Jonathan Frid, the original star of the Dark Shadows series that helped reboot and practically define the modern-gothic genre, died at the age of 87.
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Jonathan Frid, A/K/A Barnabas Collins, Passes Away at 87
Posted: 20th April 2012 by Dion in News, ObituariesTags: Dark Shadows, Johnny Depp, Jonathan Frid, Tim Burton
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100 Years Ago Today…
Posted: 15th April 2012 by Dion in News, Obituaries, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Titanic
At 2:20 am, RMS Titanic slipped beneath the waves of the North Atlantic and, of the 2,223 aboard, 1,517 lost their lives.
The Bum Rap The Adventures of Tintin Received
Posted: 13th April 2012 by Dion in Film, Film Review, NewsTags: Adventures of Tintin, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Indiana Jones, Jamie Bell, Mackenzie Crook, Motion Capture, Nick Frost, Peter Jackson, Robert Rodriguez, Robert Zemeckis, Simon Pegg, Sin City, Steven Spielberg, Tintin, Toby Jones
This week I finally had the pleasure of watching the screen adaptation of Herge’s The Adventures of Tintin, and I really can’t believe how much I enjoyed it. I’d been waiting for it to be released for over a year-and-a-half, after hearing the exciting news that Steven Spielberg would helm the project, teaming up with […]
1970’s Kelly’s Heroes : The ORIGINAL Big Lebowski
Posted: 24th March 2012 by Dion in Film, Film ReviewTags: Clint Eastwood, Don Rickles, Donald Sutherland, Kelly's Heroes, Telly Savalas, The Big Lebowski
Cinema geeks can cite scores of films, ranging from classics like Clue, Murder By Death, or Weekend at Bernies, to Noises Off! or even Repo Man, that still are able to retain the mystique of being called underground classics, films that are known line for line in many circles but at the same time gloriously refrain from being called “cool” by the mainstream […]
Michael Bay Mucking with Origins for his TMNT Reboot!
Posted: 20th March 2012 by Dion in Film, News, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Michael Bay, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers
The net is blazing with talk in response to Michael Bay’s admission that he plans to change the origin story of the four beloved main characters in the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle reboot… and not all of it is good.
First Look At Disney’s The Lone Ranger
Posted: 9th March 2012 by Dion in Film, NewsTags: Armie Hammer, Gore Verbinski, Johnny Depp, The Lone Ranger
Walt Disney Pictures has released the first photo for their new The Lone Ranger film, starring Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp.
James Cameron To Go Where No Man Has Gone Before…
Posted: 9th March 2012 by Dion in Film, News, Science Fiction, TechnologyTags: James Cameron, Mariana Trench, Ocean, Richard Branson
Well, he’d be the third. Filmmaker James Cameron is preparing to descend to the deepest place on Earth, to the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
Michael Jackson’s Catalog is Hacked!
Posted: 7th March 2012 by Dion in Music, News, TechnologyTags: Michael Jackson, SONY Music
Who’s Bad? No, we’re not talking about whatever Beatles rights his estate still retains. According to the The Daily Mail, hackers on the web have broken into SONY Music servers, and stolen the superstar’s entire back catalog of unreleased music, worth -wait for it- $250 million!
40th Anniversary of L.A. Woman
Posted: 4th March 2012 by Dion in Music, Music ReviewTags: 1971, Jim Morrison, L.A. Woman, Morrison Hotel, The Doors
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of one of the most iconic albums of all time, the Doors have released a special edition of their final exit, unknowingly their last work together as a band, L.A. Woman. It is a two-disc edition, featuring the original album with never-before released alternate takes and two newly-discovered jams caught […]