When was the last time we had new GNR and Metallica albums in the same year?

Not that this is really the true GNR, any more than Velvet Revolver was. For a band to be truly recognized as “Guns ‘N Roses,” it has to have Axl AND Slash in it, at minimum.

Regardless, it’s good to have [...]

In the LA Weekly, my short take on LITTLE BIG TOP.

(HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY to come once I see it Thursday night)

And horror fans should go see SPLINTER this weekend. It kicks ass.

…I had a poem published in an Irish children’s book.

It’s now out of print.

I am no longer part of the film project tentatively entitled “No Regrets.”

However, I do sincerely wish everyone involved the best, and look forward to seeing the final project on a big screen next year.

Seriously, Los Angeles Times? You’re gonna lay off one of only two film critics on staff?

The top newspaper in LA is now going to have less staff critics than the Daily News and the LA Weekly, and the same number as the uber-penny-pinchers at CityBeat?

It’d be one thing if you found a critic unsatisfactory and [...]

I guess I must be moving up in importance. I don’t often get invited to these sneak-peak showcases. But this past Friday, I was invited, along with several other industry folk, to see some finished footage from the upcoming 3-D stop-motion animated feature CORALINE, based on the children’s book by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean.

The [...]

Well, SAW V has arrived, and as fun as some of it might have been, it wasn’t even close to the first three, and things look even grimmer as the story progresses. I said after part 3 that it was a perfect place to end, but the box office receipts said otherwise. Lionsgate is clearly [...]

Your new “trademark catchphrase” in an upcoming film is “GET OFF MY LAWN!”

Seriously, watch it. Looks pretty kickass regardless of age.

I saw it last night. As we await the posting of my review to laweekly.com, now might be a good time to recap my interviews with the movie’s director, David Hackl, and star, Tobin Bell.

Review will be linked here later on…

(I can tell you it’s better than part IV…but maybe not by much)

And…the review is [...]

Via Media Matters:

…it may seem obvious that some forms are illegitimate. That’s Drudge’s point here – Hahahaha, they tried to register Mickey Mouse! Fools! But here’s the thing: there are 32 people named “Mickey Mouse” listed in the White Pages nationwide, including two in Florida…

UPDATE: On MSNBC, NBC deputy political director Mark [...]