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Danny Boyle explains what ‘family friendly’ has done to cinema.

Danny Boyle explains what ‘family friendly’ has done to cinema.

Does he have a valid point here? … Read entire article »

Filed under: Good Movies, Internet, New Movies, Old Movies, Thoughts & Opinions, Web Video

Labyrinth turns 25

Labyrinth turns 25

When I was a kid, one of my favorite movies was Labyrinth, starring David Bowie. The combination of Bowie and Jim Henson basically blew my mind. This week, Labyrinth turned 25 years old. Clearly, it didn’t just have an impact on me… … Read entire article »

Filed under: Celebrity, Good Movies, Memory Lane, Music, Old Movies, Pop Culture, Thoughts & Opinions

A slice of TRON: Legacy

As most of you know, I wasn’t a huge fan of TRON: Legacy. One of the reasons was that it felt like a Matrix rip off instead of something that evolved from the visually rad original TRON. In addition, I felt like the characters and the plot were secondary to the effects. It had your run-of-the-mill action movie storyline and the characters were really just caricatures or stereotypes. Looking for an example? Just check out the eccentric chap in the clip below. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Bad Movies, New Movies, Technology, Thoughts & Opinions, Web Video

A blunder of first date rules

You might remember Diana Glazier from her awesome ‘Sex and the City Movie’ review a while back. Well she’s back again and this time she’s laying down the law for guys on first dates. In my recent string of first dates, I have discovered that the chivalrous act of the guy paying on the first date has completely lost its charm.   Matt, a successful fitness instructor and model, asked me out to dinner a few weeks after he began calling me. He took me to a tasty downtown sushi restaurant on our first date. I eyeballed his body language as he proudly spoke about his portfolio and perfectly crafted abs. I deemed him to be successful, accomplished, and polite. He was not particularly my type, but I eased myself into the date … Read entire article »

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Trashwire updates and such

It’s been a while since I last posted anything on this blog and I decided it was high time to update. Since we last spoke, I moved Trashwire to a new web host. As many of you (and our Twitter followers) know, I’d been more than a little displeased with the annoying downtimes of our former host. I’ve got to deliver Trashwire to the people 24/7! I can’t have some company standing in the way of your ability to read our completely unimportant-but-amusing ramblings! So far, so good with the new host but let me know if you notice any problems or glitches by using the contact form on the site. In other news, I decided to change the Featured Article block (that one with the larger picture off to the … Read entire article »

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