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Who is our first level of defence against the godless terrorists?

The F.B.I.?

C.S.I.S.??

The Department of Homeland Stupidity? (more…)

Last week Bell Canada announced the launch of their latest venture - an online movie store.  Though the ads have not started to appear yet, Sparkplug was able to secure an advance look to share with you our loyal readers. (more…)

Suppose you opened your front door and found your postman standing on the porch reading your mail.

Would you:

a) be alarmed

b) call the cops

c) apologize for interrupting his reading (more…)

As you will see from the countdown clock on the right column, George W. is running out of time to do more harm.

But have you considered what he will do once he is out of office?

I have. 

And I have some career suggestions over at Hub Pages. 

You might think that Cinefantastique is an odd place to find political controversy.  However, Editor Steve Biodrowski has an excellent piece on the recent attacks against Stephen King by the right wing media. 

Apparently, the right wing chickenhawks over at Faux News have donned their clown makeup and gone after America’s favourite horror novelist for his “elitist” views. 

As you will likely remember, Barak Obama was similarly accused of being an “elitist”. 

As we move forward into the Presidential election I foresee that being cast as “elitist” will take on the same connotation as being “liberal”.  

Steve’s piece on the controversy is at Cinefantastique and is worth a read.

Hillary Clinton. 

The numbers are against her, both the popular vote and the delegate count, but she keeps on hanging on in her epic struggle to win the Democratic nomination for President. (more…)

Remember the thriller from the early 1970’s?  Well producers Ridley and Tony Scott and A&E have remade it as a two part movie that will air in a few weeks.  I got an advance look at it and you can see my take on it over at Cinefantastique.

Tabloid favorite Lindsay Lohan was back in the news this week as a poster child for a new campaign aimed squarely at preventing the widespread use of ignition interlocks to prevent drinking and driving.  She was featured in a full page ad in yesterday’s (Friday, May 2nd) issue of U.S.A. Today (tomorrow the world).

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