Cinematical

About twice a year here at Cinematical, we like to take some time to talk about the important stuff – namely, us. We've had quite a few revolutions in staff since the last time we took you on a guided tour through the personnel file, so here goes. Meet 15 of the brains behind this operation - in ascending order of cranial mass** - after the jump.


**Actually, after listing the editors, I just threw them up in the order in which they were received. I don't actually think Kat Parr has a bigger brain than me, and I'm willing to submit to phrenological testing in order to prove it.

Karina Longworth, Editor-in-chief
Location: Greenpoint, NY
I also blog at: TVSquad, Slashfood. Anything else is for Google to confirm and for me to deny.
When I'm not blogging I: Watch a lot of crap television and work on building my collection of vintage diet books. But last year I had this ingenious idea to write a chick-lit novel to pay off my student loans. I'm thinking about going back to that.
The last movie I watched was: Sunset Boulevard was on TCM last night – which meant that I got nothing done. Anytime it pops on the telly I can't really help but watch.
Three desert island movies: Barry Lyndon, the 1954 version of A Star is Born, and Ghostbusters.
Guilty pleasures: Jiffy Pop, Pretty Woman and $4 sparkling Rose - preferably consumed all at once.
The two people I'd be willing to do unspeakable things in order to have dinner with: Anthony Lane and Peter Bogdanovich (although probably not at the same time).

Kim Voynar, Managing Editor
Location: Seattle, WA
I also blog at: My personal blog, Catawampus!
When I'm not blogging I: When I'm not blogging for Cinematical or on my own blog, I stay busy homeschooling my four younger kids, ages 8, 6, 4 and 2, leading my daughter's Brownie troop, and designing costumes and makeup and acting with a local youth theater, which my husband and my 8-year-old are also active in.
The last movie I watched was: El Crimen Perfecto
Three desert island movies: Pulp Fiction, ET, and Rebel Without a Cause
Guilty pleasures: Adult Swim, most especially Family Guy, Full Metal Alchemist and Inuyasha. But never, ever, Super Milk Chan, which sucks so bad even the cat won't watch it.
People I would pay to stop making movies: Nora Ephron and - please, for the love of all things cinematical, someone stop him from making any more movies! - Robert Rodriguez.

 
Chris Thilk
Location: Chicago, IL
I also blog at: AdJab/TVSquad/Movie Marketing Madness/Public Relations Ramblings
When I'm not blogging I am a: Digital Media Specialist at Bacon's Information
The last movie I watched was: Serenity
Three desert island movies: Star Wars, The Godfather, Real Genius
Guilty pleasures: Any of the lesser Marvel Comics movies. I know Daredevil and Hulk aren't all that great but I can't stop watching them. It's like a sickness.
Movies I really wish I go back in time and not see just to save brain-space: Snake Eyes, Road Trip and The Craft.  Those last two really hurt.

Martha Fischer
Location: NYC
I also blog at: It's all Cinematical, all the time.
When I'm not blogging I:  Um...mostly try to figure out what to do with my life, really. Yes, it's very sad.
The last movie I watched was: The Passenger
Three desert island movies: Contempt, MASH, Libeled Lady
Guilty pleasures: Hudson Hawk, Encino Man, Drop Dead Fred
Movie that makes you sob uncontrollably on a regular basis:  Amazing Grace and Chuck

Erik Davis
Location:New York City
I also blog at: Fat Eye For The Skinny Guy
When I'm not blogging I: Wear a shirt and tie and sit in a cubicle. Something else goes along with that but I can't remember what it is. Oh yeah - a stapler.
the last movie I watched was: Mr. and Mrs. Smith (only because I was on a plane and Hitch doesn't have Angelina Jolie in it. And you need Angelina when the guy next to you smells worse then the food you're being served).
Three desert island movies: A Christmas Story (for the nostalgia), Boogie Nights (for the music) and Back To The Future (because it's timeless).
Guilty pleasures: The Karate Kid, Starship Troopers and Jerry Maguire.
The character from a film who I'd like to switch places with for a day - The Dude from The Big Lebowski. I shouldn't need to explain that one. I mean, it's The Dude.

Jette Kernion
Location: Austin, Texas I also blog at: Celluloid Eyes
When I'm not blogging I: Freelance as a writer/designer
The last movie I watched was: Liberty in Restraint, a documentary about fetish photographer Noel Graydon
Three Desert Island films: Brazil, The Wild Bunch, Army of Darkness, Some Like It Hot (I know that's four. Tough.)
Guilty Pleasures: Matilda, Moonstruck, and Kiss Me, Stupid
Movies I'd love to see released on DVD in the US: A Foreign Affair, Holiday (both versions), Kid Blue, and Law of Desire

Kat Parr
Location: Brooklyn
I also blog at: Cinematical--Only & Forever
When I'm not blogging I: Dayjob?
The last movie I watched was: Kingdom of Heaven with my dad while eating pizza and drinking Bud in pony-cans.
Three desert island movies: On a desert island? With a DVD player? Don't be silly.
Guilty Pleasures: Superman I/II, Starship Troopers, anything with George Clooney.
Are you really a total space geek or is that just for show? No, no. I'm too cute to be a "total" space geek. Smallville and Battlestar Galactica and  I? We're just... good friends.

Bob Sassone
Location: north of Boston, MA
I also blog at: TVSquad, Slashfood, AdJab
When I'm not blogging I am a: Writer, editor, Professor Barnhardt's Journal
The last movie watched was: Pi
Three Desert Island movies: It's a Wonderful Life, Swingers, and Three Days of the Condor
Guilty Pleasures: Cocktail, Plan 9 From Outer Space, You Got Mail
Movie I Wouldn't Mind Seeing a Sequel To: Grosse Pointe Blank

Adam Finley
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
When I'm not blogging I: Play music
I also blog at: TVSquad and AdJab
The last movie I watched was: American Movie
Three Desert Island Films: How To Build A Raft From Driftwood; Rationing Three Coconuts Over Thirteen Months; Determing the Edibility of Tropical Fruit, a production of the University of Houston College of Natural Sciences
Guilty Pleasures: Watching Cops
Movie character I've been told I look like by several people, even though I personally don't see the resemblance: Harry Potter

James Rocchi
Location: San Francisco, CA
I also blog at: Only for RocchiReport.com at this time
When I'm not blogging I am: Movie reviewer for NBC-11, San Francisco/San Jose; writer; signatory to the NaNoWriMo artistict suicide pact; at liberty.
The last movie I watched was: A theatrical pre-screening of Chicken Little, which crawled up into my lap and begged for love like an untrained puppy.
Three desert island movies: Boogie Nights; Last Night; The Godfather films
Guilty pleasures: Red Dawn; The Cutting Edge; Big Trouble in Little China
Directors I'm most looking forward to the next film from: Paul Thomas Anderson; Justin Lin; Joe Carnahan; Don McKellar; Lexi Alexander; Richard Linklater; David Gordon Green; Spike Lee; Zach Snyder; Kathryn Bigelow; Kasi Lemmons; Stephen Soderbergh; Brad Bird.

Keith McDuffee
Location: Northborough, MA
I also blog at:  TVSquad, Slashfood, Blogging Baby
When I'm not blogging I am an: IT Manager
The last movie I watched was: Batman Begins
Three desert island movies: The Shawshank Redemption, Better Off Dead and The Princess Bride
Guilty pleasures: I'm a major gadget geek, often selling old gadgets on EBay just to get money for the newest ones.
Actor I most resemble: Gil Bellows

Christopher Barton Campbell
Location: Brooklyn, NY
When I'm not blogging I: Currently temping at an international bank's commercial real estate division.
I also blog at: Sometimes I blog on my own site Low Expectation and sometimes I recycle stuff onto BlogCritics.org.
The last movie I watched was: I just watched On the Outs for Cinematical.  The last movie not for Cinematical:  The Machinist.
Three desert island movies: Badlands, Duck Soup and Heathers
Guilty pleasures: I can watch Nicolas Cage in anything.  And enjoy it.  Oh, and I still haven't gotten tired of Will Smith.
Five movies that should be remade (as long as they must remake movies): Electric Dreams; Chopping Mall; Kidco; Just One of the Guys; Lost in La Mancha (with new happy ending)

Mark Eric Beall
Location: Harrisburg, PA
When I'm not blogging I: Clerk
I also blog at: Cinematical is my only blog home.
The last movie I watched was: I just watched Man With the Screaming Brain (twice, for the commentary).
Three desert island movies: Blues Brothers, Harvey, The Sandlot
Guilty pleasures: I will buy just about any movie that has the Muppet name on it. Including Wizard of Oz.
Fantasy Novel I'd Most Like to See Adapted to Film:  The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.

Tom Biro
Location: Bloomfield, NJ
I also blog at: AdJab, TV Squad, The Media Drop, Open the Dialogue
When I'm not blogging I: Am watching time-shifted programming on my TiVo, playing with my beagles, and doing home construction projects I'm probably not qualified for.
The last movie I watched was: Just caught They Live, which was one of my fave flicks of that year, way back in 1988, methinks.
Desert Island Movies: Die Hard, The Usual Suspects, and Top Gun
Guilty pleasures: GI Joe Six Sigma, Ren & Stimpy, Street Hawk, and Magnum P.I.
#1 move I'd make if I ran Hollywood: Stop greenlighting movies that suck, followed by creating continuity between superhero/comic book adaptations so that things like Michael Clarke Duncan playing Kingpin in Daredevil and someone else playing him in another film. Heck, at least make the character *look* similar.

Robert Newton (aka "Fig")
Location: Worcester, MA
I also blog at: TV Squad
When I'm not blogging I am: A film critic and film festival programmer
The last movie watched: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Three Desert Island Films: Star Wars, The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Pleasantville
Guilty Pleasures: The Three Stooges, Disney and Steve Oedekerk's "Thumb"parodies
Name three people you would pay to stop making films: Rob Schneider, Keanu Reeves and The Wayans Brood.