In case you’re wandering La Croisette, wondering where all the interlocking three-part dramas with unexpected science-fiction elements are, you might want to check out The Nines, which has three market screenings scheduled this week: * Wednesday, May 16th at 12:00pm – Palais K (Market) * Friday, May 18th at 8:00pm – Palais K (Market) * […]
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Fish food for thought
One benefit of leaving the comment threads open is that sometimes a long-dead post gets a surge of new activity. Over the past month, I’ve noticed a few new comments on a 2004 post featuring this photo… …which is, according to Snopes, probably real in the sense that it’s not Photoshopped — though it’s probably […]
The Nines gets all domestic
Ever since Sundance, when I announced that GreeneStreet scooped up international rights to The Nines, I’ve been faced with many questions. I knew the answer to the big one but couldn’t say. The answer to all the others depended on the first. So I’ve been sitting patiently, feigning detached acceptance, when I wanted to be […]
On the topic of old things sucking
My post on Captain Marvel/Shazam! generated a lot of comments, both on this site and AICN, primarily because of a single observation… If I were writing a dissertation on the evolution of the Captain Marvel character, [hardcover anthologies] would be invaluable. But I’m not. So every time I read one of these, I’m struck with […]