Archive for the ‘Pop culture’ Category
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006
Here’s Part 2 (click here for Part 1) of the movie reviews that I hadn’t had a chance to get to over the last couple of years. Let me know what you think of these films:
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The Family Stone: A co-worker told me this was one of the worst movies she’d ever seen. [...]
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Monday, July 17th, 2006
Over the last couple of years, I’ve seen a bunch of films that I never got around to reviewing, despite good intentions. So, over the next few days, I’m going to throw all of these movies in two or three reviews. Enjoy, and I would really like to hear your own thoughts about any [...]
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Sunday, July 16th, 2006
Just because:
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Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
Now this is a trailer that interests me.
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Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
Heh.
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Monday, July 10th, 2006
James Young points out the new Bruce Hornsby retrospective that will be hitting stores soon. I share James’ eager anticipation; I own every one of his CDs, and I can only say that about one other act (though I’m working on Sinatra’s discography, which is a losing battle).
Hornsby is fantastic, and he’s even better [...]
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Wednesday, July 5th, 2006
Comic relief for a Wednesday afternoon.
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Saturday, July 1st, 2006
After getting back from the airport last night, I was finally able to see “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.”
Wow.
Four and a half stars out of five.
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Thursday, June 29th, 2006
Ken has his “Superman” review here, and it’s spot-on. Maybe I didn’t go as far as he in criticizing the film, but I agree with every single word he wrote.
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Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
Saw “Superman Returns” on Tuesday night.
I’m going to revisit this review after I’ve had time to think about it, but my first reaction is disappointment. Director Bryan Singer laid an egg on this one. It was slow, and far too long (I can handle a movie being long if the director [...]
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Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
I can’t wait to see this documentary. I’ll probably have to wait until it is released on DVD (we don’t get out to the theater very often, and it’s unlikely that this movie will be shown anywhere near Wise), but I can’t wait.
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Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
Last night, we took both of the kids to the theater to see “Cars,” the new animated feature from Pixar. They’ve got another hit on their hands, and we had a nice family evening.
“Cars” isn’t anywhere near as good as some previous Pixar features, like Toy Story and The Incredibles…but it’s good. The [...]
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Monday, June 12th, 2006
My wife and I, on a rare weekend away from the kids (and the last one we’ll get in a while), were able to see “A Prairie Home Companion” this weekend (in the absence of any movies that we really wanted to see). I was very pleasantly surprised. I didn’t enjoy it as [...]
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Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
My wife made me watch a chick flick last night: “Rumor Has It.” Rumor has it that this movie reeks. I didn’t even enjoy the fact that Jennifer Aniston was in it.
Is there a worse actor on earth than Mark Ruffalo? I mean, other than Scarlett Johansson?
Two stars out of five.
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Saturday, June 3rd, 2006
The missus and I went to see a movie yesterday, one of the few times we’ve been able to drop the kids with the grandparents and actually go to the theater. My wife is stuck at home with the kids all day long (and what a wonderful mother she is), so we went to [...]
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Thursday, June 1st, 2006
One of my favorite musical artists, Toby Keith, has been in Iraq recently. Here’s a great first-hand account of his concert in a dusty little corner of Iraq, from one of the soldiers who was there. It’s a good read.
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Thursday, June 1st, 2006
From the AP:
A veteran who lost both arms in the war in Iraq is suing filmmaker Michael Moore for $85 million, alleging that Moore used snippets of a television interview without his permission to falsely portray him as anti-war in “Fahrenheit 9/11.”…
In his lawsuit, Damon says he “agrees with and supports the President and the [...]
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Thursday, June 1st, 2006
From the AP:
A veteran who lost both arms in the war in Iraq is suing filmmaker Michael Moore for $85 million, alleging that Moore used snippets of a television interview without his permission to falsely portray him as anti-war in "Fahrenheit 9/11."...
In his lawsuit, Damon says he "agrees with and supports the President and the [...]
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Monday, May 29th, 2006
Ten things your iPod won't tell you.
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Sunday, May 28th, 2006
The top fifty conservative rock songs.
I guess. I'm not sure I can take any list seriously when it includes Sammy Hagar.
You remember Hagar: he's the blonde chick that ruined Van Halen.
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