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Cinematical Twitter Update: We Love Tweeting

Sun, 17 May 2009 22:03:00 EST

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Cinematical Twitter Update: We Love Tweeting

Hey all! Since our last report, a few new Cine-staff members have joined the mix, plus we're pleased to announce that the official Cinematical Twitter account is new and improved. Up till now it's just been a basic RSS feed, but now it'll be a more streamlined (once an hour) feed, plus an infusion of random fun from myself and Erik Davis. If you're a flick junkie who likes to be up-to-date on all the news, reviews, and casting to-dos, then Twitter has lots of great resources. We hope to be one of your favorites.

And if you'd like to follow the personal ramblings of your favorite Cinematical scribes, you can do so thusly: Jessica Barnes, Monika Bartyzel, Erik Davis, William Goss, Kevin Kelly, Jette Kernion, Peter Martin, Jenni Miller, Eugene Novikov, Elisabeth Rappe, Nick Schager, Eric Snider, Dawn Taylor, Scott Weinberg (Still holding out: Jeffrey Anderson, Matt Bradshaw, and Todd Gilchrist!) Also worth a follow: Moviefone!

Feedback regarding Cinematical's Twitter presence is, of course, highly welcome. Especially nice stuff. See you @Cinematical!

You Won't Believe How Many Movie Geeks Are On Twitter!

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:33:00 EST

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Do you love Will Goss? Maybe you have a weird crush on Peter Martin? Do you dream of reading the brain droppings of cinematic sirens like Lisa Rappe. Monika Bartyzel, and Jessica Barnes? Perhaps you just have to know if Eric Snider is always so damn pithy, if Erik Davis ever sleeps, or if Eugene Novikov is actually a lawyer. Well now you can! Thanks to the new-fangled magic of the website Twitter, you can now pick and choose between your favorite Cinematical scribes and "follow" them accordingly. (I say collect 'em all.)

But just to make things a little bit handier ... links! I'll go alphabetically, because I'd win if we were going by height.

Jeffrey M. Anderson // Jessica Barnes // Monika Bartyzel // Matt Bradshaw // Erik Davis // William Goss // Kevin Kelly // Jette Kernion // Peter Martin // Eugene Novikov // Elisabeth Rappe // Nick Schager // Eric D. Snider // Scott Weinberg

So there you go. The "unlinked" writers are those I'm still checking on. Both those others, boy, they twit, tweet, and twizott all over the place. Feel free to leave your own Twitter handle in the comments section if you'd like to make some new friends. And don't feel bad if we don't necessarily "follow" you back. We read a LOT of stuff every dang day.

NOTE: Cinematical is not affiliated with Twitter, or its parent company Satan the Time Vacuum, but we're all helplessly addicted to sharing our collective cranium detritus in one nifty location. Plus people argue all the time!

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The Movie Character Bobble-Head Hall of Fame!

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:03:00 EST

Filed under: Action, Comedy, Horror, Fandom, Geek Report, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Holiday Movie Junk

Is "bobble-head" hyphenated? Someone remind me to ask Professor Rocchi. Anyway, collecting is fun. Especially if you're collecting things that make you happy. Like, for example, rare stamps or old coins or small bits of latex that were (allegedly) used in the original Giger face-hugger puppet. Kids love to collect action figures, comic books, and (I'm told) Barbie dolls, but we tend to get a little more discerning with our dollars as we get older. In other words, we quickly learn the value of a buck and therefore spend our "collectibles" allowance a lot more smartly. Hopefully.

But that's it. It's official. I'm definitely starting a bobble-head collection. No, not Dwight Schrute (although that one's hilarious) and not Mike Schmidt either -- but I'm going to devote two or three shelves to some of these toys. They're cheap, they're nifty, they work as simple "mini-statues," but they also elicit a chuckle from nerds who flick on the head part. Bobble-heads are A-OK in my book, and most of these nerdly treats were introduced to me by a website called Entertainment Earth. Yes, they get a free plug because they have more flick-related collectibles and novelties than I'd know what to do with. Plus they emailed me at just the the right time and gave me this bobbly new epiphany. So check out the bouncy gallery below, but feel free to click through the EE website -- and prepare to get your nerd on. (Additional BHs were found at ToyLounge.com, Graphitti Designs, and NecaOnline.com. Special thanks to E-Rappe for the pic help and Tom for the gallery!)

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