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- (Be)Rate a Movie, Vol. 1
Every now and then I see a movie that I hate more than I probably should. When I first saw the previews for Disturbia, I was angered that someone had the audacity to basically remake Rear Window with a bunch of unknowns without giving the original movie any credit. (At the time I didn’t know [...]
- Not Just A Pretty Face
Don’t judge a book by its cover. It’s a common maxim, passed down from generation to generation. And like any good rule, it deserves to be broken from time to time. For instance, I would never read this book. Whereas I would read this book in a heartbeat despite the large chance [...]
- Category Five: 5 Actresses Who I Can’t Believe Haven’t Been Nominated For An Oscar
Awhile back I wrote about five actors who I couldn’t believe had never been nominated for an Oscar. Now it’s the ladies’ turn.
It was much harder to compose this list. That can be blamed on the lack of good roles for women. Because of their scarcity, when a great role does come along and it’s [...]
- Meeting Pam Beesly
Wednesday morning while at work, I got a call from my roommate. She said, “Guess who’s on campus.”
Now, the previous evening, she had been talking about the start of fall football camp, so I figured she was talking about some player, or maybe a past Trojan visiting. Heck, maybe even an NFLer.
I was definitely [...]
- Paris For President
The responses I’ve heard to this video have ranged from declaring that this is actually McCain’s energy plan to wondering what effect it will have on twenty-somethings that Paris called him “a wrinkly old white guy.” But everyone is missing the biggest story to come out of this: Paris Hilton can act.
- Just Add Money: Stupid 911 Calls
Two days in a row, there have been news stories about stupid people calling 911 for idiotic reasons.
One man became belligerent at a Subway when they didn’t put the spicy sauce on his Italian sub. They locked him out of the store when he went outside to call the police, via 911. Why this malady [...]
- Ode to an Ad: "Little Children" Trailer
After rewatching this trailer, I was surprised to find that it did in fact contain some, though very little, dialogue. In my memory, the only sound was the train. This means that the train motif, combined with the other visuals, was powerful enough to make a lasting impression. The dialogue certainly doesn’t detract from it [...]
- Impressive Impressions
The other night I caught an episode of My Name Is Earl that I hadn’t seen before. Burt Reynolds guest starred as the mean owner of the strip club. His character had just died, and everyone had gathered for the funeral when a limo arrived. When the person got out, at first [...]
