Thor!

February 18, 2008

>> By the beard of Odin, they’re actually making Thor.  And as a director, Matthew Vaughn doesn’t suck.  Cautiously optimistic, but ask me after Iron Man.

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Ultimate Theater

February 18, 2008

>> The best commentary about this mega-theater I’ve seen thus far: “Pictured: The system’s owner; the love of his life; and a random middle-aged woman to establish scale.”

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Where’s Thundercats?

February 18, 2008

>> I certainly acknowledge the genius of Cracked’s Five Most Badass Presidents and Nine Manliest Names lists – but their Eight Important Lessons Learned from 80s Cartoons is sorely lacking.  Namely: Where the hell is Thundercats?!?

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Criterion: The Killers 46/58/64

February 6, 2008

I’ve been a fan of the Criterion Collection DVD series for some time, ever since I saw a friend’s copy of their wonderful remastered version of Charade – perhaps the best Hitchcock not directed by Hitchcock – whose VHS version, when you can find it, is notoriously grainy and washed out, even to the point […]

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Tom Brady, Wussy-Boy

February 4, 2008

>> Tom Brady says he’s a ham when looking for some roughing-the-passer sympathy. “As I’m falling, I’m kind of looking at the ref with, like, a pouty dog face, like, can you believe they just hit me late?”

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Iron Man Cometh

February 4, 2008

>> The background music in the latest Iron Man ad is Audioslave’s “Cochise.” The rest of the ad is just as schoolkid head-slammingly awesome as the song. Check it out.

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John McCain’s Citizenship

February 4, 2008

>> My own endorsement of John McCain aside, I do hope that his legal staff has worked up a solid response on the question of his status as a natural born citizen. Read the comments from Florida Law Prof Steven Willis in the thread for more.

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Peter and the Wolf

February 4, 2008

>> Whatever you are doing, wherever you are, eat lunch at your desk today, and watch this gorgeous stop-motion short film. A reminder that the timelessness of this story is drawn from the fact that Peter is not afraid of the Wolf, because Peter is the Wolf.

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A Prayer of Penance to the Football Gods

February 4, 2008

Forgive me, Mighty Football Gods, for I have sinned. You must understand why I doubted your existence. After so many wonderful karmic finishes, where right was rewarded and evil punished, I and so many of my fellow fans and gamblers doubted that the season would end in anything less than perfection for the New England […]

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The Last Action Hero: John McCain in 2008

January 30, 2008

So here we are, at the turn of the tide: one vote from winning the court; two-to-three good years from winning the largest stage of the war; the pressures of the Oval Office at their dramatic peak. A critical moment in our nation’s history, time for an individual with the strength and courage to do […]

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