Take The City And Run

For a nice round-up of some scariest/most shocking/best horror films, check out IFC Blog’s list of lists.
Perhaps it would have been better to present this earlier in the day, but here’s a list of some good Halloween movies for your perusal:
The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari
Directed by Robert Wiene, 1920
- Try watching this with Radiohead’s […]

Supreme was originally a very bad Superman rip-off created by Rob Liefeld to interact with the other creations in his books at Image Comics in the 1990s.
But once turned over to Alan Moore, with free reign to do as he pleased, the character and his book became a unique meditation on the history […]

After months of speculation spurred on by a mysterious slide displayed at a Marvel comics panel, it is confirmed that Stephen King will be writing for Marvel Comics. His first project will be a series about a notorious gunslinger named Roland from King’s Dark Tower series and will be his first time producing original […]

The Weather Man looks like it could be entertaining. Nicolas Cage and Michael Caine are certainly great actors, but they’ve also made some pretty bad movies. Director Gore Verbinski has proven himself to be a very comptent genre director and this could prove his chops with slightly more intimate material than, say, Pirates Of […]

Looks like Sandra Day O’Connor will have to wait a while longer before her replacement is ready to take over.
President Bush on Thursday accepted the withdrawal of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, according to a statement from the White House.
In her letter to the president, Miers said she was “concerned that the confirmation process […]

Just in time to coincide with the recent release of Capote, beginning this Friday, Film Forum will be showing In Cold Blood. The 1967 Richard Brooks classic movie of Truman Capote’s book is the story of the murder of a family in a small, rural town by two ex-cons.
From the IMDb trivia page:
To get […]

If you haven’t yet seen the trailer for the Johnny Cash biopic, Walk The Line, keep in mind that Joaquin Phoenix performs all the songs himself, then go here.
I’m betting Phoenix won’t be doing his best Cash impression on Kanye West’s next album, though. But who knows?

Two years after leaving his creation, The West Wing, Aaron Sorkin is back with a show that sounds extremely exciting. His new show will deal with the behind-the-scenes action of a Saturday Night Live-like televion show called Studio 7 On The Sunset Strip. Curiously enough, the show will be on NBC:
The West Wing ticket […]

Newsweek’s weekly “Conventional Wisdom” list can often be very effective at cutting to the heart of matters. This week’s list revealingly shows no ups for any topics — Bush, Miers, DeLay, Senate, Saddam Trial, J. Miller — but perhaps most interesting is the blurb about Tom DeLay’s woes:
Puts on a happy face for his […]

The NY Times story about Fernando Ferrer’s “Case Of The Missing Middle Name” could be spun a couple of ways. Either it’s positive that the most enticing secret the mayoral candidate has/had is his middle name — a sign that he harbors no skeletons in his closet. Or it’s disappointing that the most interesting […]

There’s a new food blog in the neighborhood — Chinatown to be exact — and it’s called Dumpling Junkie. Goes the inaugural post:
“Hello, all.
“The point of this blog is to keep a running tab on our adventures eating our way across Chinatown. Got reviews? Ideas? Suggestions? Send ‘em in, and let the feeding frenzy begin.
“J”

Via DYFL:
“I’m in my 20’s, mostly living paycheck-to-paycheck, though I’m saving a little. My credit is okay–not perfect, but not hideous. It’s improving, albeit slowly. My finances are under control, but I can’t imagine ever being able to afford a house, kids, vacations … I can’t even imagine affording a washing machine at this point, […]