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Fandom Friday: MuggleNet’s Fan of the Week

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Happy Fandom Friday! Each week, I highlight an aspect of the various fan communities that have sprung up around mostly movies and TV shows, but sometimes books, games, or even just memes, if the level of dedication is awesome enough.
Ology partner site (and Potter compendium) MuggleNet has a cute feature I’ve just discovered, where they [...]

Fandom Friday: Fandomestic arts & crafts

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Happy Fandom Friday! Each week, I highlight an aspect of the various fan communities that have sprung around mostly movies and TV shows, but sometimes books, games, or even just memes, if the level of dedication is awesome enough.
The amazing Fandomania has a recurring feature called Fandomestic, where the most creative Trekkies, Twihards, and other [...]

Harry and Hermione to have nude scene in final ‘Potter’ film

Friday, December 11th, 2009

David Yates, director of the two-part Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, has announced that there will be a number of nude scenes for Daniel Radcliffe in the film, including one with costar Emma Watson.
I had totally forgotten, but there is that bit with one of the Horcruxes, where it deludes Ron into thinking that [...]

Fandom Friday: ‘Ships and Photo Manips

Friday, December 11th, 2009

Happy Fandom Friday! Each week, I highlight an aspect of the various fan communities that have sprung up around mostly movies and TV shows, but sometimes books, games, or even just memes, if the level of dedication is awesome enough.

You guys must think that I think House is the only fandom with ’ships, but the [...]

Mentally Bracing for Crash of New Moon

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

My vision of New Moon

As the New Moon movie approaches, I find myself preparing more and more to be disappointed. No, “disappointed” is not the right word… I mean “so bored by the plot and frustrated with the acting that I take my own lifemid-screening.” Now, I love the Twilight series and I flew through [...]

Spike’s SCREAM 2009 Nominees

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

If nothing, else this is quite the comprehensive list. I’ve also included my votes, where applicable. (Reading this makes me want to put all of the movies I haven’t yet seen on my Netflix immediately.)
Best Horror Movie
Dead Snow
Drag Me to Hell
Friday the 13th
Let the Right One In
My Bloody Valentine 3D
Splinter
Best Science Fiction Movie
Knowing
Moon
Outlander
Star Trek [x]
Terminator [...]

RPattz Gets His Own Documentary

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Hold on to your Limited Too panties, Edward Cullen fans, because this November you’ll be able to see the enigmatic Robert Pattinson not only in New Moon, but also in the documentary Robsessed.

Yes, that’s actually the title. UK distributor Revolver has picked up the doc, which traces Pattinson’s beginnings in forgotten indies to his brief [...]

USC Adds 3-D Course to Film Department

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

On the syllabus for next fall: famed film school the University of Southern California is adding a course focusing on 3-D films, which is — as Harry Potter and Avatar can attest — a rapidly booming development for the movie industry.
USC’s School of Cinematic Arts is developing a program for fall 2010 that will “address [...]

Katzenberg Urges Studios To Do More 3D Projects

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Thing is, I wouldn’t consider live-action 3D “intuitive”…
In his morning keynote at the 3D Entertainment Summit, DreamWorks Animation topper Jeffrey Katzenberg challenged Hollywood to make more live-action 3D movies and exhibitors to be bolder about charging more for 3D tickets.
“I find it curious how slow the live-action business has been in jumping on this opportunity. [...]

Under Warner Bros’ Eye, DC Comics Becomes DC Entertainment

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Warner Bros. has decided to take complete control of DC Comics, transforming it into DC Entertainment. The hope is that the change will allow Warner Bros. to better manage and market DC’s myriad superheroes, like Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, the Green Lantern, and the Flash through not only movies, but also TV shows and the [...]