I’m fresh outta the hospital and desperately trying to catch up on my DVDActive.com reviews (I’ve got a couple dozen Blu-rays looking at me expectantly), but I even more desperately need to catch up on my CHUD Blogging. I’ve been to sick to see most of the ‘good’ movies this year, but even in my … Continue reading
Man, I just love movies. Do I say that here enough? Love ‘em. Regarding the movie up there in the title, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, I can only say: Go see it. It’s got plenty of the joys that come with movies. True love and loss, closely observed detail and epic … Continue reading
Part 1 If I had a time machine…I would head back to 1970 and bang Linda Ronstadt. You know, before George Lucas ruined her.
A Nice Hard Slap is dead. My blog is taking a new shape, though I don’t assume it’ll get any smarter or more worth a link in your interoffice email forward list because of the change.What I promise is simple, frank, and oftentimes annoying opinion. I’ll probably contradict myself and seem like a dick, burn … Continue reading
I distinctly remember the first time I read James O’Barr’s THE CROW graphic novel by Kitchen Sink Press. I was a teenager, a Senior in high school and the book completely destroyed me. The stark violence and unrelenting portrayal of loss really shocked me. I became an instant fan, re-reading it often* and when a … Continue reading
After MUCH begging from my adoring fans*, I have finally compiled a brief list of my favorite music of the year. I know that everyone does this and these opinions don’t mean jack shit. However, this is my blog and I can write about anything I damn well want. Maybe I’ll write about Michael Keaton … Continue reading
It was such an obvious idea. The fact that it took 1,990 years to come up with it makes me ashamed of my own humanity. You’d think Homer or Shakespeare would have stumbled upon it first, but nope, it was me. Hollywood collectively slapped itself on the forehead and fired its assistants when I pulled … Continue reading
A Nice Hard Slap is dead. My blog is taking a new shape, though I don’t assume it’ll get any smarter or more worth a link in your interoffice email forward list because of the change.What I promise is simple, frank, and oftentimes annoying opinion. I’ll probably contradict myself and seem like a dick, burn … Continue reading
Gonna have to go with the minor classic… Scrooged (1989). Directed by Richard Donner. Written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O’Donoghue. Starring Big Bad Bill Murray. We’re now in week four of Christmas. Really. Christmas Day is officially December 25, right? Somewhere along the line, someone (probably someone who owns a shopping … Continue reading
I’m not really sure how I ever made it through Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece, Barry Lyndon, but boy was I glad I did. By the end, I found it without a doubt Kubrick’s most involving film, one of the few he did that I actually truly cared about the characters. But it wasn’t because I was … Continue reading