Entries Tagged as ‘Films’

June 19, 2008

The Catholic Church Finally Helps Art

The Vatican has banned the makers of the movie, “Angels & Demons,” from filming on its grounds. The Church constituted the ban because the film, and the book it is based on, is “an offence against God.” The book is written by Dan Brown, author of “The Da Vinci Code,” and the Pope [...]

May 1, 2008

Spoiler Warning: ‘Iron Man’ is Complete Shit

Having a short term memory of most other super hero movies and being a fan of the Iron Man comic when I was a kid, I saw the movie on opening night. That was a mistake, not just seeing it on opening night, seeing the movie at all was a mistake.
I do [...]

April 9, 2007

Score One for Gianormous Entertainment Corporations

File sharing has been a much debated topic since its inception and it teeters on the fence between legal and illegal. Record and film companies report losing millions of dollars to the technology, while “downloaders” use the excuse that they are sampling the music and movies or the more believable excuse that they only [...]

December 14, 2006

Puttin’ on the Ritz

Peter Boyle died yesterday.
Everyone needs to watch “Young Frankenstein” sometime in the next week.
And “The Candidate”. That means that I will need my copy back, Kurt.

December 5, 2006

Flags of Our Fathers Review

It’s February 19, 1945, your regiment’s mission is to take the 550 foot tall Mount Suribachi on the lonely Pacific island of Iwo Jima. The black sand and barren landscape add to the loneliness of the tiny island. Your superiors are not exactly sure where the enemy is, all you know is that [...]