Ice Bound on Last Flight Out
Friday, March 9th, 2007 Posted in Saturday Matinee | No Comments »A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I worked for an organization that produced the movie Last Flight Out. I've talked before about how horrible the movie is and perhaps it holds a special place in my ...
Serenity Fans Invoice Universal
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 Posted in Business & Marketing, Saturday Matinee | 1 Comment »Read this little bit about the fan promotion of the movie Serenity (best movie ever) and how the studio reacted: As the release date neared, fans tried everything to raise the film's profile, from holding bake sales to selling amateur-designed T-shirts. ...
Reinterpreting Star Wars: R2-D2 & Chewbacca the Heroes
Sunday, January 14th, 2007 Posted in Saturday Matinee | 1 Comment »I love this article: A New Sith, or Revenge of the Hope. Based on the info from the Star Wars prequels, we need to reinterpret the originals and it appears as though R2-D2 and Chewbacca are incredible Rebel spies. I also ...
A Bit Mad
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007 Posted in Domicile, Saturday Matinee, Technology | No Comments »It's been a bit mad around here lately. After returning from our 2,500-mile holiday (that's about how many miles we drove) we kicked into high gear getting our house ready to sell. Then Abby got sick. Nevertheless, we struggled on ...
The Tick is on DVD
Thursday, August 31st, 2006 Posted in Saturday Matinee | 1 Comment »It is my great and happy privilege to inform you that season one of The Tick is now out on DVD. Spring to action at once! Get yourself to the nearest DVD distribution center and buy that DVD! Where else can ...
Just My Luck
Saturday, May 13th, 2006 Posted in Saturday Matinee | No Comments »For an upcoming assignment I had to go see the new Lindsay Lohan movie, Just My Luck. And I think that sentence works equally well with or without the italics.
Joining the Netflix Crowd
Saturday, March 25th, 2006 Posted in Saturday Matinee | 1 Comment »About a month ago we caved in and signed up for Netflix, the home delivery DVD rental company. For less than $20 a month we can have three DVDs at a time with unlimited rentals. We're finally able to watch ...
Top 5 Movies of 2005
Monday, January 2nd, 2006 Posted in Saturday Matinee | 2 Comments »Oh the joy of end of the year lists. Well, I guess it's the beginning of the year, but I was busy last week. Here's my picks for top movies of 2005: 1. Serenity Aside the fact that I loved the TV ...
Serenity vs. Shakespeare
Tuesday, October 4th, 2005 Posted in Saturday Matinee | 1 Comment »Maybe you thought I was exaggerating when I recommended the movie Serenity. Maybe you thought I didn't mean it. Maybe you thought I was just full of hype. Well, Orson Scott Card, the acclaimed science fiction author of Ender's Game has ...
Serenity is the New Star Wars
Wednesday, September 28th, 2005 Posted in Saturday Matinee | 6 Comments »Yesterday morning I read this quote from Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon about his movie directing debut, Serenity: "I worked for a long time to come up with something epic enough to be a Universal movie and not just ...
