The Girl Who Played With Fire – Review
The Girl Who Played With Fire is the second installment in author Stieg Larsson’s
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March 8, 2010
Site News
March 4, 2010
Some quick updates
Just a quick notice about some changes going on around here. The biggest is that unless people come and really say they are enjoying and want me to keep doing them, The Real World D. C. recaps are being stopped for now. I know it’s always annoying when a site stops a feature you like but they don’t get a ton of traffic and there’s no real revenue brought in from them and they take forever to do. Seriously the average Real World recap takes me about 3 hours, and I’d much rather be using that to write about several things instead of one recap. If you happen to be a fan of the recaps though let me know and I’ll continue them. I’m all about you guys.
Second I’m currently working on a complete site re-design that won’t launch for a very long time still, but it’s being worked on. So you might see posts titled or tagged differently, that’s why, it’s so they’ll look better when the redesign is ready.
Finally we have a great new advertiser. This one is for all the musicians out there. It’s Tunecore. They allow you to sell your music through all the big sites like Amazon and iTunes. We even have a special discount if you use the link below:
Film
March 2, 2010
Percy Jackson And The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief is a new film from director Chris Columbus (first 2 Harry Potter movies, RENT, Adventures In Babysitting) and writer Craig Titley (Cheaper by the Dozen) based on the book
The film is about a teenager who discovers he is the son of the Greek god Poseidon and that he himself is half-god. His entire life is changed by this discovery, also Zeus’ lightning bolt has been stolen and Zeus thinks Percy is to blame. If the bolt is not recovered in a few days the gods will all go to war and it will change everyone’s life as they know it. He’s brought to a camp for demi-gods and sets out to find his mother, who has been taken by Hades, and clear his name. He’s joined by his protector (Brandon T. Jackson) and Athena’s daughter Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario). Along the way to the underworld they run into some other Greek figures like Medusa.
Film
March 1, 2010
2010 Oscar Picks
It’s that time of the year. On March 7th the 82nd Academy Awards will happen. I have to say I’m not a big awards show person. They’re boring, and to be honest I really could care less. Although when something I like wins (very rare) I do find it to be satisfying.
The following are my Oscar picks for this years awards, some followed by commentary. My first pick will be in bold, my second will be italic (if I have one). I base this totally on personal preference. I’m not doing any analysis of what I think will win based on historical records, etc. I’m picking what movies I think are deserving of some praise. I’m also skipping some categories where I either haven’t seen any nominees, feel like I’ve seen too few to have a say, or just don’t care. Here we go.
Film
February 23, 2010
The Messenger – Movie Review
The Messenger is about a soldier (Ben Foster) who was badly wounded in Iraq and with 3 months of service left is assigned to the Casualty Notification Office. It becomes his job, along with his mentor/partner (Woody Harrelson) to inform soldiers next of kin as soon as possible after they are killed. It’s directed by Oren Moverman and written by Moverman and Alessandro Camon. Both are troubled men and while Harrelson’s character deals with alcoholism, Foster’s deals with the loss of his girlfriend (Jena Malone) and his feelings for a wife they notified about her husband’s death (Samantha Morton).
So first off most people searching for this movie are just looking for naked pictures of Jena Malone. I do not blame you. Besides being a terrific actress, she’s also very attractive. So click the censored image to get a bigger uncensored version.
TV
The Real World D. C. – Episode 8 Recap
Another week another episode of The Real World. This week we finally get to see some of Josh’s music skills and meet Mike’s family. Also Erika remains whiney. Let’s get started.
This episode starts with Mike meeting his local Congressman from Colorado, Jared Polis. It turns out he is the first openly gay elected congressman. Mike says he never considered politics as a career before but is getting more interested in it. Mike confesses his mom told him he should hide “parts of himself” while on the show (read: don’t say your gay) to protect his future. But now he has a role model. Also he takes a picture of a picture for some reason:
TV
February 22, 2010
Friday Night Lights Season 4 Episode 13 – Thanksgiving Recap
Alright everyone it’s here. The Friday Night Lights season 4 finale. This season certainly started off rough but it had a lot of greatness packed into it and it really went out on a high note. Between last week’s episode and this episode, it’s just some of the best TV around right now. I cannot wait for the 5th and final season. Let’s get started.
This episode starts off at a press conference being held basically to promote unity through the town for the big Panthers and Lions faceoff. It’s being called “The Big Cat Clash”.
There’s even a trophy. Anyway the coaches and captains are supposed to act like they get along so they do. Meanwhile the Riggins brothers are far from being comic relief this week.
They meet with a lawyer who tells them that if they plead guilty he can get other charges like tax evasion dropped and they could wind up with 1-5 years. This is pretty bad timing since Billy just had a child.
TV
February 21, 2010
The Deep End
The Deep End is an ensemble drama on ABC set in the world of a high class LA law firm. It mostly focuses on a group of first year lawyers newly arrived at the firm and thrown into the deep end. It has an ensemble cast featuring some great actors you’ve probably seen before like Norbert Leo Butz (best known to me for his part as Roger in the Broadway production of RENT), Tina Majorino (Veronica Mars, Big Love), Billy Zane (Titanic), Leah Pipes (Sorority Row) and a whole bunch more recognizable faces. It’s sort of ABC’s attempt at a Grey’s Anatomy set in the legal world or a Ally McBeal type show. You’d think maybe ABC would hold off on a show like this after they had a tremendous legal show, Eli Stone, and cancelled it.
Film
February 20, 2010
Sorority Row – Movie Review
Sorority Row is a horror/slasher film that was released last year. It’s plot is pretty simple. A bunch of sorority girls are throwing a party and decide to get back at a guy who cheated on one of them by playing a prank. So one girl gives the guy (who is incidentally another of the girls’ brother) fake roofies to give to the girl (played by Audrina Partridge of fake reality show fame). The girls all gather and watch on a webcam from the next room while he tries to have sex with her unconscious body (doesn’t this sound wonderfully funny? Apparently it is as the girls crack jokes the whole time), then she pretends to have a seizure or something and die. They drive him and her out to an abandoned mine (you know cause there’s just abandoned mines all over the place) and pretend like they’re going to dump her body there. When the girls split up for a second, the guy who is freaking out actually takes a tire iron and shoves it through her chest, actually killing her. Then they have to actually dump her body in the mine. This is all only slightly more complex then I’m making it sound.
Film
The Hurt Locker – Movie Review
This movie has received a ton of press and awards already so you probably know the plot but if you don’t here’s a simple summary: The Hurt Locker is about a military bomb squad unit in Iraq. The squad gets a new leader who’s a rogue type. The film follows the squad’s day to day operations during their deployment.
