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Here we go. A while back, my friend and I used to play around in a giant factory, jumping into a rousing game of tag, throwing fists at one another, being generally belligerent. That was, until I threw him into a vat of Toxic Waste. When he returned, scared,… Continue reading
Welcome back. You’re all just a bunch of hooligans, anyway. Misanthropes It’s irresponsible to not sink your cinematic houndstooth into The Proposition (read Russ’ Toronto Coverage) – a western fable scripted by Nick Cave. From the bravura opening to the play… Continue reading
As Amazon.com starts the future with their digital downloading service (and Apple too), I guess the future of movies continues in a question mark. I’m all for watching movies on your computer. I sat hunched over it through college before I purchased my… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Universal StudiosMSRP: $12.73RATED: PGRUNNING TIME: 100 mins.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Goose EggThe Pitches “It’s for kids. And padding our obscenely large bank accounts.”“It’s also like Videodrome, but without David Cronenberg.”… Continue reading
Well, we all have to return to work tomorrow. In the meantime, check out what you can pick up afterwards. Like A Good Neighbor Much is made of Akira Kurosawa’s towering masterpiece Shichinin no samurai, aka Seven Samurai. It’s been said that a DVD collection… Continue reading
This week comes flying at you in multiple shapes, colors, and sizes. Including some very special ones. Proudfeet! Everyone loves the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but I don’t give it slobbery kisses before going to sleep with it at night. An ass pinch, maybe. I… Continue reading
Let’s ease back into things. Let’s do it with the lights turned low. Medication will clear that up Like the dirtiest little whorehouse in all of Texas, Poseidon (read Devin’s negative review) is filled with cheap thrills and no redeeming social values.… Continue reading
What's the general rule of thumb? Grab them all in the first couple of minutes? I can’t seem to recall in my present stupor, but maybe I can keep everything cool with my fashionably flashy articles. Jimmy’s Hat It’d odd to see Spike Lee dive right into… Continue reading
I know you don’t read these silly segues. So this week we’re all business in the front and party in the back. Hairerarchy Fuck the government. Screw the complacent populace. And, more importantly, down with long hair. Or at least that’s what most of the… Continue reading
Discard your biases. If you were on the fence, allow whatever preconceived notions to deteriorate into nothingness. And even though the Miami Vice pilot episode, with its coolly detached slivers of stylization (I don’t think Collins’ In the Air Tonight has… Continue reading
I’ve had some ups and downs in my life, and I’m not talking about the time I was unceremoniously probed by a bearded Lincoln log. No, I’d say one of the proudest moments came during the final down slope of the Pinewood Derby. I grabbed my 6th place ribbon and… Continue reading
My favorite part of this new experience for me, if not for being able to listen to the wondrous creative people you’re about to read, was when a fellow journalist called me an asshole. I suppose I deserved it, using my NYC elevator fleeing skills out here in… Continue reading
