Monthly Archives: September 2011
Fire and Ice
Mortal Kombat is officially hopping on the ‘reboot’ bandwagon as New Line Cinema has greenlit a film series based on the lovable video game franchise. Kevin Tancharoen has been hired to direct the series, after having directed the viral video … Continue reading
Statistical Innovation
With Moneyball making a pretty decent box office run let’s take a look at this charming and inspirational film based off of the story of Billy Beane and the invention of ‘sabermetrics‘. Billy Beane challenges conventional baseball recruiting practices, and … Continue reading
Eternal Conflict
With Tarsem Singh’s Immortals getting a new TV spot trailer, and a release date thats creeping up, let’s take a look at this visceral and artistic depiction of a classic Greek conflict. The film highlights a clash between the brave and … Continue reading
Savage Nobility
Wolverine’s second solo film is finally picking up steam despite the first one being god awful. A new scribe has been brought aboard to re-write the original screenplay that was written by Oscar Winner Christopher Mcquarrie (The Usual Suspects). An … Continue reading
Delusions of Grandeur
DC Comics is relaunching it’s entire stockpile of 52 comic book titles this month in a historic publishing event aimed at enticing new readers with revamped ‘more modern’ and ‘more accessible’ material. This reboot mentality goes hand-in-hand with Warner Bros. … Continue reading
Tactical Redemption
With the Dark Knight Rises now filming in the City of Angels, naturally some delicious and nutritious incendiary spy footage has leaked. Returning to the movie nerd roots that spawned this blog, let’s take a look at the Caped Crusader … Continue reading
Stupidity Abroad
With MTV perpetually shaming our nation every week by airing episodes of Jersey Shore Season 4 filmed in Florence, Italy perhaps it’s time to look at what makes these morons so delightfully entertaining. Indeed the premise of the show is … Continue reading
Well-Rounded Idiocy
Utterly hilarious dry-humor sitcom It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia has begun its Seventh Season of idiocy and debauchery. The show follows ‘The Gangs’ moronic exploits and experiences running a highly unsuccessful and trashy bar in southern Philadelphia. The show is … Continue reading
Cutthroat Diversity
Peter Dinklage won his first Emmy award Sunday for his portrayal of Tyrion Lannister on HBO’s ground-breaking medieval fantasy series Game of Thrones. Game of Thrones is based off of a series of popular fantasy novels entitled “A Song of … Continue reading
Strategic Arrogance
Jim Parsons won an Emmy award Sunday for his critically acclaimed portrayal of excessively intellectual physicist and rampant nerd Sheldon Lee Cooper, marking two Emmy’s and a Golden Globe that Parsons has now been awarded for the role. Prizing logic … Continue reading
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