Black Swan The King’s Speech The Mechanic 127 Hours Blue Valentine Unknown True Grit Adjustment Bureau (twice) Battle Los Angeles Cedar Rapids Sucker Punch Source Code (twice) Hanna (three times) Your Highness Fast Five Bridesmaids Thor Hangover 2 X-Men: First Class Super 8 Green Lantern Transformers (twice) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (twice) Horrible [...]
09.21.2011
When I first started watching Wilfred and, actually, through much of the first season, I really really enjoyed it. It’s just hysterical, wrong, and hilarious. I’ve never been dumb enough to be a stoner, so that part of the comedy is a little lost on me, but there’s so much more that’s hilarious that I [...]
06.15.2011
Presented by Drew Allen. Better late than never. Album of the Year Kanye West: My Dark and Twisted Fantasy Runner Up: The Roots: How I Got Over This was a super tough call. I think that the emotio-moral dichotomy these two albums thematically represent is very reflective of the same dichotomy that existed in my [...]
03.25.2011
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“Maybe I can help. I’m a veterinarian.” Recently watched Battle: Los Angeles, and I’m a little torn. The movie was great on a lot of levels. Very action-packed and suspenseful. Problem is basically too many cheesy movie cliches. like way too many. From terrible tough guy one-liners to just plain stupid things that would never [...]
01.27.2011
Boondock Saints Avatar (twice) Sherlock Holmes Up in the Air (twice) Edge of Darkness Valentine’s Day Crazy Heart Cop Out Shutter Island Book of Eli Green Zone Hot Tub Time Machine Alice in Wonderland She’s Out of My League Clash of the Titans How to Own a Dragon The Ghost Writer Iron Man 2 Robin [...]
10.19.2010
I was disappointed that he was not. But, besides that, The Hurt Locker was a pretty excellent movie. Best Picture? Ehhhh…. maybe. I guess I could see that. It was really great to see the scenes play out like they did, almost vignettes or journal entries in this unique line of work and life. Grim [...]
05.19.2010
Let’s be honest with ourselves here. Iron Man 2 was doomed from the start. Iron Man rocked our faces when we weren’t even expecting faces to be rocked. So that put the bar immensely high for the sequel. All the way to see Iron Man 2 I kept telling myself it wasn’t going to be [...]
04.25.2010
A lot to cover so let’s get to it. The Ghost Writer.This was very good. Excellent storytelling, compelling story. Reminded me of Hitchcock. How to Train Your Dragon.98% on Rotten Tomatoes, and it didn’t disappoint. Fantastic. Clash of the Titans.Not as legendary as I’d hoped for. But still entertaining and made me wanna work out. [...]
03.09.2010
I wanted to really like this book. I really did.The motive I think behind the writing of the book, was good and well-intentioned.The target audience was women who think they are undate-able and terrible.They need to be encouraged that they can find love, and don’t deserve to be mistreated.I have no problem with a book [...]
03.05.2010
Proper response and use of torque would cut traffic delays in half. It’s not a wedding processional. You accelerate WITH the car in front of you, not waiting for them to get to the fourth pew before going. Also, life might not be a race, but it’s not a slow motion clip, or a covert [...]
03.01.2010
I didn’t know how to best share this, and show it well, so I am here. My band (www.moodhosa.com) was recently mentioned in the Gainesville SCENE magazine, the second time this has occurred. This time, we really got a pretty glowing review… The Link: http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100225/COLUMNISTS/2251002/1027/entertainment?p=2&tc=pg&tc=ar I can’t tell you how much it built me up [...]
12.02.2009
Disclaimer: I don’t disagree with Merton, nor is this an attempt to bash him at all. Merely my thoughts on the essay… He seemed to make two points… First, He likens the university experience to a monastic one, and I would concur. He also talks about how those two experiences are more about self-discovery than [...]