Worked until 4am last night, reviewing interview footage. The usual grind. No Saturday Night Fever for me these days. Woke up on a nice Sunday morning to find this in my inbox: Bad form. I disapprove of this entire project and hope it is not successful. In my opinion, you are parasites. Shaun Okay, fine….
Archive for May 2009
La Menace Fantôme, or how I learned to stop worrying and love Episode One
This morning, Luis Lecca of Nuke the Fridge called to let me know that the first of my two-part exclusive interview with him is now up on their website: Nuke the Fridge Interview He also promptly reminded me that today marks the 10th Anniversary of the official release of The Phantom Menace in theaters across…
In the shadow of STAR TREK
We finally watched STAR TREK the other night, and when the credits rolled, I turned to Robert and Vanessa and proclaimed: “George Lucas is in trouble!” I never really thought that STAR TREK would become an integral part of the debate, but here we are. The plot thickens, as they say. Granted, the STAR WARS…
Chilled Monkey Braaaains, anyone?!
I received an email today from Chris Strompolos, who played Indiana Jones at the tender age of 12 in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK: THE ADAPTATION. We interviewed him a couple of weeks ago in Los Angeles, just a few days before the UK charity premiere of his film. The London screening was, I…