November 2010
1 post
Scott Pilgrim and the Culture of Pwnage
Yo Chris.
(As usual, let me begin with a spoiler.)
During a pivotal juncture of “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World”, the spurned Knives Chau turns to our eponymous anti- hero (i.e. the douchebag who has dumped her earlier on in this tale) and proclaims simply “I’m too cool for you, anyway.” There is no trace of bitterness in her words. This is just a girl, realizing...
January 2010
1 post
December 2009
3 posts
rule #1: if it's not worth a review, nutshellize.
Hey Mag, Goddamnit, that Alexis Bledel. She sure is cute, but she can’t act for shit.
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Yo Chris, 1, 654,684= number of times you rolled your eyes and exclaimed ‘Good god, a chick totally wrote this”. 1, 654,685= number of instances I shrieked, ‘Shet. Ang gwapo mo Rodrigo Santoro’.
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You're not hard core, unless you live hard core.
The band members of I Cant Go On, I’ll Go On—living hard core.
Not.
Yo Chris, When I saw the DVD of Bandslam — its cover being a blinding eyesore of sparkles, hot pink, and Baby V’s tousled curls— hidden underneath the pile of your usual pirate loot, the first thought that occurred to me was this: ‘what kind of crack has my brother been smoking’?...
Bless the Beasts and the Children
Hey Mag, The first thing that struck me about Spike Jonze’s “Where the Wild Things Are” is the hurried pacing of the first scene: the quick jump cuts, the jerky camera movements, Max’s guttural screams as he violently wrestles with his dog. This isn’t a children’s film. It’s a film made for grownups who long for their lost childhood. You know what that...