I figured, because my last post was filled so completely with doom and gloom, that it might be a good idea to go ahead and provide an update to my job search status for anyone still lingering around these parts who happens to 1) not have heard about this otherwise, 2) still gives a hang [...]

Apologies, readers and other friends of Burbanked. I haven’t been around these parts much lately. Let me explain why.
Several months ago, my boss and I had a discussion about the company, the economy, and the overall outlook for the future. The bottom line was that my position was going to be eliminated. I’ve been given [...]

INCREDIBLY STARTLING AND IMPORTANT BOLD TYPE-WORTHY UPDATE: The widget seems to be working again. Oh happy day until it breaks once more.
About three months ago, I combined a couple of WordPress plugins to create a nifty little effect at the top of this site’s sidebar in which a random movie screengrab and a random movie [...]

I’ve made no secret of my blog-love for the delightful and acerbic film stylings of Ray DeRousse, who has now launched his own solo site here at Sammyray On Film. Already Ray’s posted thoughts on Jackie Chan appearing in the Karate Kid remake (against), the first time he’s finally watched Fargo (for), speculation about Patrick [...]

Movie celebrities have always been the stuff of public fascination, dating far, far back into Tinseltown’s turbulent history in the near-constant scandals, divorces and sexual peccadillos that have run the gamut from harmless to deviant.
But these days we’re living in a celebrity culture in which all of the taboos are gone. There is no mystery [...]

From Star Trek to Get Smart; from The Day the Earth Stood Still to Friday the 13th; from planned remakes of everything from The Karate Kid to Arthur to Romancing the Stone to A Nightmare on Elm Street, this past year has seen the completion or the launching of movie remakes at previously unimagined levels. [...]

So here I am celebrating Burbanked’s third birthday and it occurs to me that my chances of getting an actual present for this occasion are mighty slim. Seriously, no one I know truly celebrates blog-birthdays outside of their own sites and each time I bring it up with friends and family I just get a [...]