Neil Gaiman and Henry Selick kick things off by announcing a special screening of some early footage from Coraline, their new stop-motion collaboration. It'll be later in the evening at a nearby theater, and passes can be had at the Rogue booth. Those sitting in Hall H all day at the actual panels are out of luck. They couldn't have just shown us a little bit here? Nahh, make us wait in line all over again for something else.
Tidbits: the voice cast includes Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ter
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It's not exactly going out on a limb to say that Andy Samberg has been the best addition to the Saturday Night Live cast in a long time – he's been the main reason that for the first time since the dawn of the Internet age, fans actually started downloading video from the show. While Lorne Michaels still likes to try to force repetitive gags down our throats, “Dick in a Box” and “Chronic-What?-cles of Narnia” became oft-repeated catchphrases because people actually thought the
I'll be seeing ALIENS VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM on the 25th, but in the meantime, we have a real gem opening today...
ROMANCE AND CIGARETTES
It's been on the shelf for almost three years – lost in the shuffle when MGM was sold to Sony – but don't let that scare you.
It's a musical – but try not to let that scare you either. I'll admit I'm not the biggest fan of musicals; like many a straight guy, I learned to appreciate the form primarily from Trey Parker. Comedies that are already inherent
Screening: True Romance, 7 p.m. For only $7 you can witness Quentin Tarantino's 1993 action/romance, starring Christian
Bale as an Elvis-obsessed Kung-Fu-movie enthusiast, Patricia Arquette
as a hooker with a heart of gold, Gary Oldman as a murderous pimp and
Brad Pitt as a couch potato. Plus Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer,
Christopher Walken and Samuel L. Jackson. Regency South Coast Village, 1561 W. Sunflower Ave., Santa Ana, CA; (714) 557-5701Un Cabaret et des Chapeaux, 12 p.m. Singer/actor/recor
