Cosmic Sitcom™

It’s Oscar season, with the first 10-nominee Best Picture category ever. Here’s my take on the competition in all but the technical categories as we leave the starting gate.

Precious is so much more than the depression fest you expect. It provides a shocking and enlightening view of life in the inner city, where faith in the power of literacy and creativity can wring some small bit of hope from the crude morass of poverty and abuse.

TrekMovie.com awarded the Star Trek: Phase II episode I co-authored with noted scifi author David Gerrold the Best Fan Production of 2009. “Blood and Fire, Part 2″ is based on a script Gerrold wrote for Star Trek: The Next Generation but was never produced because producers deemed it too controversial.

What movies are stuck in your DNA? They may not be the best but you keep coming back to them. Here are the 15 rummaging about my ribosomes.

Quick reviews of the films from this past weekend’s marathon excursion to the cineplexes. Highlights: Blue aliens, air travel and steampunk detectives. Lowlights: New Yorkers in Wyoming.

A roundup of online reviews of Part 2 of “Blood and Fire,” the Star Trek: Phase II episode I co-wrote with David Gerrold (released Nov. 21). Part 2 features Star Trek: The Next Generation star Denise Crosby in a great guest-starring role and amazing visual effects by my dear friend Joël Bellucci.

With the end of the year rapidly approaching, the Cosmic Sitcom™ and Little Junkies have called a holiday ceasefire on our Craptastic Movies War™ to collaborate on our upcoming respective Best Movies of 2009 lists.

As I summed it up in my 6,600th tweet: Saw Avatar. If hype is how you judge, you’ll be disappointed. It’s Dances with Wolves in space. But I liked it, and the technology will certainly change the way movies are made.

Blog vs. Blog continues! First a word from one of Junkie1′s fellow “Avatar” haters. Then a lot of words about the crap in her DVD collection. There was some yawning and then some jawing about what crap really is. My take? If it stinks, it’s crap. She yammered on about “criteria” and “redeeming qualities.” ‘Tevs.

My niece has a Problem. Her love of crappy movies has gotten so out of control that it’s now negatively affecting the Lives of Others. So it’s Blog vs. Blog this week, Cosmic Sitcom vs. Little Junkies — laying down the smack for her own good. With pie charts. ¡À la mode!