Quick Hits, Daddy Issues A boy walks into the room his father is reading the newspaper in. He says “Dad, I want to be in organized crime when I get older.” The dad says “Health insurance or oil?” A boy asked his father “Where do babies come from?” Confused and unsure how to answer it,…
Category: Mindless Mondays
Entertainment Editorial: The Summer Movies I’m Looking Forward to (and the Not-so-Much List)
[This is already sort of an out of the gate bust, as I’ve seen two of these movies since I originally made this list. Oh well…] 5. Cowboys and Indians: The only big budget Summer blockbuster that looks like it has a shred of originality. This matchup of Western and Sci-fi might be terrible but…
Kung Fu Panda 2, For Those Who Like Good Movies
I really, really liked this movie. You can try to shame me or make me feel embarrassed that a guy who just turned 25 is still into kid films, but it’s a guilty pleasure, only in my case, there’s not much guilt. What Works: Everything. Seriously, the animation, the fight scenes, the villain, the mysticism…
Insidious, For Those Who Like Shitting Their Pants
I have to admit and make fun of me if you want to, but for a PG-13 horror movie, this thing is pretty scary. It’s not bloody or grotesque (at least not for the most part) but from the opening black and white credits you can tell this is a movie that aims to seriously…
Pirates of the Caribbean 4, For Those Who Hate Their Money
I’m sorry, but this franchise needs to die. Once was good, twice was not so good, three times was enough, and four times just feels like Johnny Depp is being a greedy bastard. [The official subtitle to this movie is “On Stranger Tides” but it should be “Depp needs a new mansion.”] I didn’t have…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: Everything Must Go, For Those Who Like Ferrell
After years of movies that either underplayed his talents (Step Brothers) or over played them, asking him to trot out the same old blowhard shtick (Semi-Pro), Will Ferrell struck comedy gold last year in The Other Guys, playing a mild mannered guy slowly coming unraveled. The performance was a revelation, and Ferrell has followed that…
TV Review: Grading the Season Finales
I’m going to grade a few of the season finales we saw in May. These aren’t all the shows I watch (in fact, this is the first episode of The Mentalist I’ve seen all the way through), but it’s the most notable season finales. Looking at this crew it’s become apparent the big four networks…
Entertainment Editorial: Forget the GOP nomination, Who Will Be the New Manager on The Office?
So last Thursday the search began for an official replacement for Steve Carell’s long reigning, brain dead manager Michael Scott. The two episodes before that were standalone episodes featuring different managers to good effect (Will Ferrell’s favorites playing boss Deangelo) and bad effect (after 7 long seasons of coveting the job you can’t have Dwight…
TV Review: The Borgias
Last night saw the first season finale of the new Showtime series The Borgias (after only 9 episodes which really feels like a problem that a first season show ran out of material that fast but anyway…). Problem is, the show doesn’t feel that new. Indeed, Showtime is the network that brought us The Tudors,…
Movie Review: Thor
By now everyone in the country that is going to see this movie already has, so you’ll be glad to know I would recommend it. I mean, after all, you don’t want to spend your money on a movie and then find out I wouldn’t recommend it two weeks later ;) What Works: The Asgard…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: Bridesmaids, a let down
Most of the time I’m perfectly in line with what other critics think, and we get to stand alone dissing movies that the general public goes to see in droves (hello Hop). Or sometimes I don’t like a movie the critics do, but since the general public doesn’t either, I don’t have to feel too…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: African Cats
Am I wrong for liking this movie as much as I did? I’m not the biggest lover of nature documentaries out there, in fact, I can’t make it through one without falling asleep, but I really enjoyed this one. What Works: This thing is as interesting as it possibly could be. Samuel L. Jackson provides…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: Something Borrowed, Something Shitty
I saw the movie Something Borrowed this weekend…wait, stop throwing eggs at me… What Worked: Most valuable player John Krasinski stole the movie with just a few lines, exhausted reaction shots, and by being the only character in the movie with any sense. What Didn’t Work: Kate Hudson looks like Kathleen Turner. Jennifer Goodwin has…