“People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.” The Scoop: 2006 R, directed by James McTiegue and starring Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman and John Hurt Tagline: Remember, remember, the fifth of November Summary Capsule: Masked madman declares war on Britain’s corrupt government. Season with knife throwing and bald [...]
Archive for September 2010
V For Vendetta [Retro Review] 2 comments
Culty Internet Goodness: My Favorite Video Series 7 comments
As much as I love movies and TV, I don’t spend near the amount of time watching as I do playing around on the internet — I mean doing important work-related things on the internet. Admittedly most of the stuff out there is a wasteland of wanna-be comedians, modern-day muckrakers, and attention-starved posers with delusions [...]
Justin does Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 5 comments
“Did you know I can create a force field inside someone’s body and expand it until they explode?” The Scoop: 2007 PG, directed by Tim Story and starring Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis Tagline: Rise Summary Capsule: Deflate
Justin does Push 1 comment
“Listen to me Nick. Someday a girl is going to give you a flower. You have to help her Nick. Help her, help us all.” The Scoop: 2009 PG-13, directed by Paul McGuigan and starring Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans and Djimon Hounsou Tagline: One push can change everything. Summary Capsule: Think X-Men. Now think of [...]
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters [retro review] Leave a comment
“I wanted to be a hero. I wanted to be the center of attention. I wanted the glory. I wanted the fame. I wanted the pretty girls to come at me and say, ‘Hi. I see that you’re good at Centipede.’” The Scoop: 2007 PG-13. Directed by Seth Gordon and starring Steve Wiebe, Billy Mitchell, [...]
Movie Trivia of the Day: Trajan Leave a comment
Learn more about “The Movie Font” (aka Trajan) by watching this short, informative video at YouTube:
Justin does Gamer 1 comment
“Pistachio butter. They make that?” The Scoop: 2009 R, directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, and starring Gerard Butler, Amber Valletta and Michael C. Hall Tagline: In the near future, you don’t live to play… you’ll play to live. Summary Capsule: Man locked inside a living video game yearns for FREEDOMMMMMMM!
Wonderfalls [retro feature] 1 comment
“I don’t have a choice. I’m a puppet. The universe just sticks its hand up my butt, and if I don’t dance, people get hurt.” Perhaps no quote better described Wonderfalls, a critically acclaimed series that debuted on Fox in 2004 and, like so many promising shows before and since, was consigned to an early [...]
Alien³ [retro review] 7 comments
“I forgot. You’re the one who made the deal with God to live forever.“ The Scoop: 1992 Rated R, directed by David Fincher and starring Sigourney Weaver, Charles Dutton, Charles Dance and Paul Mcgann. Tagline: The Bitch is Back. Summary Capsule: Ripley battles the big nasty on a prison rock.
Aliens [retro review] 25 comments
“Game over, man! Game OVER!” The Scoop: 1986 Rated R, directed by James and starring Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, and Michael Biehn. Tagline: This time, it’s war. Summary Capsule: The bad black nasties go toe to toe with Ripley and a platoon of colonial marines.



