To keep pace with Dan’s Top 100 Everything and tide everyone over until my inevitable Top TV Countdown rolls around, I present “10 Things Brian Likes,” a series of vaguely Buzzfeed-esque list articles centered around things I like which might not fit into our standard Earn This categories. 1. YouTube Remixes 2. Hot Cinnamon-Flavored Things…
Fair warning: This is going to be by far the most “Buzzfeedy” entry in this series. In all honesty, little needs to be said here. I love hot cinnamon flavored things, and, fortunately for me, in our modern world such things exist in abundance. If you put it in your mouth, chances are there’s a…
This is an entry in the Pokemon Movies Retrospective Movie #6: Jirachi – Wish Maker “Jirachi will only be awake for the seven days the Millennium Comet is visible. To protect itself during this time, they say it selects a kindhearted young boy to be its partner.” – Butler (Japanese dub) Jirachi – Wish Maker, 「七夜の願い星 ジラーチ」(lit.…
5. Dawn of the Dead (George Romero, 1978) “When there’s no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth.” Back before the zombie genre exploded in poularity circa 2004 (with the release of 28 Days Later, Shawn of the Dead, and Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake), George Romero was the undisputed king of the…
I think it’s safe to say that no band has had a career trajectory quite like Weezer. The rises and falls are numerous, and nobody is quite sure what their legacy is. Let’s walk through it. Sounding like a cross between The Beach Boys, Big Star, and The Rolling Stones, they did not fit into…
Phil Spector is the greatest producer in the history of rock and roll. Unquestionably. Not only have his tracks included some of the greatest pop and rock songs of all time, but many great artists and whole movements — Bruce Springsteen, The Beach Boys, ABBA, the entire shoegaze movement — have cited Phil Spector as…
100 Film Favorites – #11: Troll 2 (Claudio Fragasso, 1990) “Peter was a courageous boy, but that dawn he could feel fear stick to his skin, like dew on leaves.” The moment of truth has arrived. I’m sure people have been waiting with baited breath for today’s entry to pop up somewhere in the Countdown.…
100 Film Favorites – #25: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones,1975) “On second thought, let’s not go to Camelot. It is a silly place.” Today, we sally forth into the final quarter of our Countdown. Thanks once again to everybody who has been following along for the last 75 posts.…
100 Film Favorites – #26: Labyrinth (Jim Henson, 1986) Over the span of a few years in the mid 1980s, the American mass media suddenly became aware of the growing popularity of the fantasy genre, spurred by the debut of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game in the late 70s. While some conservative groups responded…
100 Film Favorites – #51: “Napoleon Dynamite” (Jared and Jerusha Hess, 2004) It’s possible many of you just groaned audibly upon reading the title of today’s selection. Of all the films on this Countdown, this is the one I’ve heard the largest amount of vocal detestation for. A surprising number of people seem to vehemently…