Amy and I went to see Hellboy II last Sunday. We didn’t leave happy.
Wow, did it suck. On so many levels.
If you never saw the first movie but like goofy beat-em-ups, you might enjoy this one. Indeed, with the continuity issues, this probably should have been the first movie.
If you liked the first movie or [...]
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Hellboy II: Please Kill Me Now
Posted in Rants, movies, tagged movies, Rants, Hellboy, Hellboy II on July 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Movie Title Mash-Ups
Posted in movies, tagged movies on June 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Some years back when we lived in the same zip code, Steven Marsh and I used to play a mash-up game with movie titles. I don’t think it every had a real name, but it was something to do on the long drive to the yo-yo championships and cons and so forth. The idea was [...]
Ben Stein’s Monkey
Posted in Rants, movies, religion, tagged Ben Stein, Evolution, Intelligent Design, movies, Rants on April 26, 2008 | No Comments »
With the release of “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed”, it’s official: Ben Stein is a dickhead.
I have not seen this movie and have no intention of seeing it. I’ve read a number of reviews and descriptions and so I feel reasonably certain that I have a sufficient understanding of the matter to make [...]
In Defense Of The Donger
Posted in movies, tagged Long Duk Dong, Sixteen Candles, movies, NPR, All Things Considered on March 25, 2008 | No Comments »
NPR’s “All Things Considered” has been doing a series called ‘In Character’, which chooses an iconic character and examines that character’s influence on American culture. The series opened with a discussion of the Lone Ranger and has since covered Captain Ahab, Elmer Gantry, Blanche DuBois, and Walter Mitty, among others. Yesterday, to this distinguished [...]
