If you grew up in the 1980’s you probably wished Steven Spielberg were a family friend. Sure the man helmed such Hollywood classics as Jaws, Indiana Jones, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, etc, but it was his work crafting unbearably lovable characters in E.T. and Gremlins that made kids go bonkers. Aaah, Gremlins — who […]

Geeks. Nerds. Freaks. Freaks & Geeks. Simply put: They aren’t popular. We all know that. But does it matter? Or better put, is that necessarily a bad thing? Not according to reporter Alexandra Robbins, who argues that people who are interested in math, science and technology are the future of our nation (bonus points for […]

Did you read Tintin as a kid? No? Then you missed out. Or maybe you didn’t, cos Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson have teamed up to bring one of the best books from our childhood to the silver screen (in 3D, naturally). Of course I trust my favorite material to Spielberg the way I trust […]

If you’re a fan of sci-fi or film in general, I highly recommend Dana Goodyear’s interview with James Cameron in the latest issue of the New Yorker. It’s an incredibly insightful, well written examination of one of America’s best auteur filmmakers, living or dead. (If you don’t think so, best be prepared for a heated […]

Jessica Hopper‘s great. I was on a press trip to Israel with homegirl and the whole time we sat in this little van and leapfrogged around the dry countryside, visiting the “Israeli Georgy Clooney”, the “Israeli Steven Spielberg”, and the “Israeli-designer-who-makes-really-tacky-jewelry”. We even checked out some bands together — the “Israeli Neil Young”, the “Israeli […]

This is the classic image of Indy I recognize from my youth — dapper, swinging from an endless vine,  whipping a disciple of Khali in the ballsack, or knocking out a spineless Nazi with a single uppercut…perhaps even laying a wet one on one of the gaggle of women he’d smitten over the length of […]