I used to enjoy playing board games growing up. Parcheesi, Aggravation, Sorry, and the over-produced Monopoly were common staples in my family’s household when I was a kid. I even enjoyed many of the card games that were popular around that time, like UNO. My favourites were generally either of the MAD Magazine games – … Continue reading
The Scott brothers try their hand at the Ugly American genre. BLACK RAIN (1989) Director: Ridley Osaka is the city of the future. And the future’s so bright, Michael Douglas wears shades. Not wanting to exit the eighties without having directed at least one stupid action movie, Sir Ridley latches onto this bike riding shoot-em-up. … Continue reading
I like hot dogs. I like good hot dogs. On the occasion I go to a ball park, I expect GREAT hot dogs. Unfortunately, I am constantly disappointed. Must I be drunk to actually enjoy a hot dog at a baseball game? We went to the Bulls Athletic Park this weekend to see the Durham … Continue reading
I almost didn’t get my hands on a copy of Blue Velvet. Not that the film was particularly elusive, I just didn’t feel like expending a whole lot of effort. There was a brief moment where I thought about reviewing a production of The Velveteen Rabbit instead. You know, that story about the stuffed animal who … Continue reading
Yeah, I’m doubling down on a few of these. The Scott brothers released a movie in the same year for the first time. Awwwww! BEVERLY HILLS COP II (1987) Director: Tony The adage “They don’t make ’em like they used to!”, which is generally used to lament things like the current lack of Busby Berkeley … Continue reading
Why doesn’t Indonesia produce more martial arts films? I’m sure that someone with more knowledge of Indonesia’s film industry and cultural history than I have can answer that question, but as a simple fan of Merantau, I cannot. I’ve seen most of the well-regarded recent Thai martial arts films, and my share (although by no … Continue reading
Nicolas Winding Refn’s newest film is a brutal and breathtaking meditation on violence, religion, and the human will. Though the film only contains a few brief moments of graphic horror, Refn is able to make the remaining 95% of his film gripping, tense, and full of dread with the power of beautifully-composed images and a … Continue reading
I go through my moods with beer the same way I do with music and movies – warmer weather brings out lighter brews such as lagers and ales while the year end creep into colder weather turns on my desire for stouts, porters and the like. Wheats and White Ales feel more like delicacies and … Continue reading
At its best moments, Iron Man 2 is a thrillingly convincing argument for how much goddamn fun it would be to hop into that suit and be Iron Man. Scratch that. At its best moments, Iron Man 2 is a depressingly convincing argument for why Ryan Reynolds is the luckiest sonofabitch … Continue reading
On Sunday afternoon, I saw something on my five-mile run that angered me enough to write here about it. I was two miles into my run on the Greenway, a near 100 mile, 8 foot wide trail built all through Northern Georgia in pieces over the last fifteen years. The trail is always populated by … Continue reading