Today, the second Pirates movie, subtitled "Dead Man's Chest", is released. The first one was something of a surprise hit, built largely upon Johnny Depp's tour de force as Jack Sparrow (having a pair of heartthrobs in the form of Keira Knightly and Orlando Bloom didn't hurt matters much either). The sequels were green lighted almost immediately ( Read more... )

This past Sunday, I watched Pee Wee's Big Adventure at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor as part of their Summer Classic Film Series. Though I do admit, going in, I wasn't as excited as I'd been about, say, Jaws or Lawrence of Arabia. But I realized how wonderfully magic the film is, and that it is very much worth seeing on the big screen. Yet ( Read more... )

Today is, apparently, the day of Armageddon. 666 is the number of The Beast (not just any beast, it's The Beast), so obviously everything is (literally) going to go to hell at some point later today (perhaps at 6:06:06?). With all this (potential) chaos and destruction going around, you think we should be more worried ( Read more... )

Over a week ago, I saw X-Men: The Last Stand. I intended to talk about it sooner, but internet problems have prevented me. I was quite impressed by the cosplayers (especially a Xavier who shaved his head and rolled around in a wheelchair). So here's a spoilerific review of X3 ( Read more... )

James Tiberius Kirk is the best Captain ever. There, I've said it. You need reasons ( Read more... )

Last weekend brought with it, in addition to many assorted and interesting adventures, a viewing of the film "Thank You For Smoking". Though initially unsure of it's artistic value ("Starring Aaron Eckhart"? The guy from The Core?), I was quite interested by the time the trailer rolled out, and hype began to surround it. Finally, months of ( Read more... )

So I survived the weekend. I've not had more than an a twenty hours worth of sleep since Wednesday, but I feel okay. The weekend's events were as follows ( Read more... )

It's been well over a week since last I updated. Since I'm currently tapped out of insane theories, haven't read any good surveys lately and don't have much going on, I figure I'll have to come up with something to write about. So, I need a topic. Hm ( Read more... )

I beat Metroid Prime three days ago. Last night, I beat Super Mario Sunshine. I've had both these games for years, and now they're beaten. Of course, there's still Hard Mode for Metroid (which I've made decent progress on) and the other twenty four or so Shines in Mario...but I'll save that for later. In addition, I've taken up Animal Crossing ( Read more... )

By now, the I'd made it out of the stacks an into the reading room. The turkey, whom I'd left for dead under a pile of cheap fantasy paperbacks, had in fact survived, and at this very moment was stalking me. I decided to sit down and continue reading (why should I let a near death turkey attack stop me from finishing a good book? I mean, would ( Read more... )