Daily Archives: December 13, 2011

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Coming Attractions: G.I. Joe: Retaliation or the Downsizing of Channing Tatum

Oh, holy mercy. Just what is a summer blockbuster? Is it something where random people, who should really be working at a water park in Cleveland, have found their way into a movie about make believe ninjas and pseudo-military soldier replicants, marching their way across a movie screen, and mouth-crapping their way through lines that may be scrawled across the palm of their hands in two word syllables? Yes, this is exactly what a summer blockbuster is if you ask G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Continue reading

Donald Trump Decides His Comical Circus Barn Debate Shouldn’t Happen

Hair wizard, and King Midas of the GOP, Donald Trump, has decided that since no one other than, emu oil, Rick Santorum, and Yertle, the Turtle impersonator, Newt Gingrich, wanted to come and play “Embarrass All Republicans Everywhere Forever” — that you know, he should step down from moderating that thing that would have surely won Obama re-election, and probably given him the best Christmas War Holiday present of any he could imagine. Continue reading

The Black List 2011: Hollywood’s Best and Worst Unproduced Screenplays Revealed

Have you ever wondered how something you’re watching actually became a movie? You know, how you look at Adam Sandler up on the screen doing some sort of crazy man, goof shuffle, while wearing a dress, sitting on a donkey, and getting punched in the face by a ten year-old? Yes, well, someone, at some studio, decided this was a good idea, and then they told people, and more people, and look what just happened! Sandler was called, a director was hired, and voila…crap on a stick! Well, the annual Black List is an integral part for some of these movies. It’s the list of the most popular “unproduced” screenplays that could make it to theaters. Continue reading

The Battle for the Soul of the GOP

From Glenn Beck, via Mediaite:

“If you have a big government progressive, or a big government progressive in Obama… ask yourself this, Tea Party: is it about Obama’s race? Because that’s what it appears to be to me. If you’re against him but you’re for this guy, it must be about race. I mean, what else is it? It’s the policies that matter.”

 

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QOTD: You Say It’s Your Birthday in 2011

Ah birthdays–the great equalizer. How fun that we all get a day when we get to say, “Everybody, pay attention to meeeee!” and everyone kinda has to, right? Granted, birthday celebrations tend to go pretty downhill after 21, but that’s no excuse not to do a little dance, make a little love, and get down that night. And so, our Question of the Day: What did you do for your birthday in 2011? Or, if you, like my husband, won’t be celebrating said birthday until the verrrry end of the year, What will you do? Continue reading