A curious writer struggles to make sense of the modern world.
With the release of The Phantom Menace in 3D today, Star Wars is in the limelight once again. This should be a good thing. However, lately it seems whenever Star Wars is in the news, controversy is soon to follow. This week was no exception. Fanboys set the Internet ablaze when—during an interview with The... Continue Reading →
Apparently, Hollywood doesn't have any original ideas anymore. You just can't get away from the remakes, which are all the rage these days. I just saw a trailer for the new version of Footloose. It started out in the same vein- a small town with a bunch of grumpy adults who won't let the kids... Continue Reading →
Remember Blues Clues? The Nickelodeon kids show with that guy and the animated blue dog? Who could forget Blue? Who could forget Steve? But then one day, he was inexplicably gone, and we were left with...Joe. Hey, who's this Joe guy? Where's my buddy Steve? The show itself was rather tight-lipped about all that. Whatever... Continue Reading →
Always on the lookout for new points of view, I stumbled upon a documentary series called How TV Ruined Your Life. Written and presented for BBC Two by British journalist Charlie Brooker earlier this year, each episode provides an extremely pessimistic take on how television has changed different aspects of modern life. Love, money, fear,... Continue Reading →
Yesterday I wrote about the made-for-cable movie Cry Baby Lane. Aired only once by Nickelodeon in late October of 2000, it received enough calls from parents complaining about its content that the movie was shelved indefinitely. It was considered to be a lost film. Now 11 years later, through the power of the Internet, the... Continue Reading →
In October of 2000, Nickelodeon aired an original horror movie for the Halloween weekend called Cry Baby Lane. The cable channel received a surprising number of calls from parents complaining that the movie was too disturbing. Nickelodeon never aired the movie again, and it was not made available for home video. Cry Baby Lane was... Continue Reading →
So yesterday as I was taking Piper home from preschool, I was listening to the Charlie Hodge Rock n' Roll Half-Time Show on KLBJ FM. He started talking about a bizarre casting call that he had learned about. In disbelief, I turned up the volume to make sure I wasn't hearing things. Here is what... Continue Reading →
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