Small-Screen 66 – #49: Ripley’s Believe It or Not! (NBC, 1949-50, ABC, 1982-86, TBS. 2000-03) Hello. It’s me. I was wondering if after all these years you’d like to read the rest of this Countdown. Part of the reason I’ve been holding off so long (in addition to mere laziness) is the fact that…
(Note: Contains spoilers for the first three Bourne movies, but not this one.) One of the great pleasures of 2007’s The Bourne Ultimatum was the way it conclusively brought its protagonist’s journey full circle. When the credits rolled, that was it: the saga was complete, and everyone was satisfied. It almost didn’t matter whether or not Jason Bourne…
In our 2015 end-of-year recap, I declared myself a “freakazoid obsessive of YouTube covers,” which is a bit of an imprecise description. What usually happens is I’ll stumble on a performance I really connect with, then spend the next few weeks listening to every cover by that singer or group. My favorite individual songs will go on…
In my last two posts, I brought you mini-reviews of my picks for the 10 best and 5 worst films I watched during my “Year of Free Movies” at the University Mall Theatres in Fairfax. Now, because I’m always down for the beating of dead horses and the talking off of ears, I thought I’d…
Download link (you may have to right click and “Save As”) It’s springtime, and Colton has prepared a tasting for us from the Devil’s Backbone Adventure Pack! Mike and Dan blind taste-test the six beers (plus an oddball bonus seventh beer) in a competitive fashion. Here are the seven beers we tasted, in order, from the…
Download link (you may have to right click and “Save As”) Dan and Kevin of Taestful Reviews check in on the latest animated hit, Zootopia, praising its themes and evaluating its place in recent animated canon. Notes/corrections: We couldn’t remember the name of the studio behind the upcoming The Secret Life of Pets — it’s Illumination…
In my last post, I discussed my picks for the Top 10 films from my “year of free movies” screened at the University Mall Theatres in Fairfax. Now we dive to the bottom of the barrel to explore the opposite extreme. Partly because I’m a positive person (but mostly because I have a whole other…
“Television: Teacher, mother, secret lover!” – Homer Simpson, “Treehouse of Horror V” There are about fifteen reasons it feels impossible for me to write about The Simpsons in any objective, cohesive manner. It’s the greatest TV show of all time, and also the most formative on my life outlook. It’s responsible for some of my…
This past year, I spent a lot of time at the movie theater. I helped Kickstart a project by a local second-run cinema, and in return got free movie tickets for all of 2015. While I never actually wrote any reviews up until now, I did keep a record of everything I saw. And since Oscar…
Read Part 1 and Part 2 Dan (Feb. 2016) Dear Colton, How time flies! Six months ago, in the middle of the July heat, we brainstormed the idea of a Billboard-based summer mixtape fantasy draft. One month, thirty songs, and 12,000 words later, we sent our mixtapes out to judges for assessment. Another two months…