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Second Breakfast: ‘Mr. Turner’ and Appropriately Unconventional Beauty

Ugh, you guys. Ask me how busy I’ve been these past two years. So busy. I’ve been so busy writing a month’s worth of articles about terrible ‘80s fantasy movies, reviewing Vincent Price movie after Vincent Price movie, Peter Cushing movie after Peter Cushing movie, ranting about Hobbit franchise installments and trailers and blockbuster travesties…

September 11, 2016 in Movie Review, Second Breakfast.

Second Breakfast: ’99 Homes’ and the Continuing Excellence of Michael Shannon

In a recent interview, Werner Herzog, a man who knows whereof he speaks on nearly all things, described Michael Shannon as the greatest actor of his generation: he is “clearly the best.” I ask you, dear reader, how does one go about arguing against Werner Herzog? Let us accept his statement for the sake of…

September 4, 2016 in Movie Review, Second Breakfast.

Saturday Morning Cartoons – Watch a Cat Video Instead of “The Secret Life of Pets”

 Don’t get too excited about this trailer. This is as good as the movie gets. Think of a movie about pets. What is the first story idea you can think of? If it involves pets getting lost and then having to find their way back to their beloved owner, then you probably put in about…

September 3, 2016 in Movie Review, Saturday Morning Cartoons.

Second Breakfast: ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’, or Pardon My French

Wow, it’s been a long time since I reviewed a new movie. My bad. Let’s keep this fair and evenhanded, though. The summer has offered very little by way of movies anyone could possibly want to see. This is true to the extent that, during the summer months, I attended the movie theater only twice,…

August 28, 2016 in Movie Review, Second Breakfast.

Second Breakfast: The Last of the Unplucked Gems

Last night The Tragically Hip played their final concert ever. Done and done. It’s devastating when the weight comes down like that, but I’m glad they didn’t put it off. If you are unfamiliar with the Hip, let me tell you five quick things to bring you up to speed: 1) They are the biggest…

August 21, 2016 in Second Breakfast.

Saturday Morning Cartoons – Earn your Jack Black Belt by watching “Kung Fu Panda”

Ok. I have to be honest. I tend to have a hard time defending this film. Well, these films. Since in this article I will be talking about the Kung Fu Panda film series as a whole. The movies get pretty decent ratings on sites like Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, and I know that they…

August 20, 2016 in Movie Review, Saturday Morning Cartoons.

A Bomb in the Lasagna: With Sincere Apologies to “Injustice: Gods Among Us”

It appears some apologies are in order. My relationship to DC Comics in the last few years has been a bit fraught. There have been some shows I like a lot, some I like a lot less, and a certain movie I’d rather like to not mention for a while. The editorial decisions in the…

August 17, 2016 in A Bomb in the Lasagna, Game Review.

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