The Films of Roland Emmerich – A Deep Critical Analysis

This weekend the latest film by auteur Roland Emmerich, 2012, was released.  As usual, the film is a brilliant, multidimensional rumination on various aspects of modern mankind as it looks into the mirror at itself, puzzling over the big questions: why are we here, is love a selfish emotion, how many CGI effects can be [...]

Stephen King’s 10 Best and 10 Worst

Today marks the release of Stephen King’s new novel, Under the Dome, a doorstopper of a book that I cannot WAIT to sink my teeth into.  To celebrate its release, here is a list of King’s best and worst work, as judged by me, a famed literary critic.
 
 King’s 10 Best
 
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Anthony Sowell: Civil Rights Leader

Earlier this week, we were all horrified when we heard the news that the bodies of at least 10 women were found at the home of Anthony Sowell, a 50 year old African American man from Cleveland, Ohio.  But I feel we’re dwelling too much on the dark side of this case, when in fact [...]

The 6 Fattest Presidents in US History

Recently president Barack Obama ordered a big ol’ hamburger and caused an uproar amongst douchebag conservative types because he put Dijon mustard on it.  Me?  I was just glad to see the beanpole eat something.  I mean the dude looks like a post-concentration camp Will Smith.  I prefer my presidents to be on the portly side, thank [...]

Your Dignity: 1970-2009

Can someone please explain to me the recent explosion in popularity of memorial window stickers on cars?  It used to be that these only appeared on gangbangers cars.  You’d be cruising down the street when up ahead you would spot the following sticker, written in Olde English font, on the back of a lowered 82 [...]

The 10 Ugliest Gobots Ever Made

In 1983, Tonka unleashed Gobots upon an unsuspecting populace of pre-pubescent boys hungry for something to replace their soon to be moldering Return of the Jedi toys.  The concept was strong: vehicles that transformed into robots.  The execution: um, not so much.  The line of toys turned out to be one of the most laughably [...]