Inherently Different

nothing is good enough

Douglas Adams created all the various manifestations of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (THGTTG), which started life as a BBC Radio 4 series. Since its first airing in March 1978, it has been presented as a series of best-selling novels, a TV series, a record album, a computer game and several stage adaptations. It … Read more

everything’s all right

Just came back from watching The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy and need to digest what I’ve just seen to really offer anything remotely resembling a review. Was it good? Was it bad? Was it somewhere in between? You’ll just have to wait and find out.

better now

Top Ten Films I Want To See 10. the adventures of shark boy and lava girl in 3D 09. kicking and screaming 08. mindhunters 07. unleashed 06. rize 05. dust to glory 04. cronicas 03. mr. & mrs. smith 02. lords of dogtown and the number one film I want to see is… 01. batman … Read more

sin

Film Noir died sometime after the French discovered it. Like most things that the French suddenly cling to, American audiences ignored the genre and the various attempts to resurrect it. The French are always two days late and a dollar short. Think I’m wrong? Two words for you… Jerry Lewis. But I digress. Frank Miller, … Read more

The One Where I Look Back in Time

Various things have happened on this day in history. For instance: In 2003 Fire broke out during a rock concert at a nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., killing one hundred people and injuring about 200 others. The phrase “The band was on fire!” is no longer an acceptable way of complimenting Great White. In 1997 … Read more

The One About My Movie Viewing Habit

Over the past few weeks I’ve watched about 60 movies either at home (Yay, Netflix!) or at the local cineplex. Here are some highlights & lowlights. In Cold Blood: The 1967 film that is brought up often by reporters covering the Robert Blake murder trial. After watching this film, you have to wonder if he … Read more

The One About Your Oscar Picks

The entries are rolling in (don’t forget to include your email addy as your username if you want to get credit for your picks). If you haven’t already done so, make sure you enter my Oscar Pool. For more information, see The One About The Academy Awards. Keep in mind, the one who gets the most right will win something… Straight from the Valley Isle.

To see everyone’s current picks, click below

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The One About The Academy Awards

With the help of The Defective Yeti, it’s time again to pick your 2004 film favorites. Who you got?

If for some reason that doesn’t work for ya, you can also go to: The Defective Yeti’s Oscars Page and enter this ten-digit number:

4321053817

NOTE: The winner of my pool will win something… not sure what yet, but it will be something either really tasty or cool… possibly even both. So enter now or miss out.

In case you’re wondering, here are my pics:

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The One About Books to Screen

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events is the short attention span answer to the Harry Potter books. I’d have to say that I didn’t really find much to like in the Lemony Snicket series with the exception of the main premise, which is three orphans struggling to survive a series of unfortunate events. The … Read more

The One About the 5 Worst Remakes of All-time

Another day, another list. Lazy? You’d be surprised how much work goes into one of these lists. Without further adieu: 5. Vanilla Sky Cameron Crowe’s nightmare comes true… he turns a good Spanish movie, Abre Los Ojos, into a mediocre American one. 4. Mighty Joe Young: Not even the beautiful and talented Charlize Theron can … Read more