the internet") and happened upon this— the twelfth season DVD box set of something called Two And A Half Men. Never heard of it myself, but it must be...
View Article“He Who Questions Training Only Trains Himself At Asking Questions.”
In an interview this week, a spokesman for Warner Bros. discussed the studio's approach to making their DC Comics superhero movies. "We have a great strategy for the DC films, which is to take these...
View ArticleDVDecoys
I was strolling through the video store today and saw this.Gosh, I wonder why this is being released this month? Surely the timing has nothing to do with this film, currently playing across the...
View ArticleHillbilly Shark Attack!
Last week a family vacationing along the Tennessee River was shocked when they discovered a small shark in the water. This was significant as sharks tend to prefer salt water oceans, rather than fresh...
View ArticleM-O-O-N, That Spells "Oh For Cryin' Out Loud!"
If you're a regular reader of my blog (as millions are), you'll know I'm a big fan of Stephen King's novel The Stand, and have been following the development of the new movie adaptation quite closely...
View ArticleIt Came From The Cineplex: Tomorrowland
Tomorrowland was written by Damon Lindelof and Brad Bird, and directed by Brad Bird.Lindelof was a writer, producer and showrunner on LOST, and one of the people directly responsible for that series'...
View ArticleSpock Model Kit Illustration
It's been a while since I've posted any actual art here on my alleged art blog, so here goes— a recreation of the box art for the Mr. Spock model kit, in my own style. I know, I've been drawing Spock a...
View ArticleWhat Does The Fox Say?
For the past week or so, every time I open Firefox at work I see this screen.I think it's supposed to be their attempt at a social media site (ala Pinterest or one of those), but I'm not quite sure and...
View ArticleStormquakers? Ducktroopers?
Whether we're ready or not, we're all about to be bowled over by a tidal wave of merchandise from the upcoming movie Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens. And the movie doesn't even open for...
View ArticleThis Week In Desperate Marketing Campaigns
Marvel's next blockbuster movie Ant-Man hits theaters next month. Comic fans all know the shrinking superhero of course, but the general public has most likely never heard of him.Marvel knows this, and...
View ArticleSpock Model Kit Illustration Step By Step
As promised, here's a step-by-step look at how I drew my recent Mr. Spock Model Kit illustration. It was drawn all in Photoshop, on a ton of separate layers. Fifty four to be exact! There are only...
View ArticleIt Came From The Cineplex: San Andreas
San Andreas was written by Carlton Cuse and directed by Brad Peyton.Cuse was a producer and writer for LOST. Peyton previously directed Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore and Journey 2: The...
View ArticleSmells Fishy To Me
From this day forth, whenever I'm having a bad day at work, I can console myself somewhat by the fact that I had absolutely nothing to do with any aspect of creating this advertisement.
View ArticleThis Week In Off-Putting Fast Food Sandwiches
This week Burger King Japan upped the ante in the highly completive world of Ill-Advised And Off-Putting Fast Food Concoctions, with their new Aka Burger.The Aka Burger ("aka" meaning "red" in...
View ArticleHappy Fortieth (!) Anniversary To Jaws!
Happy 40th Anniversary to the grandaddy of all summer movies, Jaws!Forty years! Can you believe it? I vividly remember seeing Jaws in the theater as a lad. First run, even! It was THE movie to see that...
View ArticleEventually Everything Comes Back In Style
Last week this photo was leaked from the set of Doctor Who, showing Peter Capaldi wearing a new maroon crushed velvet coat.Looks like the Twelfth Doctor's been raiding the Third's closet! All that's...
View ArticleDVD Doppelgängers: Prometheus Vs. Prometheus Trap Vs. Radio Free Albemuth
Recently I was browsing through my local video store (yes, they still exist, and yes, I still go there) and saw this.Something about this cover seems awfully familiar. I can't quite put my finger on...
View ArticleChristmas Creep 2015
It has begun.I went to my local Hobby Lobby yesterday, and was disheartened to see that their thrice damned Xmas section is already well under construction. On June 23. A full six months before the...
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