Why Blu-Ray’s Death Knells Are Premature
With the recession hitting into full swing many have said that Blu-Ray might not survive. This reminded me of all the doomsayers who heralded the death of all physical formats when Internet movies first became mainstream. They say that with the ability to stream and download movies* from numerous sources,...
The Top 9 Unknown Sci-fi Films to look out for in 2009
I’ve been noticing a recent trend in this years popular genre and no I’m not talking about comic book films for once; I’m talking about the lost art of SCIENCE FICTION! I think the last truly amazing piece of science fiction I saw was Children of Men and since than...
Spiderman 4 will introduce Morbius to Raimi’s universe?
The latest rumor floating around Hollywood comes directly from the mouth of Sam Raimi who has recently expressed interest in making Morbius the newest addition to the Spiderman film family. Following the flop (well critically not financially) of Spiderman 3 I think Raimi is taking his vision much more seriously...Response to the BART Murder
I have been bouncing ideas in my head all day trying to figure out what exactly to say about the gruesome murder of Oscar Grant by former BART officer Johannes Mehserle. In fact I’ve have two partially written posts stored away that just didn’t feel right. I’ve been having a...
American Subsidized War
The breaking news all this week has been the war waging between the Israeli’s and the Palestinians of the Gaza strip. As a true believer in the non-aggression axiom I cannot accept either side’s claim of self defense, as both sides have been launching rockets indiscriminately into each other’s territory....
DTV Transition and the Failure of the FCC
The FCC was set up in 1934 with the explicit purpose of divvying out the EM spectrum in order to keep those greedy businessmen from stomping over each other’s transmissions. But just like every other government bureaucracy, it has grown well beyond its mandate, seizing more power every chance it...
Iron Man 2 Villain Casting Announcements made!
The time has come and following the glowing performance of Mickey Rourke in the recent Arronofsky masterpiece we’ll be seeing him playing the main villain in the upcoming Iron Man 2. Another villain to appear in the film is a more unappreciated star from 2008, Sam Rockwell, who appeared as...
What is Liberty?
What does it mean to be free? This is a question that most people need to ask themselves. The reason for that is because most people have no idea what it really means. For most people liberty and freedom is this amorphous buzzword thrown around in the political arena like...
