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A Moment of Light Relief…

If you’re as sick of the current political circus as I am, you might welcome some light relief. Well, here it is. This is a trailer for a non-existent movie that is in more dire need of being made than … Continue reading

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Let’s just remake Hollywood !

As part of a brilliant and dazzlingly creative scheme to escape the torment of their recent financial morass, MGM has decided to blaze a new trail in Hollywood and make a entirely new movie, based on a completely original idea. … Continue reading

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Fox, I’m calling you out!…

Did you ever have one of those dreams that’s so vivid, you’re convinced you’re awake and it’s real – Then an event in the dream wakes you up with start…and you realize it was all just a ghastly illusion? I’m … Continue reading

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Memo to Warner Bros. – Don’t do this…

It’s widely agreed that Hollywood is short on ideas. The one area of cranial athletics that seems to be in robust health, however, is a long-standing tendency for covetous exploitation. Evidence of this can be found in the news that … Continue reading

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The Arrogant Arachnid…

Well, boys and girls, you can sleep easy tonight; After what seems like weeks of self-directed – and entirely self-serving – stories of doom and despair, Sony Pictures has just confirmed that Toby Maguire will be back in Spiderman 4. … Continue reading

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I’ve seen the future – And it’s thumb-size!

If you’re as inclined to periods of Geek-ness as me, here’s a story that should leave your Nike’s positively sauteing in drool: Argos, a large chain of retail stores in England, have just started selling the 1984 Bill Murray classic, … Continue reading

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In a World…without Don

This business is suffused with a worrying number of people who could be beamed-up by the Klingons tomorrow, and no-one would notice the loss. Don LaFontaine was not one of them. The name may be new to you but I … Continue reading

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$312K a year, with FREE ghouls!…

In a move that’s almost as predictable as it is reprehensible, the NYC apartment where Heath Ledger was residing when he left this world prematurely last January is now being quietly offered for rent again. …At $26,000 a month! Located … Continue reading

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There is no Strength in Duality

Times are hard. With foreclosures at an all time high and gas scouting the suburbs of $5 a pint, people are not spending so much on entertainment. They want to keep the roof in place and the lights on – … Continue reading

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Is the Big Cat Coming Home?

In keeping with yesterday’s post, today we hear the rather harmonious – and very welcome – news that MGM may soon be restored to its rightful position as an American company. Currently owned by an investment group headed by Sony … Continue reading

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