About Me

HI! I'm desertsky. I'm a self-confessed movie addict. I enjoy movies of all kinds, but I'm partial to sci-fi,horror and film noir.

Creed Bratton

Creed Bratton is a character from the hit NBC series, The Office. The character is actually a fictionalized version of the actor who plays him, Creed Bratton. Creed Bratton (who claims to be born 1925) is a taciturn and creepy quality assurance offic...

Jim Dine

Jim Dine, born June 16th, 1935 in Cincinnati, OH is a talented pop artist. He first earned respect in the art world with his Happenings. Pioneered with artists Claes Oldenburg and Allan Kaprow, in conjunction with musician John Cage, the "Happenings"...

Katey Sagal

Katey Sagal is best known for her roles as the ditzy housewife Peggy Bundy in the hit sitcom Married With Children, and as the wife of John Ritter in 8 Simple Rules. She is also an accomplished singer and songwriter having worked as a backing vocalis...

Jennifer Saunders

Jennifer Jane Saunders (born July 6, 1958Editors at The Times. Birthdays — timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved October 5, 2007. in Sleaford, Lincolnshire) is a BAFTA- and Emmy Award-winning English comedian, writer and actress. She first came into wide...

We love Jaws

Steven Spielberg's 1975 movie Jaws based on the novel by Peter Benchley is probably the best known shark movie. It's won numerous awards, is an all-time movie classic, and has made countless people afraid to go in the water. Plot: The film begins at a...

The Best Alien Movies Ever

If you love aliens, then you know that best aliens are in the movies. Sometimes they are kind of cute, like in E.T., and sometimes they are nice and kind of funny, like the one in K-PAX. But most of the time, they are are evil and scary and want to a...

Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper was an American painter whose is best known for his work Nighthawks (shown left). While most popularly known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. Hopper's influence on the art wor...

The Light Fantastic

Although this is the second book in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, it was the very first Discworld book I read. With hysterical characters like Rincewind the inept, but endearing wizard, Twoflower the tourist, and my very favorite - The Luggage,...

Hillary vs. Obama

Hillary vs. Obama Who do you think is the best candidate?

Mary Lynn Rajskub

Mary Lynn Rajskub was born and raised in Trenton, Michigan, and is best known for her role as the ever-scowling CTU tech analyst Chloe O'Brian on the popluar TV show, 24. She joined the cast of 24 in 2003 at the start of the show's third season and h...

Michael Imperioli

Michael Imperioli is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning Italian-American actor who is best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos.  In addition to his role on The Sopranos, Imperioli has also appeared in a number of fil...

Toni Collette

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The Wackiest Buttons Ever

Express yourself with these wacky and weird buttons. Give them as gifts, wear them all over your clothes or even decorate your room!

We love Titanic

James Cameron's Titanic, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio has won numerous Academy Awards is the highest grossing film of all time. The plot revolves around Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) and Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio), members of...

We love Poltergeist

This scary classic horror film, released in 1982, revolves around the haunting of a suburban family home that is suspected to be the work of poltergeists. The ghosts and spirits in the movie communicate through TV static, and eventually use the TV as...

Great Gifts for the Jewish Holiday of Passover

Passover (Pesach) is a fun family-oriented Jewish holiday rich with tradition. Here's a collection of fun gifts to help you celebrate Passover.

Michael Chiklis

Michael Charles Chiklis is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning American actor best known for starring in two popular police dramas: The Commish and The Shield and as Ben Grimm/The Thing in the live-action Fantastic Four films. A lifelong comic book fa...

We love Logan's Run

This 1976 science fiction film, set sometime in the 23rd century, depicts a society that deals with the threat of overpopulation in an alarming way: population and the consumption of resources is managed and maintained in equilibrium by the simple ex...

We love 2001 - A Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci-film, 2001: A Space Odyssey is one of the greatest films ever made. It is notable for its scientific realism, pioneering special effects, and provocatively ambiguous and often surreal imagery and sound in place of tradition...

Dominic Purcell

Dominic Purcell (born February 17, 1970) is a British-born Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as the title character on John Doe and as Lincoln Burrows on Prison Break''. Purcell debuted on American television as the title character in J...

Ethan Suplee

Ethan Suplee has appeared in many movies, and is best known for his role as Randy Hickey in the hit tv sitcom, My Name is Earl. Ethan started his career by acting in plays and appearing in commercials. His first major role was his comedic performance...

Blade Runner: The Coolest Movie Ever

This movie had the best combination of storyline, acting, music and cinematography. No other movie can compare.

We love Dark City

This film introduces us to a dark city set in perpetual night, whose inhabitants are given new, artificial memories every 24 hours by mysterious beings called the Strangers. Dark City was written by Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer, and dire...

Absolutely Fabulous: The Funniest British Sitcom Ever

The british sitcom, Absolutely Fabulous, staring Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley is the funniest sitcom ever! It was shown on the BBC from 1992 to 2005, and is popularly referred to as Ab Fab. In the show, Edina Monsoon (Jennifer Saunders) and Pat...

Matt Leblanc

Matthew Steven LeBlanc (born July 25, 1967) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor, best known for his role as Joey Tribbiani in the hugely popular sitcom Friends (1994-2004) and its spin-off Joey (2004-2006). Read the rest of the...

We love Tron

Tron introduces us to Kevin Flynn (played by Jeff Bridges) as a computer programmer who gets electronically transported into a computer world/video game and must fight to stay alive.

Jerry Stiller

In the 1960's and 1970's, Jerry Stiller was part of the successful comedy team Stiller and Meara with his wife Anne Meara. He has appeared in numerous movies including Airport 1975, Zoolander and The Heartbreak Kid. He is most known for his roles as...

We love Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall and Dennis Hopper is a journey into the darkness of the human psyche.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson is a leading astrophysicist. He has written numerous books on black holes and the universe. He is currently the director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, and was named "Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive" by People...

Mariane Pearl

Mariane Pearl is the widow of journalist Daniel Pearl who was murdered by terrorists. She has shown incredible strength and has written a compelling memoir "A Mighty Heart" which has been made into a feature movie staring Angelina Jolie. Ma...