4 posts tagged “movies”

So, we're currently sitting in the theater at gallery place waiting for black snake moan to start. On our way here we were accosted by a viking handing out hand sannitizer on the corner near Chinatown. Don't be frightened for us, it was a marketing stunt for The History Channel's new Viking special which airs tonight at 9 pm. Pretty cool if you ask me.

Black Snake Moan and Vikings

A conversation I dream to have :

"Ok Joel, hand it over," I say glaring at his wallet, "Well, I can't, I've got more movies to destroy, more money to bilk from studios and audience members."  "JOEL, hand over your director's license, and, while you're at it, hand over your camera, you certainly don't know how to use it." I don't think I'm alone here.

The Devil Himself

• Batman and Robin - "Did someone say Freeezee?"

• 8MM - Really? The only time I WANTED to be the subject in a snuff film.

• Phonebooth - Colin Farrell stuck in a phone booth for almost two hours, awesome.

Ok, that's enough, I don't want to bring back too many bad memories. I will also make a prediction this will be the highest grossing movie this week, hell, if a flaming skeleton on a motorcycle can do it, doesn't a psychotic Jim Carrey have a chance?

Though I usually don't base my decisions on the actions of a few, this is pretty typical of a Cockbuster Blockbuster store manager, at least any that I have met. A customer in Astoria was allegedly forced to pay $10 and sign-up for Blockbuster Total Access, ahem, Netflix clone, to be granted a Blockbuster membership. The customer then called Blockbuster corporate to get the facts:

"The woman I spoke to said that Blockbuster's corporate policy is that you should be able to sign up for just a membership, with no fee and no requirement to sign up for Blockbuster Online. She said that franchise stores have the choice to set their own policies, but that all corporate-owned stores should be following that rule. She also confirmed that my local store is corporate-owned, not a franchise, and should therefore be following the rules.

Blockbuster forces BBO sign-up

I then called my local store and spoke to the manager there. He confirmed that his store's policy is to require Blockbuster Online signup. I told him that Blockbuster corporate policy was not to require Blockbuster Online signup, and he didn't care. He said that "all the stores are doing it". I reiterated that his policy was in violation of Blockbuster's policy, and he refused to change his tune. Eventually I hung up in frustration."