Box Office Results 11/29/09
When families gathered around at Thanksgiving to decide which movie they'll go see together, most appeared to flip a coin. Heads, the one where the Native American boy turns into an oversized werewolf; tails, the one where the Christian woman turns into a loud-mouthed savior. That surely explains why OMG New Moon held on to the top spot with $66 million over the past five days (sucker's already cracked $200m domestic), while The Blind Side rode its coattails in second place with $57.5 million (sucker's already cracked $100m dome

A Night at the Opera
I live in Morgantown, West Virginia. It's the home of a major university with about 28,000 students, and roughly the same number of year-round residents. Not a lot happens here, except maybe on football weekends, when for a few hours this becomes the largest city in the state. It's the kind of town where a high school teacher accused of being drunk and dancing with students in class is front-page news for two weeks. With such a large student population, the downtown stays pretty active, lots of bars and restaurants and such. Storefronts don't stay vacant for too long, and the local economy is relatively recession-proof. Pittsburgh is 80 miles awa

Ninja Assassin Review
Ninja Assassin is a terrible, awful, ass-blastingly heinous movie, but it's also the rare movie manages to be both very very bad and very entertaining. To call it so-bad-it's-good would be to suggest that it's good on some level; it's not. But it is one feverishly bloody, ass-kicking jolt to your happy place. Rain is like the Korean Statham, only he could probably take down Chev Chelios, Jason Bourne, all six James Bonds, and Jason Voorhies with his eyes closed while eating a bowl of Lucky Charms, and ain't nobody as magically delicious as this motherfucker -- dude handles a chain with a blade on the end with the speed, precision, and timing of two gay synchronized s

Pajiba Love 11/27/09
In honor of Black Friday, here's a list of great DVD sales going on today for your inner lazy-ass geek. (Slashfilm & Cinematical) Cinemablend offers up the best movie music moments of the Aughts -- my only disagreement is with number seven. (Cinemablend) There was one critic who loved Old Dogs, and I think he may have been born completely fucking stupid in the brain. (

Eloquent Eloquence 11/27/09
Publisher's note: Due to the holiday, EE was delayed a day, though it was written for Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving, Merkia! I love American holidays. You guys really know how to do your holidays--food, booze and TV. That's all you need. Oh how I wish I was in the US right now gorging on turkey. We don't even get turkeys over here, how pathetic is that? We eat iguanas and bears, but you can't get a damn turkey unless it's imported and then it's more the size of a pigeon. Amusing fact that you didn't need to know: a turkey is called a 'jolote' in Honduras. Now, why we have a word for a bird that doesn't live here is something I can't help you with. Just enjoy yo