Since I was about 7 years old I have known professional wrestling was fake. This was not through any leap of intelligence or simply spotting the obvious early on, I knew because my Parents told me. My folks met on a holiday camp the were working on in the 70’s. For the Americans among you … Continue reading
GLADIATOR (2000) Director: Ridley Oh, Gladiator. I remember being so excited when I saw the first teaser trailer; Colosseum! Gladiators! Tigers! All to the pulse pounding score from Conan the Barbarian, by Basil Poledouris. The adventure that was in store for us all! And apparently, for quite a few of you, it delivered. For me, … Continue reading
I just don’t get women and bathrooms. Public bathrooms. Corporate. Public. Bathrooms. I just moved back into the corporate world six months ago and have been amazed by degrees at the strange behavior by women in the bathrooms of my building. Women can’t poop if someone else is in the bathroom. Well, they won’t do … Continue reading
As most shows are ending their 2010 run, here is my rundown of season finales for 2010 in complete rambling format.Just for the record, I’m only highlighting the shows I watch and have watched from Day one. Possibly and most likely spoilers follow: Grades for best finale Drama:Fringe-Stepping into the alternate world was a step … Continue reading
Okay, so obviously it was a bad idea. Don’t get me wrong – after giving it a chance, I’m glad they gave it a whirl. But a bomb is a bomb is a bomb, and that’s not a MacGruber in-joke either. People just plain didn’t want to see a movie based on a SNL … Continue reading
I was sitting at my desk at work today eating my lunch and reading the latest issue of Astonishing X-Men when I took a moment to look up at the four Kevin Smith Inaction Figures that adorn part of my L-shaped cubicle. Let me back up. I’m a geek who collects action (and in this … Continue reading
I’m having one of those days where I fall into the bitstream of the internet and don’t make it out until I have become completely overwhelmed by sheer volumes of amazing music. I’ve been on an album buying frenzy lately – buying and ingesting to the point that I’m burning out new albums I’ve waited … Continue reading
Spoiler Warning: This whole article is gonna be spoilers. Y’all been warned! You might think this is kind of sad, but aside from the pilot and the finale and maybe a couple of other exceptions, I’ve always watched Lost alone. There are 121 episodes in total, and I’ve watched the majority of them … Continue reading
One weekend during the summer of 2008 when my wife and I were just getting to know each other, she was feeling a little down and she wanted me to bring over a movie to cheer her up. The order was for nothing too serious, but nothing too sweet and silly either. “Maybe something from … Continue reading
Now with a title like that I ask you ladies and gentlemen, how the hell can you go wrong? You can’t. The Brotherhood of Satan is a perfect example of that subtle style of camera exposition so well-helmed in the early-to-mid nineteen seventies and re-introduced into the vernacular today by guys today like Ti West … Continue reading