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Russellmania was a fantastic day
Matters are calming down enough for me to finally share with everybody some rather past-due stories, especially all the hype I pushed last month over Alamo’s first and hopefully not its last Russellmania. I won’t put a Roman numeral after … Continue reading
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Wreck It Ralph: Worth Seeing
My initial reaction to this was, “Ugh! A video game version of Toy Story with flavor-of-the-month voice actors, namely Jane Lynch.” Jane has always been cool (her part in 40 Year Old Virgin was clever), I just feel she’s getting … Continue reading
Robot & Frank: Worth Seeing
Low-key SciFi seems to be the “in” thing lately but unlike Looper, Robot & Frank is a more light-hearted story set in the near future. It’s always great to see a movie made for adults too. What I reveal here … Continue reading
Paranorman: Rental
Paranorman has been a hard review to write (over two weeks) because this movie is just so mediocre. Great or terrible movies practically write themselves! I need to see The Corpse Bride and Coraline, find out if these other Burton-inspired stop-motion films … Continue reading
Summer of 1982 extra II:Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Once more into the Summer of 1982 breach dear friends with what was the only hit Comedy from a year filled with Action, Horror and Fantasy. Fast gets the same treatment as The Wall because it didn’t break any new … Continue reading
[adult swim] turns 10
Events leading to the Cartoon Network’s programming block were the culmination of a few things. Multiple attempts by other networks over the last 10-plus years. Some successful: The Simpsons, King of the Hill and South Park; many weren’t but they … Continue reading
Hopscotch
Movie number four in the Sick Day run is one that reminds me of why I miss Walter Matthau. This was obviously built around him; nobody else could be such a wiseass like Walter. I found Hopscotch a bit prescient … Continue reading
1989: My afternoon and evening with Mojo Nixon
Days like this one 20 years ago always makes me regret not being more of a shutterbug but back then cameras were just such a nuisance: the film, the delays to develop and worst of all, not knowing how well … Continue reading
Mission Hill
Last week, season seven of The Simpsons appeared on DVD. Besides it being the season which started with the conclusion of who shot Mr. Burns, it is also the season Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein took over David Mirkin’s position … Continue reading
40 Year Old Virgin delivers laughs – by Jose
While I was a little skeptical going into the movie. I found myself laughing out loud more than a few times. Why was I skeptical, well, we all have seen the previews of movies that appear to be funny and … Continue reading
Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgandy
I have an automatic prejudice against any movie starring an ex-member of SNL because let’s face it, 90% of them suck and even the ones that were allegedly good, I still found to be unfunny and annoying. But I think we’ve been … Continue reading
Popeye
I remember seeing this in the theaters 25 years ago. Since it was relatively cheap, I scored it for Somara’s graduation visit. The musical movie opens with a storm and a sailor, obviously Popeye, rowing into an odd little island … Continue reading
All Families are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland
When the story opens we meet Janet Drummond waiting in her hotel room near Orlando. Her daughter Sarah is the token Canadian astronaut for the latest shuttle launch. Sarah is the pride of the family: she has technical and scientific … Continue reading →