Sunday night television is a land of wonderment for me. From Breaking Bad to Game of Thrones to Mad Men, it seems there is a wellspring of high-budget, intricately written and directed adult fare to entertain and intellectually challenge. I find myself rewatching episodes of these nuanced pieces of art […]
I am a 32-year-old man who has embraced pop culture long ago passing him by, so don’t judge me when I ask the following: What the hell is twerking? I mean, I get that the general concept is shaking your ass while you bend over like you’re giving an eye-level […]
It was revealed Thursday evening that Ben Affleck would play Batman in the Man of Steel sequel. For those of you expecting a diatribe about how this is the worst nerd news since Donald Glover announced he was leaving Community, you won’t find it here. I savor the tears of […]
The only positive in my life is an AIDS test. That and a solid sense of humor. If the comedy elite finds something funny, I almost always find it funny as well. The exception being the work of Simon Pegg. When it comes to Mr. Pegg, literally the entirety of […]
Kingpin did not make back its budget during its theatrical run. That fact astounds me. Dumb and Dumber, the film the Farrelly brothers directed before Kingpin, made $247 million on a budget of $17 million. There’s Something About Mary, the Farrelly joint following it, grossed $369 mil on $23 million. […]
The original Kick-Ass was a movie that I expected nothing of and was moderately entertained by when I caught it on Netflix a few years after its release. As I recall, the story centered around a teenager trying to become a real-life superhero and allying himself with a preteen broad […]
I’m going to make this short and sweet. One–I think Elysium is going to be good. Not great, but good. Its director, Neill Blomkamp, was the force behind District 9, a very engaging sci-fi film with sociopolitical (smart person word!) overtones. Elysium sounds exactly like D9 except, instead of becoming […]
The logic behind comic book movies is rather insidious. People are drawn to the familiar, especially things that excited them as a kid. It’s why Joe Camel was so effective at sucking in smokers once they turned 18 and the reason your childhood affinity for playing in a ball pit […]
Pacific Rim is going to be a good movie. Maybe even great. But at least good. It’s that simple. Why? Because directors make a film, and Pacific Rim was directed by Guillermo del Toro, whose track record includes Blade II, Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy, all of which pass the “I […]
