The thrilling conclusion to last week’s discussion, in which we reminisce about past Games run by Team Snout and how we selected and implemented each theme. Please try to contain your excitement. [ Download mp3 – 36 MB ] 00:00…
Category: movies
Comic Book Report: X-Men: Magneto Testament
This coming Sunday is the start of the Days of Remembrance, so it’s fitting that I just read the excellent X-Men: Magneto Testament. I came to this book by another route–that of researching writer and filmmaker Greg Pak’s oeuvre, the…
Movie Review: Year One
A colloidal suspension of one-note jokes in a mythogenic solution, but not a complete waste of time. Starts out pretending to be Prehistoric Animal House and ends up wanting to be Life of Brian Lite, but never really earns either…
Comic Book Report: Planet Hulk
I’ll be honest: I was never really into Marvel comics. I don’t have anything against them; they just never spoke to me in the same way the mythic characters of the DC universe did. So it doesn’t bother me as…
Barry Manilow Called…
…he wants his royalties. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfT5U_rwkgA That was The Richter Scales performing at this year’s “Crunchies” awards show, in what seems to have become an annual tradition. But as amusing as that song was, I couldn’t stop thinking of this one:…
Book Report: Tomorrow, When the War Began
I haven’t actually made any New Year’s Resolutions for 2010, but I did get it into my head to blog about the books I read. (Short capsules, like DeeAnn was doing, but one at a time, like Larry does.) So…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Harold & Kumar Get Left 4 Dead Once Upon A Time In Mexico”
Rights holders: Please don’t sue me. Here–I’ll even link to all your products! Fair use! Fair use! Read “Harold & Kumar Get Left 4 Dead Once Upon A Time In Mexico” at 512 Words or Fewer
All the Joe You Need
G.I. Joe, that is. Why spend money on a crappy movie when you can see the music video for free? Especially when the music video has, arguably, bigger stars* and better writing than the feature film? The Ballad of G.I….
Fifteen Sticky Movies
(Dear Facebook friends: I appreciate the thought when you “tag” me in your “notes,” but instead of wrestling with Facebook’s user-hostile interface and hiding my content inside their walled garden, I choose to post my omphaloskepsistic lists on the public…