Archive for the 'Squid Films' Category

Squidbillies

Sunday, October 16th, 2005

I can’t wait for this one to reach our screens. Squidbillies is a new animated TV series that sounds a tad weird, but certainly seems worth a look.
Here is the blurb on the show from TV.com:
Five million years ago, the Atlantic Ocean covered North America all the way to the Ohio Valley. As the […]

Keira Knightley battles invisible tentacles

Friday, October 14th, 2005

From MTV.com, Keira Knightley talks about a day on set filming the upcoming “Pirates of the Caribbean” sequels:
“I had my first day back [recently], because we had a little bit of a break over the summer. My first day back was being dragged across the deck by an invisible giant squid, invisible because it’s […]

Squiddities in the Star Wars universe

Tuesday, May 31st, 2005

Squidblog is certainly no fan of the Star Wars franchise, but we do appreciate George Lucas’ obvious affinity with squid.
Quarren, or “Squid Heads” as they are sometimes rudely called, are an alien species characterized by the four tentacles that protrude from their jaws. They have deep turquoise eyes, and each hand is capped with finned […]

The Calamari Wrestler

Tuesday, May 24th, 2005

I hope this film gets a mainstream release:
Giant squid crashes championship match & steals title belt.
REVIEW SUMMARY (From NYT)
When Koji Taguchi (Akira) wins a championship wrestling match, his delight is cut short by the intervention of a giant squid (a rubber-clad Osamu Nishimura), whose slithering tentacle swipes the Championship Belt. The remaining nine appendages proceed […]

The Life Aquatic

Friday, March 18th, 2005

Squidblog recently went to see “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou“. Having seen some previews for the film, with some kooky sea creature animations, we hoped for some sort of squid action in the film. Unfortunately there was none (although there was a cool looking octopus), though there was this excellent poster from one of […]


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