Kevin Kelly is a L.A. transplant, but isn't almost everyone in the city of Angels? He spent his formidable years in Texas, studying radio, television and film production, writing, and childrens literature at The University of Texas in Austin. After heading to the west coast he had an extended stint at The Jim Henson Company, working on everything from MirrorMask to Farscape. Eventually, Kelly knew he had to search for new employment options. Not because he hates Muppets, but because the Disney buyout made his position obsolete just like a piece of technology. Since then he's sought solace in the blogging universe, writing about everything from video games to the entertainment industry. His big hopes for the future include owning a bar very similar to the Double Deuce in the film Road House, where he will exercise his right to kick ass and chew bubblegum.
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The People That Time Forgot
Made in 1977, this movie didn’t blow cash [...]
The Day The Earth Stood Still has a lot of issues in it that keep it from being a good movie, but here are five that make my blood boil.
Jon Hamm delivers as Don Draper in AMC’s Mad Men, so why did he get such a crummy part in the awful The Day The Earth Stood Still? Let’s put him in some real sci-fi remakes and see what he can do.
David Hare has been writing for the theater since the 1970s, has served as Royal Dramatist to the Royal Court Theater in London, has been the Associate Director for the UK’s National Theater, is an accomplished director of both theater and film, and was knighted in 1998. That’s a pretty impressive resume on its own, [...]
If you haven’t already heard the news, I’ll sum it up for you: Ridley Scott is directing a feature film version of Monopoly. It’s probably the single strangest thing I’ve ever heard in the film business. I’m not sure if Scott himself seems to know what this movie will be about, because he keeps waffling [...]
Tilt: The Battle to Save Pinball is one of those movies that makes you say, “What if?” As in, what is they had managed to save pinball. It’s not quite dead yet, but it’s getting close. This movies tells you why.
Garrison Keillor’s sleepy-voiced radio monologues from the A Prairie Home Companion radio show might be the only way you know the native Minnesotan, but he’s also an author of more than 17 books. He’s published numerous short stories and poems since being published in the New Yorker in 1970, he hosts A Writer’s Almanac daily [...]
Writer / director Nacho Vigalondo’s Timecrimes opens in various locations over the next few weeks, starting with Austin, Texas this weekend. If you’ve heard about this film, then you’ve probably been waiting on it at least since it played Sundance earlier this year (it premiered at Fantastic Fest in 2007). If you haven’t heard about [...]
Harrison Ford keeps taking missteps in his choice of acting roles. Here’s some solid advice for him, free of charge and courtesy of Spout.
Leonard Maltin has been publishing his Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide under various different titles (The Movie and Video Guide, TV Movies, etc.) since 1969, although he didn’t start putting out annual updated editions until 1987. In 2005 he started publishing Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide, which only covers movies released in 1960 and before, mostly [...]
Spout caught up with director Seth Gordon to ask him all about the controversy around The King of Kong. He sheds some new light on Billy Mitchell, and it makes you wonder if there’s still another movie that will come out of all this.
I might as well get this out of the way first: I loved Baz Luhrmann’s epic Australia. I was on the fence about seeing this, especially once I heard about the 165 minute running time, but I gave in and boy was I glad. It’s a sprawling epic with nods to classic films of the [...]
Ben Burtt has the most amazing job in Hollywood: he gets to creates sounds and even characters for some of the geekiest things in the movies. Lightsabers, the sound of the Ark of the Covenant being opened, WALL•E’s distinctive tread noises –– Burtt came up with different ways to create them all. What’s really impressive [...]
With Thanksgiving is fast approaching, here are five movies to go along with your feast.
Twilight is poised to make a kazillion dollars this weekend, despite the fact that it contains mediocre acting and special effects that look like they were cutting edge back in 1977. That’s really a testament to the fans of the book series, which is dominating the teenage market. Just like Sex in the City surprised [...]
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