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The End, Thank God, of an Era

Monday, July 30th, 2007

BOOK REVIEW: ‘HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS’ by J.K. Rowling 759 pages Published by Scholastic, Inc. This is going to be tough. You already know about Harry potter, so I can’t waste a portion of these 500 words on telling you who he is and where he’s from. And since The Deathly Hallows is […]

Can I Change My Order, Please?

Friday, July 27th, 2007

FILM REVIEW: ‘HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX’ Written by Michael Goldenberg, based on the novel by J.K. Rowling Directed by David Yates Rated PG-13 138 mins. I’ve been putting off this review because I just don’t know what to say. And I’m pretty sure no matter what I say, it’s not going […]

Suffer, Little Children

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

FILM REVIEW: ‘JESUS CAMP’ Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady Rated PG-13 84 mins. It’s tough to mention documentaries in general without mentioning Michael Moore. Fine. There’s two types of documentaries—those that just “document” something and let you take away your own opinion, and those with a heavy editorial slant. Moore makes the latter. […]

The “Oh No” in Orgasm

Friday, July 20th, 2007

FILM REVIEW: ‘THE OH IN OHIO’ Written by Adam Wierzbianski. Directed by Billy Kent Rated R 88 mins. Someone should go take all of these female orgasm movies and divide them into two groups, the pro-Freud and the anti-Freud. And then divide those into two groups each: the good and the insulting (because bad movies […]

Green Politics Doesn’t Mean You Have to Recycle Jokes Too

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

FILM REVIEW: ‘MAN OF THE YEAR’ Written and directed by Barry Levinson Rated PG-13 115 mins. I don’t find Robin Williams funny. I wanted to tell you that up front, so you can decide if I am being biased. He’s been doing the same schtick since ‘Mork & Mindy,’ that “wow ain’t he clever coming […]

Nights in White Cotton

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

FILM REVIEW: ‘BLACK SNAKE MOAN’ Written and directed by Craig Brewer Rated R 116 mins. Watching Christina Ricci crawl around on the ground in her underwear for half a movie is not a bad way to spend a Tuesday night. But after a while, a question nags: how do her panties keep from getting dirty? […]

Wakka, Wakka, Verily, Woop-Woop

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

VIDEO GAME REVIEW: ‘PAC-MAN C. E.’ Developed by Namco Bandai Games Inc. Distributed by Namco Bandai Games Inc. Platforms: Xbox 360, (Xbox Live Arcade) Genre: Table-Top Platform Notwithstanding Mr. Tycho over at Penny Arcade, I’m going to write a review of Pacman. (Penny Arcade! – My Latest Assault). He may, indeed, murder me twice. One […]

This Ain’t Yo Daddy’s RPG

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

VIDEO GAME REVIEW: ‘SHADOWRUN’ Developed by FASA Studio Distributed by Microsoft Game Studios Platforms: Xbox 360, PC (Vista only) Genre: First Person Shooter I wanted to play Shadowrun when it first came out, but so did everyone else. And they were more enthusiastic than me, beat me to the punch, and then started saying bad […]

Once More, With Feeling

Monday, July 16th, 2007

FILM REVIEW: ‘OCEAN’S 13’ Written by Brian Koppelman and David Levien Directed by Steven Soderberghr Rated PG-13 122 mins. Watching Ocean’s 13 and following along requires having seen the prequels, which is too bad, because it would have been a better film if didn’t require such foreknowledge. In Ocean’s 11, the audience was as much […]

Superman Light in a Mulder Jr. World

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

TV REVIEW: ‘KYLE XY’ Created by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber ABC Family Network Season 1: 10 episodes Finally finished season one of “Kyle XY,” so I’m going to crib from my pre-review from before and write the full-on review. That I’m including such explanation is telling, in as much as between those first […]

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