God damn it video game developers, stop making game demos that are multiplayer only.
Let me preface the following rant by saying that I have nothing against games which are multi-player only, games which are multiplayer-centric or even games that just tack on a weak single player mode so they can say they had one. What [...]
So, while the others here at the site were acting like grownups and watching Inception, my friend Jake and I decided to fight maturity for an afternoon and watch Despicable Me. This debut film from Illumination Entertainment has an excellent concept going for it: a comic-book story not only told from the perspective of a supervillain, but one in [...]
Hold on to your hats, this post is going to be a bit more philosophical than most of my posts. Just bear with me.
I’m not great at anything. That’s not me trying to be humble or some kind of self-deprecating humor. That’s just a fact, I’m not great at anything. There are definitely some things [...]
Mill Creek is the anti-Criterion. Founded in 2002, this company specializes in amassing largely forgotten public domain movies and random television shows into DVD box sets sold at bargain basement prices. You can find these collections packed into the checkout aisles and the bargain bins of just about any chain store that carries movies. The [...]
Chew 2: International Flavor is a great follow up to the first installment of the series by Rod Guillory and John Layman. There is always some apprehension when dealing with a bold idea like Chew. Especially one includes poultry bans, vampires and food based superpowers.
Tony gets a “new” partner and sets off on the trail [...]
Do video game movies objectively suck? Certainly I can cough up a half dozen examples for you, but I prefer a little objectivity. Video games, after all, are just another form of adaptation. We’ve been adapting books into movies for about a hundred years now. We’ve been making movies out of [...]
I was kind of taking it easy for a while today before some people pop by later. I saw ‘Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs’ on NetFlix instant view. I had heard some positive things about it and thought I would give it a go in the background while I ate some lunch. All I [...]
