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Wes Craven RIP From Time.com, ((The 76-year-old director passed away after a lengthy battle with brain cancer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. )) Was Craven was the king of horror, and I fondly remember a lot of his movies. I was never a huge fan of horror movies but a lot of Craven movies were very good. Some of his movies are still in my top 20-30 movies. I'm sadden to read he had brain cancer and lost the battle. Craven was the horror guy in the 80s, but he reinvented himself in the 90s with the Scream movies, which I highly beloved. He was a writer, director and producer. While I haven't seen everything he's directed, his stuff left a lasting impact on me and my pop culture knowledge.   A Nightmare on Elm Street : I love this movie and it is probably the scariest movie in the series. Freddy was still serious at this movie and not the pop cultural icon. What a great movie. New Nightmare : This movie was ahead of its time and the...

James Horner RIP From The Hollywood Reporter, (( James Horner , the consummate film composer known for his heart-tugging scores for Field of Dreams , Braveheart and Titanic , for which he won two Academy Awards, died Monday in a plane crash near Santa Barbara. He was 61. Horner was piloting a single-engine S312 Tucano turboprop plane when it crashed into a remote area about 60 miles north of Santa Barbara, officials said. )) I was in shock to hear he died and it happened in a plane crash. That's messed up. I know he hasn't been on my radar for a while, but he is a part of my pop culture history. Behind Williams and Goldsmith, there was Horner. Elfman sort of took his spot for a while though. But, Horner did some amazing things with music in the 80s. You knew his sound and his chords. As a child, I would sit through the end credits of Star Trek II and III that were on those old VHS tapes. Horner's music would be come out of that o...

I've spent probably a good ten years trying to get a book off the ground. I truly dreamed of having my name on the cover of an epic novel (in a series). A few years ago I came to the conclusion that wasn't going to happen. However, it still hurts that dream never came to be. So, it always bothers me that some “famous” people get book deals, but have never wrote or tried create a manuscript. Because these guys were famous, they would get great book deals. Due to the recent reveal in the news, guess who has a book, but is one of the worst people in the world? Jared from Subway... And, the name of this piece shit book is Jared, the Subway Guy: Winning Through Losing: 13 Lessons for Turning Your Life Around and it came out back in 2006. I guess it is more focus on the Losing portion now in his life. And from the Amazon page, ((Jared Fogel was, is, and will continue to be America's weight loss icon. As an obese college student in Indiana he lo...

So Hot, you hot Every time I see this commercial on at the Planet Fitness gym I laugh. I've probably see it a hundred times. They play it on the Planet Fitness channel. Here's the kicker, the version they play on their channel is edited. Because I love women, they edited out all the ass shots in the channel version, rhus making the channel version less offensive. So, every time you see their wonderful backsides, it is cut out of the broadcast versions. I can only hope most women locker rooms are like this. They sit in their underwear and comment how hot they are. One can dream. BYW, there are women that look like this in my gym, but I don't think they do this though. The woman in the yellow top is model Illya Biederman (Via youtube comments) . The blond is Amanda Landry .   

This movie is legendary in its sheer crappiness. How can you make cop drama from a Dino and cop pairing together? Nothing good can come from this. And, it turns out it went straight to video with a near 40 million dollar budget. Everyone has talked about this movie and I mean everyone. The studio forced Whoopi into doing this piece of shit movie. They threatened to sue her if she didn't appear. So, she showed up to set unhappy. And, you can tell she is not happy about appearing in the movie. You can see it in every scene. And, why dress Whoopi in tight biker pants?  And, yes, I watched this movie all the way through when it came out on video. I couldn't how bad this movie really is. I can't believe I sat through this movie, but can't finish movies like Dumb and Dumber To or The Room. The Slash Film story covers everything you wanted to know about this crazy movi e, while you can listen to the podcast that makes fun of this movie. ...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles So, we get a reboot of the old school TMNT franchise. This time it is under the guidance of Michael Bay's studio. It does tend to pay tribute to the other versions of the Turtles while having its own vision. However, like other Bay's projects, the script has some major issues with some strange plot points. TMNT is a highly flawed movies, but it isn't total train wreck.   I actually like the use of the lore from earlier versions of the turtles. We had a fully animated CGI movie from the early 2000s. And, that movie was tied to the live action movies from the 80s. The new movie uses a lot of stuff from the old cartoon show, such as April O'Neil working as a TV anchor. Plus they throw in all the pizza jokes you can handle. However, there are elements from the old movies used in this remake too. Splinter is merely a mutated rat and not a human turned into a rat such as it is depicted in the cartoon show. Despite what cr...

Flash: Prison Break (backdoor crossover) As I watched one of the recent Flash episodes, two actors came on screen together that looked familiar.  Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell are playing Captain Cold and Heat Wave . And, smiled and thought, That's some clever casting. They played brothers on Prison Break, which is coming back in some form. Wentworth suggested Purcell to the producers as Heat Wave. And the rest is history . 

So, I was listening to Pete Holmes' You Made It Weird podcast and Keegan Key was on the show. Keegan mentioned that he had a famous half brother that worked into comic books that he discovered later in life. Keegan said that his brother worked for Marvel and DC and was one of main people to bring minorities into DC. He then mentioned that his half-brother passed away in 2011. He didn't say his comic book writer brother's name. However, that got me to thinking. Holy crap, his brother was Dwayne McDuffie .  McDuffie was one of the founders of Milestone Comics, which was an imprint of DC Comics. Milestone had a focus on more people of color as heroes in their books and even had a major crossover with DC/Superman. McDuffie also oversaw the animated version of Static Shock, which in turn folded into the DCAU and Justice League. McDuffie was one of the driving forces behind some of the best over-arcing stories from Justice League Unlimited. Plus, his Mileston...

Jared, you are a horrible person It looks like the Subway really is a pedophile. It looks like the government did something right and caught him red-handed. It looks like Jared has a plea bargain with the government. From Huffington Post, ((As part of Fogle's plea deal announced Wednesday by the U.S. Attorney's office in the Southern District of Indiana, the disgraced Subway pitchman will pay a total of $1.4 million in restitution to the 14 victims identified by prosecutors. Fogle faces up to 12 years in prison.)) Here's where it gets disturbing. He would pay for prostitutes and ask them to bring underage girls to him for extra money.    From the Huffington Post , ((The documents detail Fogle meeting with one of those girls at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. In November 2012, he allegedly paid the girl, who was 17, to commit sexual acts and texted her the next day offering to pay her if she could find him another underage girl. He allegedly told h...

Kylie Jenner and her stupid rabbit I heard this on Hollywood Babble-On and laughed and cringed at the same time. I love that the newscaster lost it and walked off the set because of the non-news of the story. However, I cringed when the other woman tried to save to segment. Stop it. I completely agree with him and hate that whole family, but why is a local news channel even pushing for this story? It doesn't even make sense to me. I get the feeling the mother had her people push this story in order to keep the family name out there in the news. So someone that is famous for being only famous' sister got a damn rabbit. WTF?

The Wedding Ringer    Okay, this movie is pretty bad. Combine all of the shitty wedding comedies with by the numbers raunchy movie. It just comes across as dull and not funny for the most part, and that's sad. The movie is patch work of other poorly written movies. Basically, Kevin Hart is a guy that nerdy guys (groom) hire to pretend to be the best man and long time friend. The wedding ringer falls for this one guy ( Josh Gad ) and becomes friends with him. You have the comedic, hip black guy (Kevin Hart), and you get the straight laced business white man that happens to be square too. It is like a text book screenplay mandated by a studio. It is so familiar that the movie doesn't even bother to make it seem like a different story. Lazy, lazy writing. Kevin Hart is probably the best thing about the movie. He is trying his best in here with a mundane script. However, it does seem he doesn't turn down any script. Yes, you want to get paid, ...

Random Stuff  ~Being an animal person: My whole life, I've had pets. Turtles, frogs, various types of crabs, crayfish, tropical and gold fish, newts, hamsters, rats, birds, and other things. Plus, I've had a few dogs. I really got attached to the dogs. (never had a cat, but I like nice cats too) After my dog died, I really can't bring myself to get another dog, because I can't go through the pain of seeing a dog die again. I go to the local pet shops just see all the animals again, but I just can't get another pet today.  ~Hush Puppies: What a waste of space in a meal! I got some seafood today and it came with two hush puppies. I tossed them aside like they were a couple of redheaded stepchildren. I hate these lumps of breaded shit. I usually feed them to birds or friendly cats. I hate these things so much.  ~ Josh Trank: More and more stories are coming out about the problems on the set and all the drama behind the scenes. There is ...

Deadpool Trailer This trailer kicks ass. Reynolds is prefect for the role and he played him back in that Wolverine movie years ago. Since this is set in the same X-Men universe, I am not sure where this movie fits in the overall reboot universe set in Days of Future's Past. The fans made this movie happen by demanding it since that animated trailer leaked. For every Fantastic Four shitty decision, Fox seems to finally get the X-Men franchise right lately. I loved the last two X-Men movies and the last Wolverine movie was outstanding. Now, they just have to keep from interfering with the movie. -Yes, Deadpool looks really ugly without his mask: I love the insults. -Was that a Green Lateran insult? Ryan Reynolds played a GL and the movie did horribly. And, I Think that was a knock on that franchise. -I am really digging the suit. And, I love the mask, because it looks just like the one in the book. -Breaking the 4 th wall: Yes, he does it in...

Real Genius ( 1985 ) There are certainly movies that point out the statement, “This is the 80s”, and Real Genius one of those movies. It is like Short Circuit and Weird Science in that way. When I was a child, I remember really digging the movie. I remember it being in my top ten favorite movies at the time. It may not be in my top ten now, it is still a fun movie to look back on.   It was during a time when my family was still together and everyone was okay and healthy, it was a simpler time both in the movie and in real life. - Val Kilmer really is the breakout character in the movie. He's the smart clown that doesn't really have a care in the world. Plus, most of his lines are extremely amusing. He only gets serious when he realized that the thing he perfected is a weapon. Val is a great actor. -Precursor to Drone Attacks: I can't believe how close this movie comes to predicting the use of drones and remote attacks from a guy sittin...

Random Stuff   ~ Waiting for more news on that FF7 remake : I can't wait to see what Square has in store for the millions of fans. I know the game was unfinished. There were other things planned, but never completed. Plus, there are bad localization issues that need to be fixed. Plus the plot needs to be cleaned up. I'm hearing there will be major changes to the game though . ~Childhood: Looking back, I couldn't wait to grow up because I hated being a child. It was a lonely and trying time. I didn't have normal childhood and I hated being around other people because of my resentment toward them because they were normal I wasn't. However, I would be so enticed to grow up if I knew how mundane and stupid life would turn out.   ~ Donald Trump is an ass: The more I witness about the GOP candidates, the more I see the GOP and conservative do this clown show and make statements out of touch with the way people think. It's basically old white ...

Fantastic Four is a Bore?   Man, did the new reboot FF really shit up the bed. I heard the Kevin Smith podcast detailing director Josh Trank journey from Chronicle to Fantastic Four. Smith tried and tried to pump the movie up, but the movie is a mess and no one went to see it. Here's the kicker, Trank pretty much jumped ship and threw FF movie under the bus. From Trank's Twitter, ((A year ago I had a fantastic version of this. And it would've received great reviews. You'll probably never see it. That's reality though.)) If the bad reviews and poor Box Office take weren't enough, Trank's tweet put this movie in the ground. He had such a glowing view of the movie when he did Smith's podcast. Now, it seems the trouble behind the scenes and reshoots were true. And, the rumors of Trank being replace seem to also be true. Plus, it looks like all this trouble on this set got him kicked off a Star Wars project too. Ouch From...

I will be updating the blog with a few reviews and other things within the next day.  I have a review for Real Geniuses and a few other things . Stay Tuned...

Map to The Stars What f' movie? This is one messed up movie. We get incest, murder, suicide, domestic violence and other crazy things in this movie. From IMDB , ((The Weiss family is the archetypical Hollywood dynasty: father Stafford is an analyst and coach, who has made a fortune with his self-help manuals; mother Cristina mostly looks after the career of their son Benjie, 13, a child star. One of Stafford's clients, Havana, is an actress who dreams of shooting a remake of the movie that made her mother, Clarice, a star in the 60s. Clarice is dead now and visions of her come to haunt Havana at night... Adding to the toxic mix, Benjie has just come off a rehab program he joined when he was 9 and his sister, Agatha, has recently been released from a sanatorium where she was treated for criminal pyromania and befriended a limo driver Jerome who is also an aspiring actor. )) You get a bit of pretentiousness throughout the movie that rears its ugly head when it ...

I don't have to obey your laws... I am a complete outsider, but even I think she's doing too much.  Is this bull crap a part of this new entitled crowd? Free Inhabitant movement? Not to get too racial, but you are fully aware that if a black guy tried to pull this shit, he would have been tazed and sprayed. This cop gives this woman every opportunity to step down and shut up, but she keeps egging him on. When we see the Sandra Bland video you get a different vibe. I also think this cop knew this woman was off her meds and gave her every chance to stop. I also don't like she's screaming rape as the officer starts to arrest her. Do you do this whenever you don't get your way? So when the “rape” yelling doesn't work, threaten to sue and cry. From what I can tell, this arrest happened in 2013. Does anyone know what happened to this wonderful lady? So, what is a Free Inhabitant? From a Quora user, ((Free inhabitants ...

T-Mobile and the carriers have spotty services What happened? I did one ride-share around 1 PM and everything was okay with my phone. Then all services went dead around 3PM and had no service to little service. Even now, my signal is very weak. Now, I see that most of the Southeast went black in all four main cell companies. From USA Today, ((AT&T users in Louisville took to social media Tuesday reporting widespread Internet and cellphone network service outages. Users bombarded the social media accounts of AT&T with complaints about the outage.)) Outrages were reported in Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville. I have to wonder if this was hack attack on all the carriers on their networks.