New Bond Film Title and Preview

The Next James Bond flick will be called,
drumroll please, Quantum of Solace. Quantum means period of time, Solace means sorrow, or sadness. It could mean a time to grieve. Grieve what? Well, if you saw the last Bond opus, the superb Casino Royale, you'll know what I mean. Supposedly, the new film takes place almost immediately after the last one.


The new film will be directed by Marc Forster, who directed Finding Neverland and Monster's Ball. Returning are Daniel Craig as Bond, Judi Dench as M, Jeffrey Wright as Bond's buddy Felix Leiter, and Giancarlo Giannini as the mysterious Mathis(friend or foe?). Excited? So am I!

The Cloverfield Sneak-Up and Iron Man Super Bowl Ad

The Cloverfield Monster was hidden in plain sight!
That's right, the monster was available for all to see, but only if they looked hard enough. If you look at the movie poster, you'll see the Statue of Liberty with its head torn off. No monster you say? Look again! Hint: it's to the far right just above the Statue of Liberty's outstretched flame. Do you see it? Let me know if you do! His face comes down from the upper right hand corner. That's entirely too much! You ought to see it by now!

In other news, the Iron Man Super Bowl ad rocked gorillas! It even shows some of the trademark Tony Stark humor that his fans will love.

What's Your Favorite Movie of 2008?

Cloverfield has to be, so far, my favorite film of the year.
It was an engrossing, dizzying, roller-coaster ride! Of course, some of you will disagree with me. I saw the warning signs at the box office telling moviegoers of the dizzying handheld camera effects, so people were forewarned. Caveat emptor, folks!

Anyway, the monster proved to be a big puzzle. Somebody tell me: how many legs did that sucka have?!? And, WHAT were its eyes? They looked like giant red bags that glowed and swelled each moment. Ewwww!

The thing I dug the most were the little parasites that fell off the creature and attacked people. Their bite proved to be, well, explosive. Nasty little spider things stole the show. Their battle with Hud and Co. in the subway was glorious! I don't know about you, but my skin crawled when all the rats ran in one direction from them. I recall a similar scene in '28 Days Later' . I also recall another similar scene in 'Titanic'. Come to think of it, didn't 'Ratatouille' have at least a few scenes like that? Don't even mention 'Willard', 'Ben' or 'Food of the Gods'....

Food of the Gods. That's a flick that's begging to be remade. Listen up, Hollywood:
either settle up with the writers or hire new ones that can conjure up a passel of new ideas. Make this flick! I wanna see it made with all the sfx trimmings an H.G. Wells classic deserves. Biiiig ol' rats! Yeahhh!
Oh, by the way: get Marjoe Gortner a small part. He's available....

The 'net has given a few hints about a possible sequel: the scene at Coney Island where the characters sit in the ferris wheel and the girl says:'I had a good day.' Some say they saw a large splash in the water near their shoulder. I didn't see it. Another hint is the radio transmission at the end of the credits- if you're one of those desperate chuds who wait after the credits for something nifty. It says "It's still alive." backwards.

I'm buying my tickets for 'Cloverfield 2' tomorrow! Or, whenever they go on sale.