In regard to David Evanier's* book on Bobby Darin. How the hell did he manage to mix up Gene Kelly with Donald O'Connor in referenc...

Go here and all will be revealed. All together: Ra-ta-ta-tum-Army!...

The novel Loverboy was never going to make an easy transition to film , even with the right stars, director and script. Without any of thos...

You are The Magician Skill, wisdom, adaptation. Craft, cunning, depending on dignity. Eleoquent and charismatic both verbally and in writing...

As I'd kinda suspected he might, the editor of Ebert's website has put together a selection of Ebert's reviews of Altman's f...

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As always, in no particular order: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy . Okay, so it's not like this is a new thing. But in this pa...

I mailed off three query packages to publishers today. Getting them in the mail followed three days of trying to do so and having various th...

In their second-wisest project kill of the week, Fox has called a permanent halt to production on a remake of Revenge of the Nerds . Good t...

I think Waveflux has got it: The man's career is over. I don't think I'm breaking the pinata there. For me personally, this is ...

Photo via the TMZ gallery , which is actually a treasure trove for those who like reading things into photographs. See the photo that Britn...

You hear good and bad things about Robert Altman, dead today at 81 . On the one hand, his skill with an ensemble cast ("MASH" ...

One of my all-time favorite "host segments" on Mystery Science Theatre 3000 was one during that fine film, Eegah! Joel and the ...

Fox is considering airing "a 'Daily Show'-like program" for conservatives. Good luck to them. Conservative satire is, trad...

Good article from the New Statesman in the UK about the recent US election. I think I agree with about 98% of it. Especially the bits abo...

There is nothing like being awakened before dawn's early light by the sound of some guy banging and kicking at your door repeatedly for ...

As it turned out, Janet was glad the picture was out of focus, because, well...y'know. Source.

You know what I don't like? Writing samples. Specifically, preparing writing samples of my work to send to potential publishers and, in ...

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Veronica Mars has gotten a "full" season order. The ironic quotation marks because the CW has for inexplicable reasons chosen to ...