Rumours surfaced last week that Wolverine was undergoing extensive reshoots – never the best news for any film, let alone a blockbuster franchise with such a dedicated fanbase. It wasn’t the first time that reports of similar point had appeared, either. Predictably, geek-oriented message boards blew up like a bad Herpes outbreak, with X-Men nerds taking pot shots at FOX (hmm, I seem to recall them being responsible for some other recent criticism from fanboy circles) and the filmmakers in charge of production.
Musician Ron Asheton has been found dead in his Ann Arbor home, reports NME. The guitarist for legendary punk-rock band The Stooges was discovered early this morning, on January 6th, and appeared to have been dead for several days; although no official cause of death has been released yet, early reports indicate a heart attack. [...]
Meet Joynice Kanellis, a 23-year-old janitor from — depending on which of his Internet message board profiles you believe — somewhere in Californica. Joynice loves Pokemon and anime. Joynice also enjoys talking to himself, which he does quite frequently. Here is Joynice’s personal forum. There are 30 defined subcategories on Joynice’s forum, for the purpose of specific discussions ranging from MLB to professional wrestling. There are 2,270 posts on Joynice’s forum, and 1,093 topics. And there is one user registered on Joynice Kanellis’ forum. That lone user? You guessed it: Joynice Kanellis.
I hadn’t originally planned on putting together a list of the best films of this year, because (a) I don’t really like doing rank-order lists, and (b) I hadn’t seen many of the Oscar contenders. But I guess the temptation to put together a list won in the end (plus, I got a chance to see some more award bait).
Rather than doing it alphabetically, which I normally prefer, I’m going to try to rank them. Here goes.
So this one seems to have kind of slipped by under the radar. Or…perhaps people just don’t really care about Prince too much anymore? Spin reports that the artist formerly known as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince is set to release three new records in ’09 through a major retailer; the first, MPLSOUND, is [...]
