Category: Arts & Entertainment
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Decompression
The day after crunch mode ends on a project is like a bullet train hitting a concrete mammoth. “Brick wall” seemed too mundane. You’d think I’d be used to it by now, instead of finding myself sitting in a hotel room with nothing to do and too bored even to nap. There’s still plenty to…
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Blur
Hard to believe I’ve been in LA for a week already. On one level it feels like it’s just been a day or two. On another level, it feels like I’ve been here for months. That would be a side effect of the wicked crazy crunch we’ve been in. Any notion that I’m no longer…
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R.I.P. Hank and Dean
The rest of this post is a spoiler for the season 2 premier of The Venture Brothers:
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I Have Opinions About Things
One of the advantages to spending so much time in waiting rooms and on planes (all right, the only advantage) is that it gives me a chance to get caught up on my readin’ and watchin’. And now, bloggin’. Nacho Libre I’m baffled as to why this one is getting walloped in the reviews. It’s…
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Go Team Venture!
“The Venture Brothers” is definitely the best show on [adult swim], and if it weren’t for “Lost,” it’d be the best show on TV right now. I got the Season One DVDs when I was down in Georgia, and I’ve finally gotten around to watching the extra features. The extra features aren’t enough to buy…
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Top 10 Signs That Superman in “Superman Returns” Might Be Gay
BBC News: Superman ‘not gay’ says director Defamer.com’s painful beating-the-joke-into-the-ground 10. Wears blue tights, red cape, boots, and codpiece. 9. Flies around Earth at super-speed, turns back time long enough to deliver snappier comeback to Lex Luthor than earlier “Oh no you didn’t, bitch!” 8. Starts a weblog. 7. Outfits Fortress of Solitude with hot…
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I’m the Juggernaut, bitch!
This week’s summer blockbuster movie was X-Men 3: The Last Stand. I’ll give it this much: it could have been worse. Much worse. Actually, as far as summer action movies based on comic books go, it wasn’t all that bad. If I were the grading type, I’d give it a solid B. The problem, of…
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Who knew blasphemy could be so dull?
Even though I was warned against it on this very weblog, I still went to see The DaVinci Code Wednesday night. Whoo! Somebody light a match! I didn’t expect it to be good, but I didn’t expect it to be the cinematic equivalent of lying under the chair of a guy who’s delivering a two-and-a-half-hour-long,…
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Prophet 5, Fans 0
The season finale of “Alias” aired on Monday night. There’s a bit where Sydney tells her evil mom, “I’m through being disappointed by you.” That pretty much sums it up. I’m not going to bother with spoilers, since it’s already up for free on ABC’s website, and anyone who’s still interested in this show has…
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Rogue Wave
Tonight I went with Mac to see Poseidon. Yes, on purpose. The reviews will tell you this movie is bad, and the reviews will be correct. It’s really tough to recommend; we had fun watching it, but we had to put a lot of effort into it. I think even if I were Joel Siegel…
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Your Summer Movie Season, Should You Choose to Accept It
A few weeks ago I was outside the multiplex of the soulless Glendale Galleria, looking at the posters of coming attractions and dreading the summer. Larry the Cable Guy was still playing, and the movies we had to look forward to were The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift and Garfield 2. I was thinking…
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Greedo Went Out Like a Chump
Lucasfilm finally caved and are releasing the original Star Wars movies on DVD. I’m not happy about it. Reason one: I already bought the “special editions.” I don’t like the special editions. The Death Star did not blow up with a shock wave. Either time. And as the Star Wars.com main page reminds us now,…