0312.11 : Miramax hates you. Plus: Why have just a hot dog when you can have an Octodog?

0312.09 : Ewan MacGregor wants to be James Bond. Plus: Mickey Mouse's suicide attempts from October, 1933. (They begin in the 10/18 strip).

0312.08 : Rolling Stone interviews Steve Jobs. Plus: snowglobe terrorism.

0312.07 : Behold Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (which was the closing film at BNAT 5 today, and is quite stunning).

0312.06 : Robogeek @ Butt-Numb-A-Thon 5 Moblog

0312.05 : Tomorrow my pal Harry 's Butt-Numb-A-Thon 5 will kick off at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in downtown Austin. And this year -- thanks to my trusty Treo 270 -- I will be intermittently moblogging the 24-hour moviegoing marathon for the very first time (assuming a signal, battery life, and consciousness, of course) at www.phlog.net/user/robogeek. Sadly, however, I won't be able to share any photos, since a) cameras aren't allowed this year, and b) Catherine Zeta-T-Mobile still hasn't released their compliant Treo 600 yet (even though Sprint's has been out for two months now, followed by Cingular and AT&T; sigh...). Anyway, this'll be my first experiment in moblogging, so please bear with me (and feel free to e-mail or SMS me during the event).

0312.04 : Tonight (10pm / 9pm CST), ABC's PrimeTime Thursday goes behind-the-scenes of The Return of the King for the hour.

0312.03 : Viva Sonambulo!

0312.02 : My pal Sachin highly recommends Five Star Laser for all your Asian import DVD needs.

0312.01 : Tonight (8pm / 7pm CST), AMC airs the American Cinematheque Tribute to Nicole Kidman, which took place on the 14th at the Beverly Hilton. Ah, Nicole...

0311.30 : Today's New York Times Magazine is devoted to the theme of Inspiration, and has a fascinating article commemorating the two year anniversary of the iPod. (P.S.: And in case you missed it, check out the Movies 2003 issue from two weeks ago, which was full of cool stuff like this article on The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and this one on Tim Burton.

0311.29 : Just so you know, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer PlayStation 2 game Chaos Bleeds is seriously addictive. And you can now snag it for yourself for under $20. (Just so you know.)

0311.23 : The Return of the King is the cover story of the 12/1 issue of Newsweek. (24 days and counting...) Meanwhile, in completely unreleated news, The Observer has an interview with the lovely and talented (and, yes, I agree - quite underrated) Kelly MacDonald

0311.22 : Before I hit the road to WizardWorld TX today, I just gotta pass along a couple choice links Harry IM'ed me in the middle of the night. Check out the stunning Northern Lights over Scotland, due to recent solar storm activity. But you know what'll really freak you out? GloFish. That's right, genetically engineered pet zebra fish... that glow. Their creator says "there is no evidence the fish will pose any threat to the environment." Uh-huh. They'll go on sale in January for about $5 each.

0311.21 : Almost forgot... Earlier this week, IGN FilmForce ran a great in-depth interview with Andy Merrill, the brilliant mind (and voice) behind Cartoon Network's Brak. (Kudos to Ken Plume.) Oh, and just for fun, be sure to check out this awesome online gallery of Japanese TV Superheroes of the Seventies. Banzai!

0311.21 : Hey, look! It's JAPANESE ROBOT MADNESS FRIDAY at robogeek.com! Woo-hoo! First up, we have the world's smallest microbot (from Seiko Epson). But it gets better! Check out Paro, the "therapeutic" robot baby harp seal. (Really.) And yet, even that isn't nearly as freaky as The Actroid, or "Actress Robot" from Kokoro Dreams that talks, blinks, and just generally creeps me the hell out.

0311.20 : Salon.com has an interview today with one of my favorite people in the world, the illustrious Berkeley Breathed, whose new work of genius "Opus" premieres this Sunday in 160 newspapers nationwide. (I also highly recommend his gorgeous and funny new book Flawed Dogs.) P.S.: Oh, and MSNBC has a funny interview with Opus himself.

0311.19 : Yesterday, Guillermo previewed the teaser trailer for Hellboy (which includes my "bump in the night" line!) to select media in L.A., and conducted a brief Q&A. Since then, the internet has been abuzz... check out effusive reports from Counting Down, CHUD, Superhero Hype, Comics2Film, Yahoo Movies and/or IGN FilmForce. Tomorrow, the teaser will hit Yahoo Movies and [the evil] Access Hollywood, and will then screen Saturday afternoon at the WizardWorld Texas comic convention in Arlington (during Guillermo's 2pm Q&A). Then on Monday it'll be available in QuickTime format, and Wednesday it'll unspool in theaters nationwide attached to The Missing. Got all that? God, I hope so. (P.S.: And yes, I'll be attending WW TX with my favorite Mexican on Saturday. Should be fun.)

0311.18 : FYI, I will be speaking at tomorrow's Reel Women meeting (7:30pm at the Women & Their Work gallery, 1710 Lavaca in Austin).

0311.17 : The Hollywood Reporter has an interview with and profile of uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer (by Stephen Galloway). Well worth a read.

0311.16 : Cartoon Network now sells Space Ghost's Desk & Chair for a mere $39,995 via their online Ultimate Holiday Wish List gift shop, where you can also order your very own Dexter's Laboratory and Powerpuff Girls bedroom for $99,995. Each.

0311.15 : This Tuesday (11/18), the charming and lovely (and admittedly Martha-obsessed) Jennifer Garner will be the guest on Martha Stewart Living "to learn to truss a traditional Thanksgiving turkey with all the trimmings, including a simple recipe for Cranberry Cornbread Stuffing." Then on Wednesday, Sarah McLachlan "whips up a delectable currant cake" and Bill Cosby "demonstrates how to build innovative tin can robots." I swear I'm not making this up! I never dreamed I'd ever watch this show, but how on earth can I possibly resist all this? My TiVo is set! (Check local listings.) P.S.: FYI, roboTV has been updated, and there are now a million TiVo users. (Join us!)

0311.14 : Nearly eight months after it went off the air with the bold promise "TO BE CONTINUED", Farscape is preparing its return in Australia via a mini-series, according to IGN FilmForce. Expect an official announcement soon, and stay tuned to SaveFarscape.com for more news. (And in belated news, Invader Zim is coming to DVD next Spring!)

0311.13 : Who woulda thought a unicycle could ever be cool? Check out the (fuel cell powered) Bombadier Embrio, which is the coolest concept vehicle I've seen since the Dodge Tomahawk.

0311.12 : New Hellboy poster!

0311.11 : So Carnegie Mellon University has unveiled The Robot Hall of Fame, and the four inaugural inductees are Unimate, R2-D2, Sojourner, and HAL-9000... what? Now wait just a damn minute, HAL's no robot, he's an A.I.! Shame on you, Carnegie Mellon! Anyway, feel free to tell them what you think, or nominate your own favorite actual robot - like maybe Gort, whose photo graces the nomination page, even though he's not an inductee. Stupid crackhead Carnegie Mellon monkeys! Personally, I'm nominating El Diablo Robotico. (See 0311.03.)

0311.10 : Oh my God... Republic serials on DVD. (And they even take PayPal.)

0311.10 : It's gadgets galore today! First off, Time shows off their Coolest Innovations of 2003, and chose Apple's iTunes Music Store as the Invention of the Year. (Runners-up include Sony's Qrio robot, a freaky as hell robot cat, and a genuine Japanese mecha powersuit. Meanwhile, Popular Science has unveiled their annual Best of What's New, listing their picks for the top 100 tech innovations of the year. (Damn, that's one hell of a bigass TV, and oh, how I crave the DVR-810H; more details here.)

0311.09 : Elvis Mitchell ponders the next James Bond in today's New York Times.

0311.08 : The Guardian profiles DC Comics publisher Paul Levitz.

0311.07 : Boy howdy, this is cool. (Trust me.)

0311.06 : The Onion A.V. Club interviews Ira Glass of (the perpetually great) This American Life. In it, Mr. Glass expresses his addiction to Buffy, his fascination with America's Next Top Model, his disdain of Smallville, and his love of TiVo. Great stuff. (Oh, and go buy Crimebusters & Crossed Wires, the new audio collection.)

0311.05 : The Austin American-Statesman eerily reported today (section B, page 2) that 33-year-old Paul Dykstra of Austin was killed in a car wreck yesterday on 71 near Spicewood. Thankfully that wasn't me, and happily I am not dead. (And btw, I'm actually 32.)

0311.04 : PSP... sugoi!

0311.03 : Wednesday's episode of Angel (9pm/8C on WB) finds our eponymous hero tracking down a retired Mexican wrestler to help him defeat Texcatcatl, an ancient Aztec warrior. Really. It is entitled The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco, and you can see the teaser here. (It's written and directed by Jeffrey Bell.)

0311.02 : A.O. Scott has penned an ode to Nicole Kidman for today's New York Times (which also includes an accompanying slideshow). Meanwhile, Harry IM'ed me this disquieting AP article about monkeys terrorizing New Delhi.

0311.01 : Yesterday at the Austin Chronicle's Halloween party, my friend Robert Faires tipped me off to this great article from Thursday's New York Times about Alex Ross, his house, and his super-cool Halloween party. (Check out his awesome new book, Mythology.)

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