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Sometimes we get tired of complaining in audio and video format. This is where we come to post our finger rants.

When Robo-geisha Creators Do TV-Friendly

You get The Ancient Dogoo Girl, who apparently fights evil with her giant bee breasts. Clearly more family-friendly than Robo Geisha.

Eli. Your notes.

A few people asked why I didn’t rant about Eli Roth’s performance in the new Tarantino picture.  I’d love to tell you that I wanted to focus all blame on the director, given that it was his self-indulgent casting choice that led to this serious blight on his own movie.  Unfortunately, that is only true in retrospect.  The truth is, I found the movie so mind-numbingly stuffed to the gills with self-indulgence on Q.T.’s part, that by the time I got out to the car I barely remembered Brad Pitt was in it, let alone anyone else. Continue reading Eli. Your notes.

MICRO REVIEW: Halloween II and The Final Destination

Went to a double-feature with Todd and Hil and our friend Shereen. Sorry, no vlog, but here are the Cliffs Notes:

Halloween II (IMDb)

  • Rob Zombie assembles a perfectly acceptable corporate slasher picture, but he is hardly a visionary filmmaker. Any movie that starts with a text card explaining the symbollic imagery the director is going to use during the picture is a sign that the director has failed to properly use symbollic imagery. Continue reading MICRO REVIEW: Halloween II and The Final Destination

WTF: Bryan Singer Rebooting Battlestar Galactica

So, Singer is doing a big screen reboot of a 30+ year-old television property that just had a 4-season long reboot on television? But it likely won’t be connected at all to the recent show. Does this make any sense to anyone? Continue reading WTF: Bryan Singer Rebooting Battlestar Galactica

GIRLS Underpants…

John Hughes, the producer, writer and director whose 1980s films such as “Sixteen Candles,” “The Breakfast Club” and “Some Kind of Wonderful” offered a sharp-eyed look at teenagers and their social habits, has died, according to a statement from his representative. He was 59.

Hughes died of a heart attack while taking a morning walk in Manhattan, according to the statement. (via CNN.com)

The Usual Suspects

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Click image to see full size. (via All Too Flat)