Today, Pixar’s newest superfilm, Up, hits screens across the USA. Up is being described as “deeply emotional and affecting,” “exhilarating,” and a “high-flying adventure.” Of course it’s also rating extremely high with reviewers, because let’s be serious Pixar is the most consistently fantastic movie house in the world. Sure they only churn out one per [...]
So I’m a fan of NPR, one of the things I really like is a show called “All Songs Considered.” Basically I want the host’s job of picking sweet new tunes for people to hear. I already do this, but I don’t get paid for it. Regardless of my plotting Bob Boilen’s demise, they raised [...]
I’ve never been a DIEHARD fan of Scrubs, but I’ve always enjoyed it and have thought at a few points in its 8 year run, that it has at times been the sharpest comedy on tv. And then I saw the series finale a couple weeks ago and it reminded me exactly why I thought [...]
Pardon the title if it offends you, but it’s super appropriate for the week I’m having currently. I’ve been rocking all sorts of JJ Abrams-bred pop culture this week. If you don’t know who JJ Abrams is, he’s the mastermind behind LOST, Fringe, the new Star Trek movie, Cloverfield, Alias, Felicity, Mission: Impossible 3 (which [...]
And here we go, the last month of the summer blockbuster season. What do we have here? Not the power of June/July but still quite a few options to tickle your cinema fancy. August 7GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra- PR fans, it’s what you’ve all been waiting for, your chance to see yours truly [...]
most of my amazing ideas (of which there are many) come in the wee hours of the night. THIS one is no different, and imagine my grand surprise when I saw this video mashing up one of my current favorite (and endangered) tv shows and this song, “Two Weeks” by Grizzly Bear. This song is [...]
Time to celebrate America and France’s independences. Something about that did NOT sound right. But July is here, well in my preview anyways, and the blockbuster hits keep coming. Let’s get right to it: July 1Public Enemies- (Here ya go, RP) This is a BIG one. Michael Mann, Johnny Depp, Christian Bale. What else do [...]
what a great month. brought me and my big sis into the world. well played, may. AND there is lots to get excited for in the pop culture world. MoviesThe Brothers Bloom (May 15)- I’m going off the beaten path here with this one. There are tons of blockbusters set to come out this month, [...]
I’ve recently been asked by a couple of my readers to postulate on two separate but potentially related topics. So I’m going for a mashup, take that Jay-Z and Linkin Park or Oasis and Green Day. We’ll see how this goes. So topic A will be deal breakers, those things that someone you’re entering into [...]
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