Nacho Libre trailer is up!

Nacho Libre, the mexican wrestler comedy starring Jack Black, directed by Napoleon Dynamite’s Jared Hess, and written by Chuck and Buck’s Mike White, now has a trailer up on Quicktime.com. This thing is mad-funny; just what you’d expect from such a pairing. Instead of saying more, I’ll let the trailer speak for itself. You can [...]

China’s ‘Unrestricted Warfare’

Yah, I know. Another China article, but this one is very interesting.
I just received some news about a Chinese Military manual, published a full three years before 9/11, that suggested acts of terrorism, such as the bombing of the world trade center, as methods of combating the United States.
From Cryptome:

Published prior to the bombing [...]

Terrorism International Cartoon Contest

Above illustration courtesy of Mahmoud Mokhtari, third place winner of last year’s Terrorism International Cartoon Contest. (No joke).

Holocaust Cartoon Contest

In case you haven’t heard, the Danish circulation of provocative albeit political caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad (featured above), have received offensive outcries from Muslims, creating even more attention and tension and another good excuse for violent riots and flag burning. In response, they’ve created their own “cartoon contest.”
The [Iranian] daily paper Hamshahri said [...]

Will the U.S. Protect or Murder Polar Bears?

Of course, whenever Nature or Flora/Fauna and the govt are concerned, controversy erupts. Many believe polar bears are not a threatened species and that we should just keep planning to pummel through the Artic to exploit our natural resources and, basically, inadvertently kill off the bears. Read more HERE.
… And of course, the industrial [...]

Asian Bird Flu in Africa

First cases of Asian Bird Flu found in a commercial poultry farm in Nigeria. Teams are investigating; so far they’re unsure if any humans have been infected.. certainly they have been exposed to it. Officials blame illegal imports.
Contrary to what the Chinese Govt would like to have the world believe, Asian Bird Flu [...]

Silent Hill Movie Trailer up

This trailer for Silent Hill is tres cool. I don’t have much time to write about it, but it looks like they’ve got monsters from the first and second game in there, and they look damn good (No Nemesis crappyness). I don’t know about the lead actress, but I think Avary’s script and Gans direction [...]

The Original Ezekiel 25:17 Speech

Most people, whether they are fans of Tarantino or not, know the Ezekiel 25:17 speech from Pulp Fiction like they know their ABC’s. Now Tarantino has admitted his version does not match any printed bible version of the passage, noting that he had embelished the passage for dramatic effect. He has also noted that the [...]

Sword of the Beast - Criterion Collection — dvd movie review

We continue our reviews of he films comprising Criterion’s Rebel Samurai Collection. This week we cover the the second film in the set, Sword of the Beast. As mentioned in the previous review all films featured in the set are available on their own.
Now, our Sword of the Beast review.
The Movie:
Way back in highschool [...]

TV’s IT Crowd

Okay, so we normally don’t mention TV shows on the site (it’s been known that Kris and I don’t have cable, but these days we no longer have even an antenna on our TV) but this one’s pretty cool due to: a.) it’s being the first comedy show whose subject matter revolves around the daily [...]

The Cat Returns — guest movie review

Studio Ghibli is a name that has been globally recognized lately, thanks to such epics as Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away. (Both Distributed by Disney though the first was branded with the Miramax name and the latter branded with the Disney name.)
The studio’s newest release Neko No Ongaeshi or also known as The Cat Returns [...]

Californians hate trees

What exactly is it with Californians cutting down trees? It seems every time I turn around there’s another tree in the neighborhood wrapped in caution tape, a notice of pending removal tacked to its trunk. These people get annoyed with their trees in the springtime because the foliage tends to block their views of the [...]