This is a list of archived entries published in June 2005.
From Fireworks likely when NASA blows up comet on July 4:
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Not all dazzling fireworks displays will be on Earth this July 4, Independence Day in the U.S. NASA hopes to shoot off its own celestial sparks in an audacious mission that will blast a stadium-sized hole in a comet half the [...]
My review of Batman Begins has been posted on Fungible Convictions.
In the time between submitting the review yesterday and its publication today, one of my hopes for the sequel came true: Holmes Dropped from ‘Batman’ Sequel.
I saw Batman Begins over the weekend–my official review will appear on Fungible Convictions in a day or two, but in three words: I liked it.
Be sure to check out FC founder Andy Whitacre’s essay on modern lit magazines–it’s a good read.
More progress made on The Shiver of the Gate this weekend. I also started [...]
What is it with maverick directors and superhero movies? Tim Burton started it. He’d had back-to-back sleeper hits (Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure and Beetlejuice) when he signed on to direct the original Batman. Bryan Singer made the fun and inventive film The Usual Suspects, then went on to direct X-Men, X2 and now Superman Returns. Sam [...]
As we celebrate the release of perhaps the best–or certainly most artistically ambitious (and potentially pretentious) Batman film–I’d like to take the opportunity to remind people of the character’s most ignominious moment: the Batusi.
The Batusi is that silly little mod dance, made famous in the 1960s Batman television show and made famous again by John [...]
Writing on The Shiver of the Gate has officially begun. I wrote ten pages last week. Obviously, I hope to increase that pace in the coming days and weeks (once my summer class is over at the end of the month, I’ll have all my nights free to work on it).
Unfortunately, the new writing desk [...]
For better or for worse, Fungible Convictions has posted my official Revenge of the Sith review. I manage to be slightly less snarky than Anthony Lane in his The New Yorker review.
Progress on The Shiver(ing) of the Gate is slow (an understatement). But starting this week, I’ll have an extra day to work on it, [...]
A few days before the release of Star Wars/Episode III/Revenge of the Sith/etc., Star Wars creator and certifiable megalomaniac George Lucas offered his opinion on why so many fans of the franchise were disappointed with the prequels. According to Lucas, “”The older [fans] are loyal to the first three films I made, and they are [...]