Holy Schnikies.
This trailer is like a WMD for brain cells. Where CGI once was used for good, it now seems to have fallen into the hands of evil forces hellbent on the destruction of intelligent entertainment.
And I don’t think I am in the minority with this opinion either…
Last Friday night La and I made our way down to the big smoke for a show by one of our favourite Sydney bands, Dead Letter Chorus at probably our favourite venue, the Hopetoun Hotel in Surry Hills. It was a pretty typical night at the Hoey; busy, but not too crowded, loud but not [...]
Tags: Music
I rarely get political with this blog, but this clip from MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ easily warranted today’s WTFWTT entry. Whilst discussing Jesse Jackson’s recent slip-up whilst being unknowningly recorded, veteran newscaster Dan Rather substitutes Osama Bin Laden’s name for Barack Obama’s. Not mixes it up in an unfortunate but strangely endearing way (as a couple [...]
Hey, check out the illustrious company I am quoted with in this article by the Sydney Morning Herald’s Andrew Stevenson.
You know I love anytime someone throws in a Shawshank analogy, and I thought this one about the Eels was very apt: “They’ve crawled on elbows and knees through a city’s sewerage, like Andy Dufresne [...]
Tags: Sports
This tv commercial is driving me crazy - the new Nutella ad, scored by what I have now learnt is a song called ‘Glorious’ by Andreas Johnson. How ridiculously pretensious can an ad about a hazelnut spread be??? The first time I saw it and heard that overblown cock rock soundtrack I thought it was [...]
The U.S. #1 film of last weekend - Guillermo Del Toro’s sequel to the underrated comic book adapation ‘Hellboy’ - ‘Hellboy 2: The Golden Army’.
In my opinion, Del Toro is the premiere fantasy filmmaker working today and this looks to be another example of his talents.
For a great mp3 interview with Del Toro, [...]
Tags: Film
Time for my weekly moan about the Eels, followed by a recap of my Friday Night trip to Penrith to see Panthers vs Knights.
PITIFUL PARRAMATTA
Just a woeful performance against South Sydney. Again no flow in attack, no dedication in defence. The first ten minutes had a bit of spark, but then they lost their way [...]
Tags: Sports
Rucker Park is my Mecca.
As a die-hard basketball fan, I love this trailer for Beastie Boy Adam Yauch’s documentary of up-and-coming high school and college ballers, many of whom were drafted in this years NBA draft. The photography looks great and I’m sure the hip-hop soundtrack will be impeccable.
I did get an opportunity to [...]
In the vein of Eleanor Coppola’s ‘Hearts of Darkness’, a vivid documentary of the making of ‘Apocalypse Now’ comes ‘Rain of Madness’, a mockumentary on the making of upcoming Ben Stiller comedy ‘Tropic Thunder’.
Shot like a loving homage to ‘HoD’, it’s a very clever multi-level comedic device - the movie inside a movie inside [...]
I swear to you, I am not a closet Big Brother fan - I haven’t enjoyed watching it since probably the very first season. But the genuine prospect of a possible 10 out of 10 on the Unintentional Comedy Scale ensured I had to watch tonight’s ‘Pamela Anderson Busts In On Big Brother’ (I preferred [...]