Monthly Archives: May 2011
My ode to Weird Al
Because you didn’t demand it! He’s an artist no one ever acknowledges of being brilliant. HERE IN MY EYES IS HIS GREATEST HITS! #10 #9 #8 #7 #6 #5 #4 #3 #2 #1
Movie Review: Beowulf & Grendel
Coming in at number eight is retelling of an ancient legend: 8: BEOWULF AND GRENDEL (2005) Over the years, there have been several versions of Beowulf made. There was that horrendous Christopher Lambert futuristic BEOWULF in 1999 and the CGI-Animated 3D one in 2007. (On a side note, why does every Christopher Lambert future movie [...]
Movie Review: The Norseman (1978)
The movie stars The Six Million Dollar Man’s Lee Majors as the Viking prince Thorvald (wow, another Viking called Thor, how original!) who travels to the New World to free his father who has been captured by Indians. Majors is the only Viking on our list with no beard. He had a very strenuous [...]
Movie Review: The Berzerker
Thor may be hammering its way to the top of the box office. But he is hardly the first Viking warrior to grace the silver screen. Norse mythology is incestuous, twisted, blood-stained and fruitful. Thor is hardly a tip of the iceberg. While Thor is probably more inspired by Norse myth than a true representation. [...]
Retro Review: Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas is alive and well in the re-telling of his epic story about lies, betrayal, love, imprisonment, revenge, and eventually justice. Dumas’ timeless tale has weaved through Hollywood since its awakening in the silent era of feature films. The “Count” was first chronicled in a 1913 film starring James O’Neill as Edmond Dantes. Since [...]
Retro Review: American Wedding
2001’s “American Pie 2” was some what of a disappointment to a lot of die-hard fans of the 1999 original film. There were a lot of awkward moments, useless cameos and returning regulars who had little purpose of being there. Placing that aside the second film did have the classic superglue scene and the Stifler-lesbians [...]
Retro Review: American Pie 2
“American Pie” was the $101 million dollar comedy of two years ago that basically single-handedly rejuvenated the gross-out comedy genre. Pie continued on the tradition set-up by the now classic, “There’s Something About Mary”. Can a sequel to one of the most successful gross-out comedies of all time save the now quickly fading genre? “American [...]
WTF News: The new Looney Tunes Show
Seriously, the Looney Tunes cartoon show is about Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck as roommates (ie: The Odd Couple) and in the first episode they go on a Dating Game-like game show to test their friendship. That’s your premise? Have you ever seen Merry Melodies? Or maybe even an episode of Tiny Toons? C’mon you [...]
Retro Review: American Pie
If you can remember the release of a little crude movie called “Porky’s”? Then you will half grasp where American Pie is going. Porky’s talked about the sexual expectations and exploration of guys in their late teens. The male teens in Porky’s were always dreaming up ways to peep into the girls locker-room, and how [...]
