Category: Columns
The Daily Shotgun: May 18th
By: Henry J. Fromage - Who knew that the kid who drew cocks, so many cocks! would end up an Oscar nominee? Jonah Hill has to be one of the least likely nominees in some time, but his work in
Rancho Deluxe (1975)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Three Beers) – Rancho Deluxe is the story of a rustling scheme cooked up by two down-on-their-luck cattleman, Jack McKee and Cecil Colson (played by The Dude and a younger, pot-smoking Jack McCoy respectively). Starting off small by
The Weekend Pregame: May 18th
By: Marielle - The Dictator - I’m one of those people who has a visceral reaction, an unavoidable cringing, upon viewing intensely awkward situations: like terrible singers on American Idol or health education videos trying to reach the kids via white rapping.
5 Reasons The Avengers will kick Batman’s Ass (At the Box Office)
At the time of this writing Marvel’s The Avengers has officially crossed the billion-dollar mark in the box office worldwide, and destroyed everything in its path. This many records haven’t been smashed so quickly since the clerk at Sam Goody criticized Bruce Banner’s music
The Daily Shotgun: New DVD Releases May 15th
By: Henry J. Fromage - Here we go again! Studios finally broke open their new release coffers this week, and we have a crush of films to talk about. In case you were wondering, those films do not include Sid
The Daily Shotgun: May 14th
By: Henry J. Fromage - Here’s some titillating news for ya: Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead) and Chris O’Dowd (the cop from Bridesmaids) are teaming up for competitive salsa dancing comedy. Cuban Fury will tell the tale of a
The Daily Shotgun: May 12th
By: Henry J. Fromage - I keep forgetting how stupid prolific novelist and screenwriter Nick Hornby is until I see him attached to another couple of projects. Besides writing the original novels High Fidelity, Fever Pitch, and About a Boy,
The Daily Shotgun: May 11th
By: Henry J. Fromage - It didn’t take Gary Ross long to bounce back after bailing on the Hunger Games sequel, but then again a half a billion GWs and still going will do that for you. He has a
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Three Beers) – Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow ran the country ragged in the early 1930′s, robbing banks and killing police all over the heartland. So naturally they were the perfect protagonists to sensationalize and the media
The Weekend Pregame: May 11th
By: Marielle - Dark Shadows - It’s quite the contrast to preview a feverishly anticipated premiere which turned out to be the most massive opening weekend of all time (and will possibly trump Avatar for all-time gross) to now turn our attention
