Review - Oculus (2014)

Back to Work

It's been a long time but the day-to-day bustle of life, random events and the demands of the dreaded day job can take their toll and pull us away from the things we'd prefer to do.

All of this is to say that despite a lengthy absence, I'm hoping to get back at this blog as soon as possible and hopefully expand it into something new and more ambitious in the next little while.

There may be less of a focus on the new theatrical releases because frankly it's a lot trickier for me to keep up with the schedule these days, but I do hope to keep content coming at a regular clip, if not as frequent as it was before.

So, let's get back at it...

Movie In-Jokes: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

One of the fun games when watching movies is to spot references, secret messages and gags that filmmakers, film crews and actors can slip into movies to pay tribute to films they love, have a bit of fun with their previous work, or give the cinematic equivalent of a shout-out. Here's a spotter's guide to these inside jokes.

This time, we discover Steve Jobs had a role to play in determining the ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything as we peek at a sly bit of product placement in the film version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Review - Kick-Ass 2

Review - Europa Report (2013)

Movie In-Jokes: Hellboy

One of the fun games when watching movies is to spot references, secret messages and gags that filmmakers, film crews and actors can slip into movies to pay tribute to films they love, have a bit of fun with their previous work, or give the cinematic equivalent of a shout-out. Here's a spotter's guide to these inside jokes.

This in-joke comes from the imaginative cinematic universe of Guillermo del Toro and suggests that the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense from Hellboy has been busier than we thought.