Archive for August, 2005

[UPDATE] New FINAL DESTINATION 3 Photos

by Chris   ⋅   August 31, 2005   ⋅   Comments [3]

To be honest, I wasn’t even aware there was a Final Destination 3 in the works. I enjoyed the first and the second one to a lesser extent. Thankfully this one has James Wong back in the Director role. Here’s hoping for a bloody good time. Thanks to Angela for the pics.
*The official site is [...]

Red Eye movie review

by Kris   ⋅   August 23, 2005   ⋅   Comments [6]

Again Wes Craven dares to ask the unwanted question: if you remove all exploitative sex and gore from suspense horror, will you be left with an exciting suspense movie? Following in Scream’s successful footsteps, Craven decided to go light on the cussing and bloodying, shooting for PG-13, creating a thrilling popcorn flick sans [...]

The Skeleton Key movie review

by Chris   ⋅   August 20, 2005   ⋅   Comments [3]

In a summer of duds and remakes, ranging from The Fantastic Four to Willy Wonka, the The Skeleton Key provides a welcome change.
Kate Hudson plays a twenty-five year old nurse, Caroline Hudson, hired to care for a bedridden man on an old Louisiana plantation. Plagued by guilt stemming from her absence at her father’s [...]

Martha Stewart wants Diddy

by Kris   ⋅   August 20, 2005   ⋅   Comments [2]

On September 12th, to the dismay and delight of fans and foes everywhere, Martha Stewart will be back on the air in full-force and I say yay! In her continuing quest for world domination, the obvious purported plans stand to clog the television airways with not one but three different shows, one similar to [...]

Tough love

by Kris   ⋅   August 20, 2005   ⋅   Comment [1]

I always knew this girl was trouble.

New DOMINO Photos *UPDATED*

by Chris   ⋅   August 17, 2005   ⋅   Comments [4]

We just received a few new photos from Tony Scott’s upcoming film, Domino, starring Keira Knightley and Mickey Rourke. I’d like to say they’re exclusive, but our pal Josh at CinemaBlend has a few of the same ones too ;)
Here’s the official synopsis:
Keira Knightley stars in the wild action thriller Domino, the latest project from [...]

Swallow Balls, Vegetarian Style munchies review

by Kris   ⋅   August 17, 2005   ⋅   Comment [1]

This is from the alternative meats aisle at the chinese grocery. We saw it, chortled, and bought. It is one of the foodstuffs built mainly on tricking the palate with texture rather than good or exact taste. It is also evidence that certain companies who create meatless options are baffled, often sneaking [...]

Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People movie review

by Chris   ⋅   August 14, 2005   ⋅   Comment [1]

Being that there really have been no major reasons to travel to the cinema and pay $10 per ticket, as of late Kris and I have primarily been staying at home watching obscure films we find at the local independent record stores. This film, Matango, had a cover so enticing we could not pass it [...]

Ramune Soda Candy munchies review

by Kris   ⋅   August 13, 2005   ⋅   Comments [3]

I love handing these out. When my friend passed one to a co-worker in his dept., I could hear cries of “it burns.. it burrrrns!” from my desk. The “burrrn” is thanks to sodium bicarbonate or baking soda to chemistry-phobes. What?! Baking soda in a candy? Well, the transluscent [...]

Akira guest movie review

by Chris   ⋅   August 13, 2005   ⋅   Comments [3]

This guest review is the first from my friend Alex Candia, who actually submitted the link for the earlier Kikkoman article. A linguistic major and fellow Japanophile, give it up for Alex!
Old School and oh so great. Set in the shadow of a huge bomb crater and a giant Olympic stadium, Neo-Tokyo is a city [...]

Wes Craven Countdown

by Kris   ⋅   August 10, 2005   ⋅   Comment now

Let the countdown to another of Wes Craven’s suspense-thriller tryouts commence. It’ll be a short one, since Red Eye opens next Friday. I’m pretty anxious about it, even though it’s been watered down for the teeny bopper audience, but that’s to be expected if you want to make a profit in this fickle [...]

Elite Pezeks Man Big Bite Bar munchies review

by Kris   ⋅   August 9, 2005   ⋅   Comment now

It’s an Israeli “Big Kat” Kit Kat Bar –where the traditional four conjoined chocolate coated wafer fingers have fused to create one mighty log. That was supposed to sound more appetizing, though. Hmm, how about this: a tapered choco-wafer Teotihuacan with basketball motifs on each quartered mesa, quietly suggesting what “bite-size” really [...]

Dukes of Hazzard movie review

by Kris   ⋅   August 8, 2005   ⋅   Comment [1]

DUKE IT OUT
There was a brief moment where I would’ve admitted that Johnny Knoxville was the hottest thing on the planet. Not as strange as my first real celebrity crush on Ivan Lendl (the stellar stoic tennis pro), but there are some similarities due to their stamina and offbeat handsomeness and trim muscle tone. [...]

Wedding Crashers movie review

by Kris   ⋅   August 8, 2005   ⋅   Comments [2]

IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH When I saw Clay Pigeons, I was like “Vince Vaughn is cool.” When I found out he was 6’5”, I was like “Vince Vaughn is hot.” I’m not being superficial here, I mean he’s rather goofy looking and kinda paunchy, but I recognized an interesting caricature in him. [...]

Tech Stuff guest columnist

by Kris   ⋅   August 8, 2005   ⋅   Comment now

Wading through tech news is something not everyone looks forward to. Luckily for you, I crawl the RSS feeds so you don’t have to. Let’s get started. The previously dubbed ‘Windows Longhorn’ is now officially called ‘Windows Vista.’ Now with the use of virtual folders, stronger security (allegedly), a sleeker interface (looks like OSX [...]

2046 movie review screener!

by Chris   ⋅   August 4, 2005   ⋅   Comments [12]

First and foremost I must say that the American trailer for 2046 has to be the most misleading trailer since the one for Coyote Ugly. 2046 is not Wong Kar Wai’s stab at future noir, a la Blade Runner, but the sequel to his previous film, In the Mood for Love. Now, the idea of [...]

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