Simpsons get stamped, May 7, 2009

After 20 years on television and still going, Fox’s The Simpsons is now the first and only show to be featured on a stampset while still in primetime production.
On May 7, 2009, the United States Postal Service will release 5 stamps featuring Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson nationwide. Matt [...]

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Make it right or the fans will squash you like bug.

April Fools passed by without much incident (or did I just miss the hoopla?)  but there’s been news of late that I wish was a joke, and some genuine welcome surprises. Unfortunately, this is is one of the former. 
Sony Pictures is working on adapting seminal PS2 game Shadow [...]

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Columbia Pictures has confirmed Michel Gondry (of “Eternal Sunshine” fame) to direct Rogen, Chow in “The Green Hornet.” Does this mean comedy + hero movie?

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clumproll on February 24th, 2009

It’s disheartening to look back on the Oscar award wins this year and realize that most of them are so very populist middleground stuff. Maybe even the result/reflection of a veiled popularity contest. Can’t really take the Oscars seriously now let alone spend 2 hours to watch it. And then I remembered it’s been [...]

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Just as The Korea Society opens a new exhibit on 70’s and 80’s toys from Korea with the Taekwondo-style butt-kicking giant robot Taekwon V as its centerpiece today, there’s news that the animated feature film will be made into a live-action/CG film to be released in August, 2009 (Test CG footage looks awesome! read on).
First, [...]

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