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Alexander Skarsgard Explores the Dark Side in the ‘Straw Dogs’ Remake

Kyra Dawson September 16, 2011 September 16, 2011A Little Trivia For Ya, Be Curious, Books On Film, Buzz!, Celebrities, Did You Know?, Face Time, General, Movie Comments, On the Casting Couch, Random, Shout Out!, Something Wicked, Word Of The Day 0

Source The original Straw Dogs film was directed by Sam Peckinpah in 1971 and had distinctly controversial subject matter. The concepts of rape, murder and violence was not mainstream material to portray in graphic detail on film. If we judge the film by today’s standards, considering what we see on …

Conan the Barbarian Review: Blood and Battles, Swords and Sorcery

Kyra Dawson August 19, 2011 August 20, 2011Be Curious, Books On Film, Buzz!, Fantasy, Frivolous Friday, General, Movie Comments, Movies, On the Casting Couch, Random, ReHash!, Reviews, Something Wicked, Women In Film, Word Of The Day 0

Conan the Barbarian is a remake that isn’t so much a remake as it is a re-imagining of a well known cult classic. It’s filled with blood and battles, swords and sorcery and violent action right out of the gate. It delivers a new Conan, different in many ways from …

3 Reasons Why Conan the Barbarian Might Suck

Kyra Dawson August 18, 2011 August 19, 2011Be Curious, Books On Film, Buzz!, Celebrities, Did You Know?, Face Time, Fantasy, General, Movie Comments, On the Casting Couch, Predictions, Random, Shout Out!, Something Wicked, Word Of The Day 2

Tomorrow I’m going to go and see Conan the Barbarian starring Jason Momoa, so I have been desperately trying to avoid spoilers of any kind because I don’t want to go into the movie with any preconceived notions. Spoilage is everywhere and it has been very hard not to take …

Colin Farrell Is a Vampire in Fright Night Remake

Kyra Dawson August 10, 2011 August 10, 2011Be Curious, Buzz!, Did You Know?, Fantasy, Movie Comments, On the Casting Couch, Paranormal Entries, Predictions, Random, ReHash!, Something Wicked, Vampires!, Word Of The Day 0

Colin Farrell has entered the land of the remake. He will play a vampire named Jerry in the 2011 DreamWorks remake of Fright Night. Now, I dig him as a vampire, but couldn’t they have come up with a cooler name than Jerry? I know the joke is he’s supposed …

The Get Away

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Every now and again one needs to “get away” and build sandcastles on the beach. So that is the plan for the gang at The Scribe’s Desk. But never fear! We’ll still be dishin’ the ish, just short and sweet and to the point! Make sure to come back later …