Well, it’s December, a.k.a. Christmas month. Are we doing an Octoberween kind of deal for December? Christembermas? I dunno, nobody tells me nothin’. I was totally going to get seasonal, too, but maybe I’ll put that off a while and just review a mediocre movie that came out eleven years ago. Gosford Park (2001) The…
Some lessons don’t need to be learned, they are just already known. Canvas, a bad idea sprinkled with a little Gary Busey charm and some classic early-90’s movie music (long guitar chords with loud drum thumps) is a lesson that isn’t worth learning, unless you happen to be a martyr. That lesson is that art…
Baddie – Sharks! Lesson – Sharks! In the interest of full disclosure, I was baking an apple pie while I watched this movie. Alright, so, I saw “Sand Sharks” pop up in my recommended movies and I was all like, “SCORE.” It’s also nice to see that Brooke Hogan is still doing B-movies. I haven’t seen her…
It turns out that having a sinus infection is worse than you for drinking, so I slept all last week and Thirsty Thursday passed me by. In return, I present to you a seemingly unrelated double review: Harold and Maude (1971) and Charlie Bartlett (2007). “Now, what the hell could these two movies have in common,” asks the movie-viewer…
Well, I promised you two reviews today, and I am totally delivering. Check it, single ladies and potential employers: I’m reliable. Wreck-It Ralph (2012): The Plot: Wreck-It Ralph (John C. Reilly) is the Bad Guy in an arcade video game. His job is to wreck a fancy apartment building so that endlessly-chipper Fix-It Felix (Jack…
I took last week off, so you get two (2!) reviews today. While you were all gorging yourselves on turkey, I was looking deep into the heart and soul of America. Pay attention, supervillains, because I discovered two things that this country really, really loves: Abraham Lincoln and old, crappy video games (which you will…
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Verdict: Better than Predator 2 The Plot: Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway) is a smart, idealistic, young New Yorker hoping to kick-start a successful career in journalism. Acknowledging that one can’t get anywhere in life without connections, she first gets a job as an assistant to the most prestigious and feared…
Rooster Illusion 