Ah, so Roger Ebert turns 60 today. Yeah, that's the fat one.
Oh, and Paul McCartney turns 60 today as well.
Category: movies
Kevin Smith’s New Website
It looks like Kevin Smith, of Clerks and Mallrats fame, is starting a new website.
Writer-director Kevin Smith has built a rabid fan base thanks in part to his passions for pop culture and the Internet. Now, the director of such films as “Clerks” and “Dogma” has found a way to combine the two, launching a new pop-culture news Web site called MoviePoopShoot.com.
The site launches today, just two weeks after Smith dreamed up the idea. An avid Internet user who surfs dozens of sites daily, Smith is launching the site to bring together some of the casting gossip, Hollywood developments and comic book, music and TV news that he and many of his fans regularly read.
Oh, and it looks like a Clerks sequel may be in the works. (Link from Media Bistro)
Movie Physics
Via BBSpot’s mailing list, I discovered the Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics page. For example, this bit on movie-bullets:
The vast majority of bullets are made of copper-clad lead. They simply do not create sparks or visible flashes of light when they strike objects, even if the objects are made of steel. In the chemical industry it’s commonplace to limit maintenance workers to copper alloy or lead hammers when they are working in areas where flammable fumes may be present. Hammers made of these materials do not produce sparks when they strike objects, while steel hammers can. If you have never noticed this phenomenon don't be surprised, the sparks generally are barely visible even under ideal lighting conditions.
Windtalkers
In this review of Windtalkers, Fred Topel's starts off the review by saying:
John Woo’s latest film is not a Hong Kong style collage of bullets and people jumping through the air in slow motions. [...]
Oh, it’s not? Hmm, I'll have to cross that one off the list, then ;).
And, for those curious, I'm a definite fan of the “collage of bullets” genre (such as John Woo’s Hard Boiled).
Movies and the Dallas Mozilla 1.0 Party
As of Friday, I thought that I might have to make some tough choices for my activities this evening: it looked like the Dallas Mozilla-1.0 party could be tonight, and I was also hoping that Andy may be able help my install some suspension mods on my car sometime this weekend. Plus, Shane (from work) is holding a little party around the big fight.
Well, shall we say, things have become simplified. The Mozilla-1.0 party has been postponed ’till next Saturday, and Andy may be held up at work dealing with client shenanigans. With a hectic week behind me, it may be nice to just watch a movie on the ol’ TiVo. So, perhaps I can interfest Jason in Black Mask, Beverly Hills Cop II, or Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.