FOLD co-writer POLLY FROST was asked by the popular book and pop culture blog, DaRK PaRTY ReVIEW to list her favorite Christmas movies here.

If you haven’t checked out this great trailer for Iron Sky, about a secret Nazi group that returns to Earth from their moonbase in the year 2018, well then please do.

Looks pretty good, right? Almost as interesting as moon-bound Nazis is the way the movie is being created, which is through a communal Finnish moviemaking site called Wreck A Movie. How does this process work, you ask? Well, I have to say I’m not entirely sure, though I’m awfully intrigued by the idea. The Wreck A Movie website breaks their process down into three broad steps: 1) joining their online community. 2) finding like-minded artists within said community to collaborate with. 3) setting up your own production and creating a collaborative community around it.

Sounds like a great idea, but it certainly raises quite a few questions at the same time about what level of collaboration we’re talking about here. My impression is that at this point their community is used more as a creative sounding-board, with users offering ideas on what a nuclear device detonating in outer space would look like, or what a cool design for a moonbase might be. Still, it’s a promising idea, and the Wreck A Movie’s maverick spirit and pro-Creative Commons philosophy alone is worth championing. I’ll definitely be keeping a close eye on what they do next.

Second Skin, a fascinating documentary that follows the complex lives of seven people who delve into the world of MMORPGs (Massively Mulitplayer Online Role Playing Games), is having its NYC theatrical premiere on Friday, Sept. 5th, and I highly recommend that anyone who can attend do so.

This is the first movie I’ve seen that really explores the extent to which our world of flesh is affected by the virtual ones inhabited by millions of people every day.  Crippling addictions, rollercoaster love affairs, and the birth of entire new economies are just some of the shockwaves carried over from these pixelated realms.

And tune into the next episode of THE FOLD on Sept. 1 to see just how hot the blurring of these two worlds can be!  Meatware beware!

Scott Tobias tries to balance the fact that “Showgirls” was an embarrassment and a disaster with the fact that he enjoyed watching it.

And isn’t coping with that kind of pickle one of the fun things about being a film — let alone an erotica — fan? What if, after all, what you really enjoy is something that your taste-brain has no respect for? Does that land you in a bit of trouble or in a bit of fun?