When I go into a theater expecting a film about punching a wolf in the face with broken liquor bottle knuckles, I expect there to be a certain amount of wolf punching, and lower amounts of philosophical exploration.
Archive for January, 2012
Movie Review: The Grey
Posted in Movie Review, Movies, tagged Alaska, ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME... LIAM FUCKING NEESON!, badass, Film Reviews, Liam Neeson, liquor bottle punching knuckles (a phrase I wish I could tag more often), Movie Reviews, philosophy, plane crash, random mild jab at The Walking Dead, religion, snow, tension, The Grey, wolf punching, Wolverine, wolves on January 31, 2012 | 7 Comments »
Manga Worth Reading
Posted in Comics, Japan, Manga, Rant, tagged Anime, Fuck American Otaku, I hate American Otaku, Japan, Japanophile, Manga, Manga Hipster, Onward Towards Our Noble Death, Shigeru Mizuki, Tezuka Osamu, World War 2, WW2 on January 27, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Do you ever get tired of reading shit like Bleach and One Piece? Tired of reading manga that just goes on and on with no end until it gets so stale and predictable that you curse yourself every time you pick up a new volume? Well good, you are evolving out of your retarded otaku [...]
My Thoughts on the 84th Academy Awards Nominations
Posted in Movies, Rant, tagged 2011, 2012 Academy Awards, 50/50, 84th Academy Awards, Academy Awards, Academy Awards Nominations, Bridesmaids, David Fincher, Drive, films, George Clooney, Harry Potter, Jonah Hill, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, movies, Oscar Bait, Rango, The Artist, The Descendants, The Muppets, The Tree of Life, Tintin, War Horse on January 24, 2012 | 2 Comments »
The Academy Award Nominations have been released: http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/84/nominees.html Here are my thoughts:
Movie Review: Haywire
Posted in Movie Review, Movies, tagged Antonio Banderas, bad acting, boobs, Channing Tatum, Community, Dean Pelton, Drive, Ewan McGregor, Film Reviews, Gina Carano, Haywire, Michael Douglas, Michael Fassbender, Michele Rodriguez, MMA, Movie Reviews, Sasha Grey, Steven Soderbergh, tough girls on January 23, 2012 | 2 Comments »
If you’re a fan of spy movies with multiple foot chase scenes with retro jazzy music playing over them… man, I’ve got a film recommendation for you!
Where I go for my online edutainment
Posted in Internet, tagged documentaries, Documentary Heaven, Edutainment, i'm bored, This American Life, time wasters, travel, Vice Magazine on January 16, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I waste many many hours on the internet. Way too many. I am seriously embarrassed at how long I spend on the internet. I try to make the most of it though. When I’m not reading hundreds of rage comics or something else just as assinine, I try and educate myself about things. Here are [...]
12 and 1/2 Minutes in Movie Trailer Hell
Posted in Movies, tagged Albert Nobbs, Madonna, movie trailers, newspapers, NPR, Paul Blart might be more entertaining than all of these combined actually, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, SO FUCKING DRY, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Iron Lady, W.E. on January 5, 2012 | 7 Comments »
I went to see The Artist tonight (review coming later [quick take: it's fucking awesome]), and I don’t know the last time you went to a small budget, independent European film, but the trailers for it are all “along the same lines”. They are catered to the audience of the movie you are seeing, it’s [...]