Archive for the ‘Movies’ tag

I’ve never been a huge fan of fanfic. I understand the appeal, and I know there IS such a thing as “good fanfic.” (Although, in my experience, you weed through an awful lot of dross before you find the gold. And DAMN, but there are a lot of people that seem to use it as [...]

Universal’s Repo Men hits US theatres across the country, today. This undertaking was quite ambitious. The novel by Eric Garcia was originally known as Repossession Mambo; the name was repossessed by the film and replaced with the straight forward,”Repo Men,” although it does get recycled in the movie a couple times. Unfortunately, some of the [...]

This rabble-rousing runner sympathizer has uncovered an important document from Selleca Baynes, Director of Public Outreach and Media Suppression for The Union! Repo Men from all over the country will be gathering for special “advance showings” of a “training film” featuring The Union’s two best level 5 Repo Men! Here’s your chance to infiltrate their [...]

Eye: $345K ~ Heart: $975K ~ Kidney: $524K ~ Liver: $756K ~ Surviving Reposession: PRICELESS Many people have been following the exploits of four – well, two, now – intrepid individuals, running with their artiforgs from a bevy of body parts bounty men. Yes, they’re playing a real world, larger than life viral roleplaying game [...]

I got the distinct pleasure of interviewing Eric Garcia, the brilliant mind behind the darkly humorous and gripping novel, Repo Men, (formerly called Repossession Mambo) and the basis for the movie of the same name that hits theatres this month (3/19/10). I was further delighted to find that I had run into someone else who [...]

For those of you who, like us at GSB, can’t wait to fall down Burton’s Rabbit Hole, check out the full length music video for Avril Lavigne’s hit single, Alice. The video blends Avril into the shadowy Wonderland, right down to a tea party with Depp’s Mad Hatter and a lot of quick, intriguing flashes [...]

I subscribe to one of the coolest online services known to geeks, since the invention of the 20-sided die: Netflix. While perusing their offerings for “watch instantly on your PC/TV” I stumbled across this odd film. Netflix seemed to think that due to my undying love for Princess Bride, I’d enjoy The Gamers: Dorkness Rising. [...]

Brian Metcalf’s newest movie, Fading of the Cries, is showing off nicely in the new, full length trailer. The trailer displays a nice blending of creepy ambiance, malevolent bad guys and kick ass action. Brad Dourif shared some backstage bits of tid with GSB back in October. This trailer just ramps up the excitement and [...]