At the Atlantic, Siddhartha Mahanta writes about he subtle humanity of Tarantino’s body of work, especially Reservoir Dogs: Rather than just becoming a splatter artist forever worshipping at the altar of camp, Tarantino has long wanted us to know whether his cartoonish killers and tragic heroines prefer crunchy or creamy, how the bad guys wile away the… Read More Why I Can’t Quit Quentin Tarantino
Acculturated shares my careful optimism: Fans of the franchise are certainly skeptical about these new movies after being forced to suffer through Lucas’s bitter meanderings through the universe he inspired. But should they be? While Lucas will remain as a creative consultant, Disney has already shown the ability to produce action packed crowd pleasers for… Read More There is Good in George Lucas…I Can Feel it…
The mind staggers. Kathleen Kennedy, current Co-Chairman of Lucasfilm, will become President of Lucasfilm, reporting to Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn. Additionally she will serve as the brand manager for Star Wars, working directly with Disney’s global lines of business to build, further integrate, and maximize the value of this global franchise. Ms. Kennedy… Read More Star Wars Fans Now Able to Stop Hating George Lucas and Get Back to Hating Disney
Last year, with Irene glowering down on us and a baby on the way, I went into a kind of proto-daddy super-protective fury: buying up pallets of bottled water, jerky, batteries, etc. Now, I’ve got Sandy about to give a big kiss to a blizzard/Nor’Easter. Gah. I don’t want to freak, but when the local… Read More Hurricane Sandy is About to Ruin My Weekend. Even if Nothing Happens
Alcohol? That’s a paddlin’. And by paddlin’ we mean 40 lashes with an electrical cable. I know a few Muslims here and there, and I once heard one tell me that the Koran only prescribes “becoming drunk” not the actual imbibing of spirits. But I suppose that’s another area open to interpretation. Which may be… Read More Sharia Law in Australia
Oh. Yeah, well. O’Keefe! Out of Context! Entrapment! Trolling!
I’ve been saying this for years. It makes more sense than the CIA, because, despite what anyone would have us believe, JFK was not about to stand down in Vietnam. He may not have done everything the way LBJ did it, but there’s nothing to suggest that JFK was going to withdraw the nearly 16,000… Read More Did the KGB Kill JFK?
This might could change the Superman Universe. No, I’m not kidding. A few months ago, in a post devoted to the lameness of Gaying Out Green Lantern, I said this about Superman: Superman is God in a fancy outfit. Superman can fly, shoot heat from his eyes, blow cold from his mouth, survive a nuclear… Read More Superman to Become a Blogger, and Thereby More Interesting.
A blogger and essayist named Melissa Camara Wilkins, who writes about her life, family, amusing her children, lack of super-caffeinated tea, etc., has a veritable slew of self-published books on Amazon. Several of them are short essays, one of them is an essay collection. One of them is a collection of posts from her blog.… Read More Are Blog Books a Thing?
I ranted a few weeks ago as to how tired I was with Cable TV. However, Bill Inertia is a powerful force, especially When you don’t know if you’re paying forward or back, so I didn’t get around to actually calling Verizon until yesterday. Being one of those poor fools who got bundled, I wanted… Read More Verizon FiOS Doesn’t Hate My Business. They’re Just Not That Into It.
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