Archive | December, 2009

2009 – It’s been a good year

Decade in review: the tops

This is the time of year when newspapers, TV stations, blogs, and essentially any other broadcast outlet will produce their Top # List of the Best/Worst/Weirdest Movie/Album/Events/News stories/Stuff of the Decade. And while this is a somewhat cliché tradition, it’s still a valid one, since human beings are genetically wired to really enjoy a good [...]

FML Friday on a Wednesday. Also, Christmas

So, I thought about it; I talked about it with Scott; I consulted my psychic; I examined a scale model of Edmonton the size of my kitchen table… And I decided it would be inappropriate to post an FML Friday on Christmas day, the day of Santa’s birth and the ruthless enslavement of an entire [...]

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Rock. Solid. Moviestar.

I didn’t realize it until very recently, but I am without question a huge Arnold Schwarzenegger fan. I could give two squirts what the man’s political policies are now that he’s the Governor of California. What interests me about Arnold isn’t his post-film life; it’s what he contributed to American popular film before he decided [...]