Oh, Katie, don’t take this personally

I am probably one of only a handful of people who not only will not be watching Katie Couric on her big debut tonite, but who also couldn’t really care less if I tried. It doesn’t have that much to do with Couric, I find her only mildly annoying, unlike Angela Lansbury, who has gotten […]

Too distracting?

When I read that Scarlett Johansson’s sex scene in Black Dahlia was “too distracting” to the plot of the movie, I had only one thought: “Well, then, I’ll have to watch the movie a few times to understand the entire plot.” But now, Scarlett says it’s not too distracting. And I quoteth: “Of course it’s […]

The Biology of B-Movie Monsters

When Nerds Attack! This is awesome. Science applied to B-movies. You gotta be a little geeky to want to read it, but it’s fascinating. The Biology of B-Movie Monsters As for the contest with the spider, the battle is indeed biased, but not the way the movie would have you believe. Certainly the spider has […]