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A Bomb in the Lasagna: Music is Escape and Driving Force in “Baby Driver”

From the moment when a desperate band of survivors beat down on zombie hordes in an English pub in time to Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” in his 2004 directorial debut Shaun of the Dead, it was clear that director Edgar Wright had a rare knack for combining clever cinematography with needle drop pop songs. That same…

July 12, 2017 in A Bomb in the Lasagna, Movie Review.

Saturday Morning Cartoons: “My Hero Academia” – A Quirky Take on Superheroes

It has been a while since I marathoned a show, but this past week, I watched all that I could of the anime known as My Hero Academia. So far this anime is still in the midst of its second season, with likely more to go after it and I’m certainly interested in seeing more…

July 1, 2017 in Saturday Morning Cartoons, Show Review.

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Comparing “Perfect Blue” and “Black Swan”

Disclimer: I know it is not in my usual style to talk about a non-animated film, but since it is so similar to an animated film that I previously wrote about, I figured it would count. This article contains spoilers for Perfect Blue and Black Swan. Read with caution. Also note that the following video…

June 17, 2017 in Movie Review, Saturday Morning Cartoons.

Saturday Morning Cartoons: “Tsuritama” – One of my Favorite Anime that I Almost Refused to Watch

Tsuritama is a show about fishing in the port town of Enoshima, Japan… No wait, that’s not entirely right. Er, let’s go with this: Tsuritama is about a young boy named Yuki who suffers from severe social anxiety and learns to open up with the help of an eclectic group of friends through fishing in…

June 3, 2017 in Saturday Morning Cartoons, Show Review.

Parton the Interruption: Cult TV Shows that Need a Revival

[Check out other episodes of Parton the Interruption here] By Drew Parton Mystery Science Theater 3000 is back! I really loved the new season, and I think that it’s a great successor to the original. TV seems to be all about revivals now: Arrested Development, X-Files, Twin Peaks, MST3k, 24, it’s almost like they’re out of ideas…

May 29, 2017 in Movie Review, Show Review.

A Bomb in the Lasagna: To Sir Roger Moore, The Most Loveable Bond

The first James Bond movie I saw starring the late and dearly missed Roger Moore was Live and Let Die in high school. I grew up with Sean Connery’s classics in heavy rotation on VHS at home and the adventures of Pierce Brosnan playing out in theaters and on my Nintendo 64, and while popular logic dictates…

May 25, 2017 in A Bomb in the Lasagna, Movie Review.

Saturday Morning Cartoons: This Day in Awkward Animation History – The Censored Eleven

The Censored Eleven are a selection of old cartoons that were censored in 1968 due to their racist overtones and their negative depiction of black people. These cartoons form the basis of so many controversial topics ranging from racism to censorship issues to use of parody and the media, that it honestly would take many…

May 20, 2017 in Saturday Morning Cartoons, Short Film.

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