Put The SIGH In SCI-FI

—————————————————————————————————————————————————DISCLAIMER:—————————————————————————————————————————— I’m writing this blog for the stated reason that I don’t want to write about my birthday (September 18). I turned 40. The highlight of my day was that I began the (hopefully short) process of finding a literary agent. Other things that happened on my birthday: my Xbox 360, DVD player and fridge [...]

DISTRICT 9 Hits The Mark

It feels like this summer is turning out to be the Summer of Movies. First off, I’ve been working on two movies of my own: the first is THE LOST IDOL OF AMUN-RA, a take-off on 1950’s sci-fi serials. I’m directing and acting in this one (well, I agreed to play a bit part: the powerful [...]

This Vampire Sucks…

I’m obviously just not kool enough to watch the MTV Movie Awards. At least, not when its live. Bad things happen…take for instance the last time I watched it live, when I was treated to the disintegration of one of the finest bands my generation ever produced: Rage Against The Machine. Err…well maybe that actually occurred [...]

X-Files Redux

I Want To Believe…The X-Files Movie Won’t Suck
 
Or: I’d rather be force-fed a greasy Spam-type meat product rather than hear anything about U.F.O.’s or ‘Grays” or Area 51.
 
By Gregory Purvis
 
When I was young, science fiction and mysteries of the unexplained used to be all good. There just wasn’t any such thing as a bad sci-fi [...]

Snow Angels

Modern cinema is held hostage in a prison of 1’s and 0’s: a Wonderland of digital dimensions.
Locked in this gilded cage, fantasy in infinite variety can woo the ooh-and-ahh, promising (if not always delivering) a matinee that was once upon a time–and not so long ago–showing only in dreams.
Lord of the Rings was penned [...]