I think there may be something to this. Los Angeles woman sues Kraft Foods over the lack of avocado in their “guacamole” dip.
Month: November 2006
IMDB Entry — I’m Official
I now have my very own IMDB entry. I have arrived.
“Idiocracy” DVD Street Date Released
With all the hype surrounding Borat, it’s easy to forget about the best satire to (barely) hit the big screen this year — Mike Judge‘s Idiocracy. For the curious outside of Texas and LA, Amazon.com has announced that the DVD will be released on January 9th. And it’s available for pre-order. I officially declare this…
Midterm Elections in Review — The Big Picture
A lot of the self-congratulatory back slapping being practiced by the Dems in the wake of the Midterm elections seems a bit much by my standards. Sure they’re controlling the House and possibly the Senate — but only by the slimmest of margins. I guarantee an evacuation of all libs/progressives by 2008. All it will…
Adrienne Shelly Dead at 40
Sad to report that actress Adrienne Shelly has died. Police are still investigating what appears to be a suicide. Although the petite Shelly was hardly a household name, fans of Hal Hartley movies will recognize her. She was really great in the 2001 movie Revolution #9, a rarely seen indie film that also featured the…
28 Weeks Later – Raw Footage
The Fox Atomic site has raw footage from “28 Weeks Later,” the sequel to 2003’s worthy zombie flick, “28 Days Later.” This time around, Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is at the helm. Fresnadillo directed the intriguing fantasy-thriller “Intacto” which came out in limited release back in 2002. I wrote a review of it back…
Calvin Pees
You know you’ve made it big as an artist when your creation is appropriated for use as a cultural meme…copyright be damned. I was talking to somebody recently about how everybody these days knows the character Calvin from Bill Watterson‘s imaginative “Calvin and Hobbes” as that evil little kid who pisses on Chevy logos. Relatively…