LIKED – The Hurt Locker is really, really good; tense action sequences combined with an outstanding performance by Jeremy Renner make for a goddamn fantastic movie. (Of course, the movie’s best sequence is the sniper battle – not in small part because that is when Ralph Fiennes and Guy Pearce and David Morse show up […]

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“Along with showing several clips from the first episode, the voice actors did a reading of a scene written just for the panel. It surrounds Doom’s quest to acquire a convention-exclusive ‘My Little Pony’ collectible at Comic-Con.”

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A nifty essay about people and toilets.

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(From a 1985 issue of Ebony. Looks kind of like Billy Dee Williams, doesn’t he?) Top comment: I wonder if they thought popped collars would still be in style or if they thought they’d be back in style. — dan

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(500) Days of Summer is quite simply the best film of the year so far. It is absolutely perfect in any aspect I can think of: intelligent script, ingenious story construction, excellent acting, clever direction, you name it. After I saw it I was seriously tempted to get a ticket for the next immediate showing […]

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Got to see Green Lantern: First Flight yesterday, and… well, I kinda give it a thumbs in the middle.

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You really have to wonder about comic book writers sometimes and if they’re not just playing a gag on you. Such is the reaction I get when I look at The Gang. They look like a comic book writer got inspired on a trip to Bulk Barn. “Hey, what if we had no-name brand X […]

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Your guest judges for episode 99 are Mia Michaels and Ellen Degeneres, for reasons which totally escape me. But at least Ellen can tell jokes that go somewhere. Take note, Nigel. Group number: contemporary/hip-hop thingie. This was substandard by any yardstick. Yes, yes, they’re all proud of Travis, but this was so boring – dull, […]

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When I was ten I went to war. Not war in the actual sense, of course. My war was with the kid down the street. His name was Derek, and he was a year younger than me. This might make me sound a bully, but believe me, this was anything other than the case. When […]

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Top comments: The above was, of course, translated from the original near-incomprehensible Donald Duckese by a team of crack cryptographers. — Keogh Don’t you mean quack cryptographers? — Tornado Ninja Fan

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My weekly TV column is now up at Torontoist. (And yes, I know now that The Bachelorette finishes next week, not this week. My defense is that I do not care.)

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LIKED – Harry Potter and the Sixth Movie is decent. It’s not in the league of Star Trek or Up for summer quality, but it’s entertaining and well-made on all levels, which has been a fucking rarity in the land of the summer blockbuster this year. You have to really admire how the movies manage […]

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Someone emailed me about this municipal tax change in Los Angeles, wherein “creators” are going to be taxed at the rate of “occupations and professions” rather than “wholesale and retail.” (WARNING: link contains lengthy comments section dominated by possibly-retarded Texan who turns the entire thread into a debate about whether or not Barack Obama is […]

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