Second Breakfast Slays Some Giants

Finals week! The bane of every college student and probably also professor. Stress levels are high, caffeine intake is high, nutrition is secondary, sleep is irrelevant, alcohol should probably just not be touched. Finals week sucks most verily. As I wrapped up my exams and was still unmotivated to finish my papers, I once again…

Strange Bacon Saturdays: Citadel

It is the often unfortunate obligation of a movie critic to observe, analyze, and ultimately pan a great deal of different low budget productions. There are film festival productions in the thousands, ranging in quality from mediocre to horrible, and one is often inclined to wonder how they ever made it onto a popular film…

Happy Birthday Marlon Brando!

Hello folks, this is Colin from Strange Bacon checking in on hump day to wish a happy 89th birthday to the late Marlon Brando. Considered many to be the greatest American actor of all time, Brando starred in memorable films A Streetcar Named Desire, Apocalypse Now, and The Godfather, among countless others.

Second Breakfast Finally Puts That Education to Good Use

Happy Easter, y’all! Reckon it might be suitable to do something thematically relevant to this special occasion…ah…here’s the thing, though: I tend to find filmic representations of the Crucifixion a little, how should I say this? Tasteless? Yeah. Tasteless. Personal opinion. Don’t worry, all of you who are for some reason worrying, for while it…

Strange Bacon Stephen King Marathon Part IX: Cujo

After watching a recorded Stephen King University talk in Massachusetts, the book Cujo was mentioned and I felt inclined to give the short 1983 film adaptation a look. For the Canadians here, this was the story that prompted the nickname of long time Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Curtis Joseph. Its relevance in modern culture, however,…