Via Quiet Earth, yet another:
FALLING SKIES opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. The few remaining survivors have banded together outside major cities to begin the difficult task of fighting back. Each day is a test of survival as citizen soldiers engage in an [...]

Some good writing from Mark Morford about Charlie Sheen. He’s the apocalypse come to life:
We are surrounded by anxiety and distress. We are overrun with Tea Party dingbats who want to arm college students and professors alike, wingnut maniacs who think science is a hoax and the president is a Muslim and/or raised in [...]

Saw a commercial for this last night, which I hadn’t heard of. Like the idea of a pill that gives you limitless capability, which means the movie will be interesting for at least a half hour.
Eddie Morra (Cooper) is an unemployed writer whose girlfriend Lindy (Cornish) breaks up with him. Eddie believes he has [...]

Something else that’s like TABOTD: Take Shelter:
Directed by Jeff Nichols and starring our favorite under-the-radar actor Michael Shannon, Take Shelter sounds like it might be messing with the audience just a little as the main character (Shannon) doesn’t know if he’s losing his mind, or if it’s the end of the world.
Synopsis:
A working-class husband and [...]

I’ve been watching “The Walking Dead” which I’ve been enjoying.  Resistant at first because Frank Darabont’s “The Mist” had one of the most evil endings in movie history, truly sadistic.  But “The Walking Dead” works because the human interaction works – like the subplot of the guy sleeping with the other guy’s wife.
It does have [...]

Interesting interview with Rainn Wilson, Dwight from “The Office,” who’s got a book out:
Your book Soul Pancake is about creativity, spirituality, and, as you say, “chewing on life’s big questions.” What is your goal for the book? What do you want it to be?
A tool used for the revolution.
Which revolution?
The spiritual and creative [...]

For as long as there have been movies, the US government has collaborated with filmmakers to ensure that their view of the world was shared with audiences around the world. From Hollywood shoot-em-ups to Pentagon spin doctors, The Listening Post takes a look at the relationship between the military and the media.

I had no idea that the TV show “The Event” is about  UFO disclosure.  Mostly because I don’t pay attention to new TV shows, even if there’s a huge “Event” poster on the side of a building close to where I live.  But I’ll watch anything about this subject.  Seems a bit like they’re going [...]

I probably shouldn’t spread so much hate about teabaggers.  It’s not much healthier from me than it is from them.  I should be more Christ-like and compassionate.  Except…I don’t know how. I get angry.  And putting flowers in guns isn’t exactly effective.  Massive ignorance bugs me.
On the Hollywood front, there’s an interesting, though overwritten (”from [...]

This is pretty interesting.  Turns out “Star Wars” 1 and 2 were good because of the presence of Gary Kurtz, didn’t know this.  But George Lucas was taken over by the Dark Side – i.e. marketing.  I’m sure he had fantasies about Ewoks becoming the new teddy bear, but that never panned out, so they [...]