by Matt Sills
Music is incredibly important to a movie.  Don’t believe me?  Watch 2001 with no music, and see if it has the same impact.  Watch the opening of Start Wars without that incredible theme …

by Matt Sills
Like most of the geeks I know, I’ve been looking forward to “Prometheus” since I first heard that Ridley Scott was creating what has been classified as an “Alien” prequel.  I happen to …

by Matt Sills
It’s not unusual for filmmakers to drop secrets and surprises into their movies.  Whether overt, like Johnny Depps’s cameo in “21 Jump Street”, or subtle, like Pac-Man showing up on a computer screen …

by Matt Sills
This weekend’s release of “Dark Shadows” marks the eighth collaboration between director Tim Burton and Johnny Depp.  I’ve decided to take a look at their previous seven films together, and count them down …

by Matt Sills
Most cartoons are created as entertainment, to placate children for a couple of hours.  There are pretty colors, goofy characters or talking animals, and a few chuckles, but rarely a story worthy of …

by Matt Sills
Spring is my favorite time of the years, and not because of flowers or rainbows or any of that stuff.  It’s because of baseball.  It’s the best professional sport on the planet, and …

by Matt Sills
Right now, somewhere in the bowels of the Walt Disney Pictures marketing department, executives are sweating bullets, waiting for their heads to roll while trying to figure out how John Carter failed so …

by Matt Sills
With the success of 21 Jump Street this past weekend, you know the studio executives are running around trying to figure out what former TV show is going to be the next box …

by Matt Sills
The very deserving “Man or Muppet” won Best Original Song last night at the Oscars.  Of course, it didn’t have that much competition.  In fact, it only had one competition.  You also may …

by Matt Sills
My bedroom is a cluttered mess, filled with memories from 38 years of life.  I’ve got binders of baseball cards, cereal boxes adorned with Mark McGwire mid-swing, autographed balls and bats.  There’s an …