The fall TV season has begun and, as with previous seasons, I’ll try to watch as many new and returning shows as possible and write about them. And if I happen to watch a film in between, comments about it will be made. I’ll try my best no to include spoilers, but I’ll most likely … Continue reading
There aren’t many movies that I’ve ever walked out of, but Charlton Heston’s The Omega Man was definitely the first. I’m honestly not even sure how this happened since the film was released four years before I was even born. Maybe living in an Army town in the late 70’s meant that we had a … Continue reading
Plot holes. Movie mistakes. Bad edits. Call them what you will, but every so often a minor, misplaced plot point or character moment causes the film to stumble for a fraction of a second. Most of the time, viewers either don’t notice or can easily overlook them. But who looks out for the characters who … Continue reading
The Social Network and The Town; Two movies with little in common, except they both just came out and are the critical darlings of 2010. Both tied at a 245% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, their insane popularity threatens to blow the popular review aggregator site apart, sending Tomatoes popular “lists” into the troposphere of … Continue reading
Per request (I know, right, Gabe gets requests?) I’ve been asked my opinion on the must sees of the Italian horror/thriller/fantasty genres. I shall be keeping this in mostly list form, without wasting any of your time with long winded reasoning, and lists will be divided first by director, then by sub-genre. I’m also attempting … Continue reading
So I was watching some films lately, and coupling this with reading Steve Martin’s Born Standing Up it all got me to thinking: What is so wrong about cutting your teeth and paying your dues? It seems as if fame nowadays has such a lack of people who don’t mind working their way up, and … Continue reading
My family’s grand Thanksgiving tradition revolves around televised football almost as much as it does around turkey. In 2003 we celebrated a little late, so there was no football on TV and really not much of anything going on to fill those awkward all-grown family hours, so I suggested a movie. We couldn’t all agree … Continue reading
WARNING: This Blog is about hospitals, operations and stuff so if you are squeamish don’t read it. Before I go any further I want to say thanks to the nurses and doctors at Caerphilly Miners Hospital who looked after me for the last couple of days. They were awesome and proved beyond a doubt that … Continue reading
I’m a huge fan of the original 2008 Swedish horror film, Let The Right One In and have been since the DVD came out in the states. It’s a mesmerizing story of adolescent love, a gothic look at some remarkable character studies, and just an outright magnificent vampire film (Especially with the HORRIBLY shitty Twilight … Continue reading
This is Your Brain on War Andrew Sullivan’s defense of President Obama’s claimed power to have American citizens assassinated nicely reveals much of the illogic behind, and many of the dangers inherent in, America’s Forever War. Let’s examine it point by point. 1. Assassination of American citizens, even if arguably extreme, has only been ordered … Continue reading