Category Archives: Cool Stuff News

One of the most durable franchises in popular culture (for both good and ill) has been that which began with the seminal cult classic Highlander. The 1986 sci-fi hit which starred Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and one of the best … Continue reading →

OK, it looks like I finally may have gotten my laptop all the way back – and it only took 10 days and three hard drive reformats! Oh well, the fourth time’s the charm, I guess, and I’ll be hoping … Continue reading →

This is the next big Will Smith movie and I have to confess I hadn’t heard anything about it till now. Smith plays the world’s most dysfunctional superhero and I have to say the trailer looks great. WPvideo 1.10 Download!

How did I miss this? Man, I would have been geeked out enough to drive across the country to hang out with the old gang… Friday, March 21, 2008   LOS ANGELES — “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” was resurrected for … Continue reading →

The trailer for Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull has finally been released and it looks absolutely amazing! It’s filled with everything you remember and loved about Indiana Jones; great action, the famous score, fistfights, lost cities, … Continue reading →

The X-Files was one of my favorite TV shows in the 90s, so I was tentatively happy to hear that they were making a second movie. But that was years ago and it started to look like it was never … Continue reading →

Great news for fans like myself of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly. The creative mind behind those shows (particularly Buffy, the greatest 7-year narrative of all time) has announced he will be once again creating a new show … Continue reading →

I was looking for a comprehensive list of sailing movies some weeks back and in the course of my searching I came across this very cool site. ThePirateKing.com is entirely devoted to pirates and sailing, with music, galleries, pirate biographies … Continue reading →

Several years ago Cate Blanchett turned in a tour de force performance as Queen Elizabeth I. It really was her breakout role and I found the movie itself intriguing. Particularly good was Geoffrey Rush as Walsingham. Of course, the movie … Continue reading →

About a year ago, everyone (including me) was gushing over some preview footage of a Star Wars video game in development that had some pretty sweet displays of force powers. Well, that game is about to be released. Here’s the … Continue reading →