Friday Funnies

Last weekend the movie channels were replaying an old favorite, Made. This was the pseudo-sequel to Swingers and starred Favreau and Vaughn as bumbling gophers for a small-time crime family. I can't claim that the film was a piece of cinematic genius, but it included lots of great back-and-forth between the two of them, and Vaughn has a few scenes to really shine in. Including this one when he gets to fly first class for the first time.

Game On Column: Week of July 13

My recent column reviewing Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy and Gravity Rush. Thanks to the Evansville Courier & Press and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune for publishing.

   

 

My Hiatus Apologies

Just wanted to let everyone know that I haven't disappeared. Blogspot has been having troubles and making it impossible to make posts lately. Getting lots of error messages and whatnot. Seems like they may have everything figured out so hopefully I'll get more posts up soon.

Game On: Week of July 6

My recent column reviewing Lollipop Chainsaw and LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes. Thanks to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and NJ Herald for publishing.

  

Friday Funnies

I love the Olympics. The wife and I have been spending much of the last two weeks watching the Olympic trials, getting to know names and faces of athletes so we know who to cheer for in a few weeks when the London Games begin. Get me random athletes competing in even more random sports all for the love of country, and I'm sold. And as many of my friends know, I have a not-so-secret desire to quit everything and become the next great Olympic curler for the United States. Or any country for that matter. Hell, I'll join any nation that wants to channel this passion and let me become a curler. Sign me up, Zimbabwe!

I can at least say that I would try harder and put forth a better effort than this jackass. I vacillated over whether to make this an Idiot of the Day post, but I found myself laughing more than facepalming. With that, I bestow upon you the joy that is the lest competent hurdler ever. If they picked a drunken cat from the crowd I think it would have fared better.

Game On Column: Week of June 28

Here is my recent column, reviewing Inversion and Resistance: Burning Skies. Thanks to the Detroit News and Minneapolis Star-Tribune for publishing.

  

Shit That Should Not Be

You all know that I don't read much fiction, but the few authors I do read, I revere. One of them is Lee Child, and his Jack Reacher novels. Reacher is a badass. An ex-MP officer who strikes fear in the hearts of those who wrong others, and is not afraid to put hands on someone who doesn't do right by whatever community he happens to be traveling through.

Look, I laughed a little when the wife's favorite series of books got turned into a Hollywood shitshow. But this is different. This time its my books (well, hers too, since she loves Reacher as much as I do) that are getting messed with, and I'm peeved. Tom Cruise is shorter than my sister I think, and the idea of him playing a 6-5, ass-kicking MP officer sets my teeth on edge. My dog cuts a more imposing figure than Cruise does. And this trailer convinces me that Hollywood is out to destroy anything I hold dear (well, unless it's a comic book movie, in which case they are more often than not knocking those our of the park).



Oh, and I've always had a little crush on Rosmand Pike. So that she's in this movie is probably the only plus going for it. But this movie had such easy potential, and they ruined it. And now it is shit that should not be. And I sure as hell won't be giving Cruise a dime of my money.