After his 2007 dramatic foray into the world of psychological thrillers in the movie ‘The Number 23’, Jim Carrey returned to the more familiar territory of the big screen comedy in the 2008 movie, ‘Yes Man’.Jim Carrey plays Carl Allen, a man who can’t seem to make a connection to his own life or anyone […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Fast & Furious is Exactly That!
The original cast of The Fast and the Furious reunites for this fourth film in the series – and it does exactly what it says on the label. Under the leadership of director Justin Lin, who also directed the Tokyo Drift instalment of the series, we get a car movie that will please fans of […]
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: John Martin, CEO of The Alamo Cinema Drafthouse
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas in Austin Texas has is the little theater that could. It’s become an Internationally known movie theater and a must see stop for anyone visiting town which is quickly becoming a haven for the Hollywood hipsters to hang out. This is in large part due to the folks at Ain’t It […]
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Hollywood.com’s Paul Dergarabedian Speaks!
This week all of the movie executives are meeting in Vegas, partying, golfing and toasting each other on their box office success at the annual Movie Theater Owners event ShoWest. I was planning on attending but at the last minute real life interfered. This week I was able to catch up with Paul Dergarabedian the […]
INTERVIEW: A Conversation with the Girls from Big Purple Dreams
If you’re a fan of daytime television and have been following Guiding Light’s break through storyline over the past year between Olivia Spencer (Crystal Chappell) and Natalia Rivera (Jessica Leccia) affectionately know as Otalia, then you most definitely know about the fan forum Big Purple Dreams. BPD was created by a group of soap fans […]
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Sci-Fi President Dave Howe Speaks!! Why Syfy? Why!!!???
There have been a lot of responses to the rebranding of the SCI FI Channel to Syfy, which takes effect on July 7, 2009. Most of those responses [as is usual on the good ole Interweb] have been negative – and there’s been a question of whether SCI FI appropriated the name from a popular […]
Supernatural: Playing in the Ghostfacers sandbox
On the heels of a truly excellent Convention this past weekend in Los Angeles full of guests and activities (Creation’s “Salute to Supernatural”) we are pleased to inform you about the launch of the all-new Ghostfacers website. In last week’s episode of Supernatural, “It’s a Terrible Life”, the Ghostfacers make another brief appearance via their […]
TELEVISION: Cupid: The God of Love Is In The House!
Cupid [ABC, Tuesdays, 10/9C] has an odd history. Rob Thomas [Veronica Mars] had this prematurely cancelled series in 1998 about an exiled God of Love who was exiled to Earth until he could match one hundred couples – true love, mind you. Then, and only then, would he be allowed to return to Mount Olympus. […]
MANGA: Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka – Astro Boy Tribute Is an Instant Classic!
North Americans might not recognize the name Osamu Tezuka, a significant percentage of them know about Astro Boy – which, along with Tezuka’s Kimba the White Lion, was the first anime´ to really connect with that audience. One of the best Astro Boy adventures – both in a twelve-part manga serial and as an episode […]
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Michael Ealy talks Seven Pounds
I love Michael Ealy; he’s one of those really strong character actors who does a great job of blending into the background for his roles. You may not know his name but you’ll recognize his face. He was once selected as one of People’s most beautiful people in the world but he’s never been one […]
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Director, Producer R.W. Goodwin Talks Alien Tresspass!
The first thing you need to know about Director/Producer R.W. Goodwin is that he is the man who directed all the season finale episodes of the first 5 seasons of one of my favorite shows of all time – The X-Files for which he received four Emmy Nominations for Outstanding Drama Series and won Three […]