Remember that old episode of The Simpsons where the family visits Australia? There’s a scene where a koala bear climbs up an electrical pole and touches the transformer, receiving a painful electric shock. Undeterred, the bear grabs the box again, receiving another shock that singes his fur and sends him hurtling to the ground below. [...]
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Retro Squizz: “Oscar Report 2009″
In my final bit of lazy, old-post-recycling “hype” for tonight’s Oscars live blog, I present to you last year’s Oscar Report — incidentally, the final item ever posted on my old blog — which is a massive, sprawling endeavour which might take you as long to read as the Oscars take to watch. Don’t read [...]
Retro Squizz: “Oscar Report 2008″
It’s almost here! We’re one day away! Can you feel it? Can you feel the excitement in the air? The tension? The suspense?
Screw the Academy Awards themselves… I meant my live blog of the ostentatious, nonsensical event. You’d think that after all this hype, I must have something really special planned! (Or maybe I’ve had [...]
What Venom couldn’t do, “time constraints and creative difficulties” could
That is, kill Spider-Man.
Or, to be more precise, kill Spider-Man.
Yes, in sad news for geeks, film aficionados and dudes looking for an acceptable date movie, the Spider-Man franchise has lost director Sam Raimi and lead actor Tobey Maguire and, by extension, the magic that made the first three installments into classics (and by “classics” I [...]