A couple's on the run. The woman orders a handbag via her Samsung Instinct Phone using Sprint. The cops find out where the couple is via her order delivery address.
What does this say about the security of the woman's order? How did the police connect her handbag order and their hideout location? Is that the Patriot Act in action? This commercial seems to be selling an insecure transaction rather than a cool phone.
I might get a chance to finally meet The Man. Greydon Clark, director of my favorite film, Black Shampoo. I just found out that Clark is going to be attending the B-Movie Celebration in September (per the updates I made to his site). Now I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to attend this event and meet the guy who helped bring so much joy into my life.
At least the drive down doesn't seem too bad.
Just got the new issue of Entertainment Weekly. Gotta say, I'm not a big fan at first blush. The mix and match of serif and sans-serif fonts reminds me of what I was doing back when I first got my hands on desktop publishing software. Likewise, wordcount seems down and leading appears up. It definitely feels like it's heading more into People territory. That's not a good thing.
Film Drunk is saying everything I've been thinking about Disaster Movie. Check it out.
From the press notes: "Taking aim at everything and everyone, from 'Indiana Jones' and 'Iron Man' to Amy Winehouse and 'High School Musical,' DISASTER MOVIE lampoons the blockbuster movie, pop culture icons and public figures along the way as Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer satirize everything as only they can.
In other words: "The unimaginative and uninspired team of Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer employ their all-too-familiar pop culture mashup of "everything and the kitchen sink" meets "shooting fish in a barrel" crossed with "lowest common denominator" to create yet another abysmal, excruciating exercise in "entertainment" that will keep the severely mentally retarded happy for an hour.
I'm embarrassed for everyone involved with this film, their parents, their friends, their high school teachers, and anyone who might have passing knowledge of their existence. For the love of all that's holy, Seltzer and Friedberg must be stopped.
I'm having trouble believing. I have been searching for information on these books and can't prove their existence other than through hearsay.
Rarely are the times when it's good to be a midwesterner. I mean, the area's so jacked, we're no where near the West. To be fair, we're really "middle easterners" but that term just isn't too popular. The cultural wasteland / flyover states don't get too many amazing events, especially in regard to film. But that may change September 26-28, 2008 with the Second Annual B Movie Celebration. Second annual? I didn't even know there was a first! But, there sho'nuff was. This year's festivities trot out the usual suspects -- Tom Savini, Conrad Brooks, etc (I'm sure Lloyd Kaufman will be there too). That doesn't thrill me so much as this amazing list of films of which, the press release says "many in glorious 35mm."
Lots of good crap, wretched crap, classic crap, and all around great films in that line-up.
All of this takes place in Franklin, Indiana -- a little south of Indianapolis. The timing may not be right for me to make it down (just scant weeks after the Toronto International Film Festival) but I'm going to try my darndest to be there and I hope that a lot of folks do, too as this kind of event is definitely a rarity!
For more info visit http://www.bmoviecelebration.com.
I'm looking for a copy of this movie. Without or with (preferred) subtitles. Anyone know where I can get this?
Think that the graphic designers on Wig and Voice shared similar inspiration? Sure looks that way.
I have to laugh about the description of Wig: "A young woman is struggling against cancer. She buys a wig for her so that she can go out without having to feel ashamed of herself what she doesn't know is that the wig is cursed." No, I'm not laughing about the cancer but about the "cursed wig" idea. This was used to great comedic effect in the "Hell Toupee" episode of Amazing Stories back in 1986. Yes, I know that the "cursed wig" idea goes back much farther but I can never think of it now without thinking the line, "Whaddya want me to do, throw out a hair net?"
