Tag: entertainment
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The LOST X-Man: A Brief Comparative Study of Wolverine and Sawyer
As a connoisseur of all things unimportant, I recently contemplated the similarities between The X-Men’s Wolverine and LOST’s Sawyer. Here’s what I came up with: Both men were born with the name James. Both men have a predilection for beer. Both men took the name of his father’s killer as an alias. Both men think…
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Appaloosa – A Movie Review
This western directed by Ed Harris stars both he and Viggo Mortensen. It also costars Renee Zellweger and Jeremy Irons. I remember aching to get to the theater to see Appaloosa when it came out and really regretting I never made it. So when I finally got around to watching it on DVD, I had…
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You Remind Me of Me by Dan Chaon – A Book Review
You Remind Me of Me is a novel that slowly worms its way into the very fabric of your being. Chaon’s characters are so flawed and utterly human that the reader can’t help but accept them as part of everyday reality. Chaon also plays with chronology and perspective to the point that the book almost…
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Hamlet 2 – A Movie Review
I loved the ridiculousness of this movie! Hamlet 2 is about a failed actor who teaches a drama class at a local high school. He only has two students and they produce horrendous play after horrendous play adapted from popular movies. One day, though, his class is invaded by shop and home economics students after…
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Tropic Thunder – A Movie Review
There’s no doubt in my mind that Tom Cruise made this movie. I’m no Cruise apologist, but he was absolutely hilarious and nearly unrecognizable as a fat, balding, foul-mouthed movie executive. With that being said, Tropic Thunder was really very funny. I’m not sure it’s as good as many make it out to be, but…
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Burn After Reading – A Movie Review
I have to be honest, as I watched Burn After Reading, I found it more than a little dull and plodding. While touted as a “dark comedy,” I didn’t find much funny about it at all, and actually suffered more apathy in regards to the film than anything. However, and here’s the sign of good…
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The Wettest County In the World by Matt Bondurant – A Book Review
This book is based upon the true story of Matt Bondurant’s grandfather and his grandfather’s brothers, a band of bootleggers who were a fearsome and almost preternaturally tough group of men during the Prohibition Era. In The Wettest County In the World, Bondurant presents an intriguing story at its core, but I’m afraid I found…
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army – A Movie Review
With the birth of our daughter over the summer, I was a little too busy to go see Hellboy II: The Golden Army in the theatre, and boy, after watching the DVD, I wish we’d gotten a babysitter! While I enjoyed the first Hellboy, I found it a little too mired in the occult and…
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