With G.I. Joe The Rise of Cobra releasing in theaters in just a few days, the video game is hitting shelves tomorrow August 4th. I'll have a full review shortly, but my initial reaction is that it not only looks quite good, it looks to have some interesting aspects to the gameplay. The game's story begins after the end of the film's plot (an option I greatly prefer to those that choose to … [Read more...]
There's a joke in Watchmen which Rorschach enters into his journal. It's an idea that's been around forever, but it's summed up well in the quick delivery of a none-too-funny joke. Basically - A man goes to a doctor and complains that he's depressed. The doctor says the cure is quite simple, because the great clown Pagliacci happens to be in town. Go see him. The man bursts into tears, … [Read more...]
Being a kind of anti-fan of reality television (though that may not mean what you think it means), I'm thoroughly impressed with the concept of TV Land's new reality effort Make My Day. One unsuspecting person per show is basically reverse-Punk'd. For one day, a team of professionals, and their friends and family, will conspire to make everything go right, and have amazing things happen to … [Read more...]
Monk is kicking off its eighth and final season on August 7th, and I got the chance to take part in a Q&A with Tony Shalhoub a few days ago. It was a great time, and there were a lot of great answers. This was especially fun for me, because I've been a fan ever since Wings, and list Big Night (which came up) among my favorite films. These things are often quite interesting, … [Read more...]
