What if Deadpool became Green Lantern? Dis seem to be de qwestion dis movie try to answer. Unlike it's more ambitious predecessors, Green Lantern aspire to be little more den a quasi-entertaining kids movie. And it aktually succeed, offering a uncomplikated story devoid of riveting drama or charakters but also free of de stoopid plot…
May 26, 2013: Upcoming movie releases to look forward to! Or not!
AFTER EARTH Release Date: May 31, 2013 What it's about: A father and son find themselves stranded on Earth, roughly a thousand years after humanity abandoned the planet. With dad injured, son must find a way to brave the strange and dangerous new/old world to ensure their survival. What it's got working for it: It's…
May 20, 2013: The Supermovie of the Week Club reconvenes! Cookie Monster reviews X-Men: First Class!
Watching X-Men: First Class like dating smart, beautiful she-monster who be fantastik company - until she drink too much, start rambling, talk about her ex, linger over espresso, and leave you wishing date could have ended sometime after dessert and before she vomit in your cabriolet. Disappointing because movie start off VERY strong but, sadly,…
May 16, 2013: Jennifer Finnigan drops by! You sure you want me to read that?
Well, look who it is! It's my good buddy and former co-worker: uber-talented/super-successful actress Jennifer Finnigan. She's in town shooting a movie (with my other pal, Cas) and dropped by the other night to say hi, eat some rotisserie chicken and, of course, check out the Dark Matter comic book (soon to be television?) series.…
May 15, 2013: Worst. Pitches. Ever!
Over the course of my 11+ years on the Stargate franchise, I heard my fair share of freelance pitches - some of them good, most of them fine but not quite what we were looking for, and a few of them truly horrible. In the first case, kudos to those writers who were able to…
May 13, 2013: The Supermovie of the Week Club reconvenes! Cookie Monster reviews Thor!
Dis movie slower den Snuffleupagus backing up. It take longer to get going den Grover de morning after Furries Night at Ye Olde Sesame Street Pub. Movie begin in 965 AD when Odin, King of Asgard, defeat army of Frost Giants and save de nine realms (Earth, Middle Earth, Lower Earth, Ringworld, Narnia, Neverland, Westeros,…
May 6, 2013: The Supermovie of the Week Club reconvenes! Cookie Monster reviews Megamind!
If you loved The Incredibles, den you won't mind Megamind! It like a diet version of de former - great-looking and still enjoyable, but wit half de charm, humor, and clever plotting. It won't fill you up wit needless terrifik memories. Movie get off to fantastik start wit opening sekwence/parody of Superman movie. Little alien…
May 3, 2013: Reading, Watching, Answering!
In early March of this year, I started a quest for my new favorite show by listing eight promising candidates (March 2, 2013: Help me choose my new favorite show!), shows I'd heard great things about but had yet to check out, and asking you all to weigh in with your thoughts. Well, two months later,…
May 1, 2013: Excerpts from the Trio Art Department package!
A little something from the "How'd they do that?" section of the Stargate vault. Here are some pages from the Trio Art Department package that break down a couple of the episode's more ambitious stunt sequences... The episode made use of the gimboled set that was built for Stargate: Continuum:
April 22, 2013: The Supermovie of the Week Club reconvenes! Cookie Monster reviews Super!
Dis movie remind monster of Christmas family dinner. It sound like a good idea and everybody expekt a good time but, instead, it end up being sad, depressing, and somebody always get hit in de head wit a big wrench. Movie begin wit lovable loser who happily married to woman way out of his league.…
April 16, 2013: Dark Matter developments! Mailbag! My dog eating kale chips!
First things first! My french bulldog, Lulu, eating kale chips. Please raise volume to maximum before viewing: One of the worst kept secrets on this blog has been the identity of that scifi series Paul and I have been trying to set up. As many of you know, back when we were working on Stargate,…
April 15, 2013: The Supermovie of the Week Club reconvenes! Cookie Monster reviews Iron Man 2!
Monster like to rate sekwels on what me call de Sliding Celebrity Sibling Scale. It start at Clint Howard and go all de way up to Mark Wahlberg. Given how much me enjoy first Iron Man, me expect Iron Man 2 to be a real Stephen Baldwin. But it surpass monster's expektations and, initially, me…
April 13, 2013: Scariest Endings!
Akemi has decided she wants to invite some friends over for a movie night next week and asked me to recommend a good horror film. I thought about it and realized that my favorites, the ones that left a lasting, unsettling, impression, always did two things well: they built to a horrifying climax and then…
April 12, 2013: Insight in SGA’s Quarantine! News of Note!
Let's kick things off with a little something from a far flung prep week on Stargate: Atlantis's Quarantine... Remember the scene? We require a steel for throwing, a tempered glass for breaking. The existing wall has to be re-finished so that it looks convincing on camera and, of course, we need to add the climbing…
April 8, 2013: The Supermovie of the Week Club reconvenes! Cookie Monster reviews Super Capers!
If nothing else, Super Capers prove dat absolutely anyone can make a movie. You not need to have a good idea or a good skript or good direktor or good aktors. Just two million dollars and you too can take creative equivalent of a big, cheesy dump onscreen. Some movies me have reviewed left monster…