Wednesday, February 26, 2014

The Wind Rises

Get out your paper airplanes and fishbones, we're reviewing The Wind Rises!

Based on a true character in history, Jiro Horikoshi(Joseph Gordon-Levitt) wants to make airplanes just like his Italian idol Caproni(Stanley Tucci). He becomes an aeronautical genius and makes Japanese fighter planes for WWII. Then he falls in love with a young woman.

Friday, February 21, 2014

The Monuments Men

Get out your rations and art tools, we're reviewing The Monuments Men!

In WWII, to keep the enemy and our side from bombing famous monuments, Frank Stokes (George Clooney) puts together a squad of artists, architects and art dealers to protect historic monuments and recover stolen art. 

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Robocop

Get out your stun guns and robo-cycles, we're reviewing Robocop!

In the near future, robots patrol every country except the USA. But when a car bomb explodes Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman), OCP finds its perfect candidate for a new kind of cyborg. But is Robocop more man or machine?

Friday, February 14, 2014

Sketched TV: Space Dandy

Get out your big-breasted aliens and laser blasters, we’re reviewing Space Dandy!

It’s the far flung future and humans are exploring the galaxy, making contact with all kinds of strange alien life forms! Dandy and his crew set out to find and register said new alien life forms to make a quick buck.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

The Lego Movie

Get out your Lego blocks and catchy theme song, we're reviewing The Lego Movie!

Emmet (Chris Pratt) is a normal every day Lego citizen. When he meets Wild Style (Elizabeth Banks) and stumbles onto a conspiracy to destroy the Lego world, everyone thinks that he is "the special" – the chosen one who will fulfill the prophecy and be a savior. What happens next will rock his little Lego world.

Friday, February 7, 2014

Sketched TV: TV SHOWS 2 GOOD FOR THIS GOOD FOR THIS WORLD 2: THE DUALQUEL

It's been a slow month, so here’s another round of:
TV Shows That Were UNCEREMONIOUSLY CUT FROM THEIR MORTAL COIL, WHY GOD, WHY?! 
These are in no particular order of importance or special grouping; they’re just a bunch of shows that were really, obnoxiously good and canceled way too soon. And no, we're STILL not talking about Firefly.


Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Olympus Has Fallen vs. White House Down

Get out your rocket launchers and White House, we're doing a head-to-head review of Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down!

Last year, there were two assault-on-the-White-House action movies, and I waited until both came out so I could watch them back-to-back and see which one earns the title of 2013’s quintessential Attack-on-the-White-House action extravaganza. Join me as I go through both, category by category, in this very scientific head-to-head battle!