[there be SPOILERS ahead, may it do ya fine] yesterday i finished sai Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series – entered the clearing at the end of that path it took me right around a year, all told; i think the longest extended narrative i’ve ever read by way of a mini-review: i dug it… [Read More]
The Ready Player One “Easter Egg” That Bypasses the Backlash
this quick post plays through three short stages the third contains the Easter egg all three potentially contain SPOILERS Stage One: “Microreview” if you haven’t seen Ready Player One (or read Cline’s book), you really should; particularly if you’re the target demo: a “nerd,” “geek,” pop culture afficionado of a certain stripe (70s-80s gaming, sci-fi, etc.)… [Read More]
Three Reasons Style Matters, According to Baby Driver
you know what matters? style. whyzzat? well, i could tell you why i think so, but instead let me give you three reasons style matters, according to the sleekly-stylish- yet-(ironically)- ever-so-serviceable Baby Driver ONE – style’s stylish check out this story: a bunch of robbers rob some stuff and almost get away with it, but… [Read More]
comedy needs Crashing
now, if you’ve Netflix, you’ve noticed a number of new stand-up specials nestling about the new releases i do and have, and dig the comedy, and so recently dug Chappelle, Louis C.K., Jo Koy, Amy Schumer; got eyes on others i also dig on Pete Holmes, and so dug season one of Crashing on HBO, which is Judd… [Read More]
not knee-jerking over Deadpool (or in general)
what do you think the “typical Christian review” of Deadpool is like? [Google if you wish . . go ahead, i’ll wait] perhaps you correctly predicted that many “Christian reviews” focus on its rating [UNNECESSARY SPOILER: Deadpool is unabashedly R-rated, prolifically profane, conspicuously sex-laden, intentionally irreverent, vehemently violent, et cetera, et cetera] in fact, maybe surprisingly, not only are “Christian… [Read More]
