Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride offers little surprise throughout the story of Victor van Dort and his socially-taboo marriage to the titular Corpse Bride, but manages to be entertaining anyway. The story is simple: Victor, voiced by Johnny Depp, finds himself staring death in the face when he accidentally betroths a corpse who subsequently comes to… Continue reading Film Review: Corpse Bride not quite dead on
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Movie Review: Jim Carrey’s Unfortunate career choice
During the holiday season it’s always comforting to know the loveable chimps down in Hollywood are making children’s films. In an attempt to fill the void of the Harry Potter slot this season, Paramount and director Brad Siberling bring David Handler’s stories to life in Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events. The story takes place… Continue reading Movie Review: Jim Carrey’s Unfortunate career choice
Movie Preview: Terrorist fear Team America: World Police
This is the time when people find themselves up to their necks in the nonsense of the American political system. We tuned in to the political debate to see the f-bomb dropped, but were sadly disappointed when Kerry and Bush delivered the same ol’ cordial pre-programmed responses bouncing them back and forth like that dot-thing… Continue reading Movie Preview: Terrorist fear Team America: World Police
Shark Tale loses itself at sea… Nemo
It’s a big ocean out there, and obviously Dreamworks felt there was room for two big fishes in a sea of riches when they decided to do a Finding Nemo of their own. Oscar (Will Smith) is a small and unimportant fish in a big ocean, until he inadvertently crosses paths with Don Lino (Robert… Continue reading Shark Tale loses itself at sea… Nemo
Movie Review: Wayward First Daughter
When you look at the repertoire of Forest Whitaker’s roles, compared side-to-side with his directorial portfolio you have to wonder how in the hell someone involved with films like Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai and Platoon could also be responsible for cinematic atrocities like Sandra Bullock’s Hope Floats and the dismal Waiting to Exhale.… Continue reading Movie Review: Wayward First Daughter
Ghostface
Wu-Tang may be gone, but that doesn’t mean we can’t flog a dead horse for all its worth, right? Ghostface Killa’s latest outing Pretty Toney Album is no exception, with the titular hero yammering on about the same old lack of comeuppance and his hypocritically obscene personal wealth. Is this all it takes to make… Continue reading Ghostface
Love Affair with Miss Mary Jane
What unfolds is like something out of a director’s cut of Trainspotting. A man stumbles around in a daze, raspy voice and wispy eyes. He mumbles “celery is all I’ve got,” and the words seem to ring true with one look at his hollow and oh-so- depressing living conditions. This is the aftermath of a… Continue reading Love Affair with Miss Mary Jane
JFK & the Conspirators conspire for a good fucking time and ska
If Christina Aguilera were to take a two year break away from her music, would she come back a much wiser and more efficient shit machine? Would her new music cast a shadow over the seemingly endless waterfall of verbal diarrhea her lips once spawned? Knowing that’s never going to happen–the plastic holding her face… Continue reading JFK & the Conspirators conspire for a good fucking time and ska