The Catastrophe at Catalina

If my calculations are correct, the atomic resonance was just enough to tear a hole in the very fabric of time itself!

A week or so ago, Imagos Films was invited to participate in an interesting project. For five years now Chicago has been home to an event called the Sci-Fi Spectacular; a 12-18hr science fiction film marathon at an art-house in the city. The first five were at the amazing Music Box Theatre. This year it’s moving to the Portage. You know, just to shake things up.

Anyway, for the last five years a tradition has been established wherein sci-fi trailers are played between every film. Some are amazing (Alien, 2001, Planet of the Apes), some are not (I’m looking at you, Zardoz), but all are super fun.

I know, because I’ve gone every year since its inception.

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ET EXTREME!!!1!1!!1!!ONE

When I was a kid, E.T. scared the living shit out of me. I’d seen all manner of age inappropriate film at that point and none of it really put the weird into me. E.T., though, damaged me.

E.T. is pure evil.

E.T. is pure evil. The interwebx0rz agrees.

Lex, Samori and I went to a midnight showing of Super 8. Though previously an Abrams detractor, his treatment of Star Trek set me up to drop a few bones on his next outing. How the guy who brought you LOST managed to artfully, kindly and carefully ride the popular culture/NERD RAGE line for Trek remains a mystery to me. He likes those, Abrams does. Mysteries.

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Is it White Boy Day?

Kwame Kilpatrick the hip hop mayor of Detroit, has pled guilty to a pair of felony obstruction charges today, and will be stepping down from the big pimpin’ krunk party kingship office of the mayor and into a Wayne County jail.

He’s going to the slammer for 120 days and will owe the city one million items I’d buy that for.

Good luck, Kwame. Big ups. Thug life.

In other news, the new mayor has been chosen:

It is said that there will be an addition to the police force. More to come…