My blog-love affair with cartoonist Doug Savage’s terrific daily Savage Chickens (find a random strip here) continues unabated and – grievously – unrequited. Here’s another recent great one:

In its never-ending effort to run its valuable properties not just right into the ground but also beat them and shred them and burn, stomp and otherwise destroy them beyond all possible recognition until suddenly they’re new and then begin the whole thing all over again, Hollywood seeks to further “leverage” its X-Men properties into [...]

ring-ring. ring-ring.
“Hi, this is Chandos calling from Halle Berry’s office. Is Warren available? Thank you. Yes, Warren, hello. Please hold for Ms. Halle Berry.”
click.
“Hi, Warren. Well, to be honest I’m feeling a bit confused. I see this note that you want me to attend the People’s Choice Awards next week.”
“Well, is that the award where [...]

The Hollywood threat “you’ll never work in this town again” is just a bit more antiquated than, say, Costner’s status as a viable leading man. In this day and age, the resilience of Tinseltown’s showbiz players is on daily display as they nobly shoulder the betrayals, outrages and routine backstabbings, and then simply return [...]

Being as Web- and blog-obsessed as we are (and thanks for OUTING us, Spectorbrain), we tend to come across a lot of things that are just…well, wrong. Creepy. Defying additional comment. Easy to throw together into a quick post. And yes, we’re already planning to have nightmares about the creepy glassy-eyed doll picture.
Here’s what’s just wrong [...]

We know that this one has probably slipped below your multiplex radar, but X-Men: The Last Stand is opening today. Should we unleash berserker rage at Brett Ratner’s Noble But Ill-Conceived Franchise Fumble® (see: Jonathan Mostow), or has the director successfully shape-shifted into a legitimate action director with dramatic (mutton)chops?
There’s a lot of Internet noise [...]

It’s understandable that Fox and company want to hype this thing until we’re desperate and breathless, sleeping on the sidewalk – resplendent in too-tight black leather and plastic retractable claws – outside our multiplex waiting for the movie to open. But golly, it sure feels like we’ve seen the entire thing already.
A quick tally:

We’ve got [...]