What I’m grooving on lately
Where have I been? I’m not really sure either but I’ve been busy. Between work, preparing things for my (hopefully soon) move to LA, some sickness and just not feeling like writing, I haven’t had much time for the blog. So, in what I hope is the beginning to a new string of fresh posts, I … Read more
Pieces of the Great Comic Book Movie assemble in The Avengers
Hollywood has been trying to make films and franchises based on comic book characters and stories for decades now with varying degrees of success. The best (The Dark Knight, Spider-Man 2) were creative benchmarks for the genre based on the ways they treated the characters and stories. However, while still being good movies, they never really … Read more
Why “Game of Thrones” is the epitome of Groovy
For the uninitiated, HBO’s “Game of Thrones” is an ongoing show based on George R.R. Martin’s fantasy series entitled A Song of Ice and Fire. This isn’t a review, really… a regular review wouldn’t get me anywhere with drawing people to this series. So here’s why you need to pay attention: 1. The most important reason: … Read more
Movie Minute: Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers (1997) – Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Starring: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Neil Patrick Harris Why I love and why you should go out of your way to see this movie: 1. Societal and political commentary with ample sci-fi/horror 2. Action, blood, gore, viscera and plenty of it 3. Co-ed showers … Read more
Where sanity stops and lunacy begins
We all operate on a certain plane of sanity. Most people are in a relatively level spectrum of what it means to be calm, collected and only slightly paranoid and crazy. Like all statistics, however, there are outliers. These outliers range from being a static brick of an emotional vaccuum, to absolutely bugnuts, “I’m gonna … Read more
What does it actually take to drive a girl away?
Now before your mind may start racing with exciting options to answer that question, let me specify: I do not mean purposefully. I’m sure this question is quite simple when thinking of the ways in which you’re TRYING to get rid of a chick. So to answer this question, we’re running on a certain set … Read more
