Colombiana is a strange movie. Not strange in terms of content–it’s standard revenge film stuff–but strange in that I KNOW it is “technically” the worst movie I’m reviewing today, but I actually would recommend this before My Idiot Brother or Fright Night. You won’t see a thing you haven’t seen before in this (except exactly…
Movie Review: My Idiot Brother
I have to be honest right from the beginning, and say that out of the five movies I’m reviewing today this was the least good. On a technical level, maybe it’s “better” than Colombiana, but I didn’t like it as much. In fact, by the end of it, I was actively rooting for the main…
Movie Review: Fright Night
This movie doesn’t suck and that’s about as nice a compliment I can muster up for the 600th vampire movie/tv show to come out in the last decade. I can’t say there’s anything all that fresh here–by now vampires are as cozy as Santa Claus, so familiar they are to us–but the movie does what…
Movie Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
This movie’s been out for almost a month but Labor Day provided a good opportunity for me to catch up on all the ones that slipped through the cracks over the summer. I really wasn’t going to see “Apes” but it has become such a sleeper hit that I would be almost derelict in a…
Sunday’s Sermons: Ayn Rand, the Patron Saint of Assholes
So Thursday on the site we had a take down of Libertarianism, but no true rebuke of the bogus mythology would be complete without mentioning this cult’s leader: Ayn Rand. I’m not saying she started Libertarianism–in fact, she didn’t–but more than any one figure, she is the person they look up to. If this movement…
Larger Editorial: The Great Lie Behind Libertarianism
So these days it seems like every loudmouth in the right wing is a self styled Libertarian. The most adamant debaters we’ve had on Red State Vs. Blue State were “Libertarians” which they insisted were vastly different than regular Republicans, even if they don’t disagree on anything except possibly the legalization of marijuana, and some…
Petty Issues
Is there anyone out there who truly thinks “Bucky Larson: Porn Star” is going to be a good movie? Not a guilty pleasure but a truly GOOD movie? If so, let me have your name and address so I can get social services to take your kids away. The new Fall season should bring a…
Now What? (Life Post-Grad): Why Facebook Needs to Put On Its Big Boy Pants and Become a Real Company
Every week this column is supposed to be life after you graduate college, but a big part of that life for most people is Facebook. And I’d like to advocate this prosperous but dysfunctional idea for a company put on its big boy pants and become a real company. Now that may sound baffling to…
Entertainment Editorial: The Odds on the New Fall TV Shows
It’s almost September and that means the new Fall TV season is about to start and that really means that it’s time to start betting on which shows can make it a full season. I’m going to do that AND bet on which shows will get renewed for a second season. Let the betting pool…
Mom Jokes
A woman was sitting at a bar enjoying an after work cocktail with her girlfriends when Steven, a tall, exceptionally handsome, extremely sexy, middle-aged man entered. He was so striking that the woman could not take her eyes off him. This seasoned yet playful heartthrob noticed her overly attentive stare and walked directly toward her….
Larger Editorial: Introducing The Clean Water Party
I’d like to introduce the creation of the first thing that I hope extends beyond the site: The Clean Water Party. I’ve already taken the liberty of creating a facebook page and Twitter feed (@cleanwaterparty) for it and strongly encourage readers to join. I came up with the idea for The Clean Water Party the…
Petty Issues
The shape of things to come…2011: Yay, congratulations to the Libyan rebels and good luck on their new Democracy…2013: This Civil War between the Libyan rebels just gets worse and worse, Warlord A killed Warlord B today. Some stability sure would be good for U.S. oil prices…2015: New, U.S.-backed dictator, Omar Saadafi, takes control of…
The Fast Food Critic: Takes on His Cheetos Obsession
So today I bend the rules yet again in the interests of chasing my pet obsession: Cheetos. Like Captain Ahab gunning down Moby Dick at the expense of his life, I chase down these orange twisters of petrified fat at the expense of health, personal relationships, and sanity. There’s something terrible about Cheetos which is…