For the next week I’ll be blogging the Newport Beach Film Fest over here.

I’ll try to get something up here about Fango-con and the WICKED LAKE premiere too (being in L.A., it doesn’t fit at the other place), but I’d rather do that right than do it quickly.

In the new issue of OC Weekly, I reviewed 54 new movies.

Oh yeah. Go me.

J. Peter Scoblic writes about why he won’t vote for McCain, and articulates my own feelings pretty well…what he describes is also the primary reason I could never be a conservative.

Conservatives like Barry Goldwater, who nevertheless insisted on defining the Cold War as a literal battle between good and evil, came to dangerous conclusions.

They saw [...]

“The Day After” is playing on Sci-Fi channel right now.

As it went to commercial…”This program is brought to you by the United States Air Force.”

I’ve been slacking off in posting links to my short reviews. So here are some of the most recent ones:

PATHOLOGY/FORBIDDEN KINGDOM

STREET KINGS

SUPER HIGH ME

GRIZZLY PARK

SUPERHERO MOVIE

SHUTTER

ZOMBIE STRIPPERS

Each one seemed too short to be worth a full-on post before, but now you have a bunch. Enjoy.

…that presidential candidates pandered to wrestling fans. We’re not used to that level of, uh, “respect.”

No-one commented on the last one, so I have no idea if you guys like these or not. But I dig ‘em, and we’ll keep doing them as the schedule allows.

Am I crazy, or is there a definite similarity in speaking styles?

fast-forward this one just a little bit to get past the intro…

Saturday, April 26th. 11:59 p.m. The Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. Filmmakers and most of the cast in attendance.

Be there. Tell everyone. Write a review for some geeky website.

But first…

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I should add that when most movies have their premiere, they have already had a “cast and crew” screening, so many of those involved [...]