Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Do you remember the first time you watched the original Jurassic Park? If, like me, you were a kid, you probably lost countless nights of sleep to that horrifying T-Rex roar. Or the sounds of two villainous raptors searching an empty cafeteria kitchen for a little bit of human child flesh. Well that’s all thanks…
Comments Although people are always trying to play fast and loose with Back To The Future’s time-warping anniversary, there’s concrete proof that Ferris Bueller’s actual day off in Chicago (as depicted in John Hughes’ 1986 film) happened 30 years ago today: June 5, 1985. By process of elimination, the super-sleuths over at Baseball Prospectus used…
Hang around theater types and you’ll hear the expression, “acting is a noble profession.” You’ll hear talk of “finding your character” and being “moved by the spirit.” And if my college’s theater program is any indication, you’ll hear people offer you sex in exchange for weed. Or just offer sex in general. Actors like sex…
There have been rumblings about Babylon 5 coming back to life for a while now, and creator J. Michael Straczynski has heard the call — and he’s already working on a script. TVWise is reporting that Straczynski is actively writing a script, with hopes to wrap a final draft by the end of 2015 and…
Director Vincenzo Natali spent years working on a movie adaptation of William Gibson’s cyberpunk novel Neuromancer, but it never came to fruition. Now he’s sharing art from the project, giving us a hint at what his Neuromancer movies might have looked like. In 2010, Natali came on board the Neuromancer adaptation, and we even saw…
by Jessica Goldstein Posted on June 3, 2015 at 10:03 am “Cameron Crowe Responds To Accusations Of Whitewashing In ‘Aloha’” CREDIT: Columbia Pictures/Allstar Cameron Crowe’s Aloha, has not been received well by the filmgoing public. Is this because Crowe made a really lousy movie? Well, he did, but the real outcry here is about a…
Oh my god. Today’s issue of Star Wars #6, written by Jason Aaron, contains a surprise that changes one of the series’ main characters completely — a change that, thanks to the new Disney mandate that everything is 100% official, is now Star Wars canon. Get ready to have your mind blown. **** **** Ready?…
Wonder Woman is getting her own movie but for the last few days the press has been breathless over her MAN. Rumors are swirling that Chris Pine will be joining the cast as Steve Trevor. On one hand that makes sense – Steve Trevor is part of her mythos and was, for almost 30 plus…
Like Axel Foley, Top Gun’s Maverick is clearly talented, has great instincts, and is a loyal friend. But at least Axel Foley is motivated by some sense of justice, in the form of arresting the bad guys. Maverick’s motivations are murky as fuck. The stuff with his dad and Viper in Vietnam doesn’t really make…