Take a journey with me, back to your glory days or your not glory days, HIGH SCHOOL. There was that summer rite of passage into english class, your summer reading list. You hated it then, you’ll love it now. What you say? Summer reading. The collective PR groan can be heard for miles. That’s right [...]
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pop culture institutions: who’s yours?
I was speaking with a friend of mine a few weeks ago and stumbled upon this:Now what that is, is a shot of a t-shirt of many of Bill Murray’s countless classic characters. Sweet alliteration. Then last week I was watching AMC and it was a Bill Murray-a-thon featuring the Ghostbusters movies, Caddyshack, and Stripes. [...]
READ MORE »i bit a bullet and it tasted like twitter
i’m on it now you can get me at guess what: http://twitter.com/popramblings as if you don’t get enough of me.
READ MORE »5 for indy 5: give mutt a chance
Indiana Jones is an American cinema icon. He’s an archetype which other heroes have been based because of his mix of derring-do, moxie, and unflappable cool. The first 3 movies are undeniably some of, if not THE, best adventure movies ever made. Last year a mildly entertaining, shiny addition was made to the canon, but [...]
READ MORE »the hangover vs. old school: life experience in pop culture
I saw the breakout comedy hit of the summer last night, The Hangover, and it was ALMOST everything people said it was, which is saying a lot. There is a ton to love in this flick and I will recommend it to almost anyone. You may know the director from a little comedy called Old [...]
READ MORE »drag me to hell? yes, please, well, the movie anyways.
Today I took in Drag Me To Hell, the long-awaited return to horror for Director Sam Raimi. It’s an original film that he wrote with his brother, Ivan. Let me out myself as a fan of Raimi’s earlier horror productions, specifically the Evil Dead “trilogy.” The movies are scary and funny which makes for a [...]
READ MORE »See Ya in Another Year, Brotha
Special Guest Post from my little sis on the LOST season finale, she is better than me. Deal with it. I have to. HERE THERE BE SPOILERS! Dear Readers, I’m writing today to apologize. The season five finale aired on the same day as my last final and a Shins concert. That, along with the [...]
READ MORE »reunited and it feels so good
Fresh off news that Jimmy Fallon’s proposed Saved by the Bell reunion is gaining some steam and the noted rise in my own excitement over a beloved childhood show’s potential resurrection , comes my list of shows that I’d love to see reunite. Now I know that any of these reunions will almost certainly be [...]
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It’s what I want more of. I know you’re out there. In fact, I’m friends with a lot of you and one of you is trying to “make it.” My question or point really is that there are so few hilarious roles for women out there. It’s something that has come to my mind a [...]
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