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Originally published at Cinemaknifefight.com. One of the earliest revelations you’ll have while watching the first 10 to 15 minutes of THE LOSERS (PG-13) is that the movie’s title refers to the audience and not anyone in the film. Directed by Sylvain White, this hollow action-adventure movie adapts the Vertigo Comics series written by Andy Diggle [...]
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As I stood there in line, I had no idea that within the next couple of minutes, three ten(ish) year-old boys would want me to die a horrible death. “Why is KICK-ASS rated ‘R’?” the father asked the ticket counter cashier at the movie theater. He seemed more than a bit surprised. “Dad, just buy [...]
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Because I’m using the Scrippets screenplay plugin for WordPress, this post probably looks like crap on Facebook and LiveJournal. Just go here to see it formatted correctly. So, I got a phone call from a girlfriend of mine that shall remain nameless (but said it was okay for me to post this). We’ll call her [...]
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My movie review of THE LOSERS just went live at Cinemaknifefight.com. You can view it here. It’s unkind …
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I’ve known both L.L. Soares and Michael Arruda for about ten years now and through several iterations of their uniquely formatted film review column, Cinema Knife Fight. I was flattered when they asked to have me on as an occasional contributor. My niche area will be thrillers and films that don’t fit squarely in the [...]
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On April 17, I was lucky enough to make my way up to the Armbsy Abbey pub in Worcester, MA, for their StoutFest event. For those who don’t know, Armsby Abbey is a wonderful restaurant catering to lovers of fine beer. Normally, they feature a wide variety of artisan brews, many hard to find outside [...]
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In 2009, a 1976 video of Eduard Khil singing “I Am Glad To Finally Be Home” appeared on YouTube. This quirky and somewhat surreal video quickly became a viral Internet meme known as “Trololololololololololo”. The video’s popularity was helped along by a March 3 appearance on “The Colbert Report”. Okay. So that’s pretty entertaining all [...]
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I was shooting for ten sites when I wrote this last night, but overshot the goal due to consumption of fermented products… Anywho, if you know me at all then you know that I have a certain fondness for beer, particularly of the stout and porter varieties. To keep up on quality and craft beer [...]
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Authors (and friends) John Langan and Paul Tremblay sold an anthology, “Creature! Thirty Years of Monsters,” to Sean Wallace at Prime Books. Stephen Barbara at the Foundry Literary + Media made the sale. From their new Creature! WordPress.com blog dedicated to the anthology: Creatures! Thirty Years of Monster is to be an anthology of short [...]
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The only thing bleaker than the future shown in “Repo Men” is the sense that a potentially interesting premise got hijacked by a lackluster screenplay, shrug-inspiring acting performances, and nonsensical uses of gore and bloodshed. Directed by Miguel Sapochnik, “Repo Men” portrays a near future where Remy (Jude Law) and his partner, Jake (Forest Whitaker), [...]
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