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Mid-Season Television Preview

Posted in Articles, Television, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 17, 2012| 1 Comment »

Television is returning after a long holiday hiatus.  And it’s time to get a plethora of new shows as well as the return of some beloved ones.  And just like the Fall Check Up  and Preview I did last fall, I’m here to share with you guys what I’ll be tuning into this season.  Personally, it feels as though Fall TV is better than Mid-season.  With greats like Dexter, It’s Always Sunny, and a couple of others having only a 12 episode run, I’ve always wondered what filled those time slots in the Spring.  After doing a little research, I’ve seen that there are gems that I haven’t quite uncovered yet such as: Justified, Shameless, and 30 Rock.  So I’m going to be dedicating my time now to play catch up.  And that’s not even counting all the new series coming out.  As usual, it’s a gamble to try to get into new shows, mainly because you don’t know if it will be a waste of time or not, but I’ve got some faith in some in the appeal of some of these new shows.  I’ll update you later in the season to tell you how it’s going.

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Morning Oatmeal: The 5 Worst Movies of 2011

Posted in Movies, tagged , , , on January 17, 2012| 1 Comment »

Some movies are just so bad, that they’re just not worth watching.  There are literally dozens of these films released every year.  Collider has taken the effort to compile and rationalize what their opinion was the worst 5 movies of 2011.

The 5 Worst Movies of 2011

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Rendering Disney Princesses to Life

Posted in Character Profiles, Movies, tagged , , , on January 16, 2012| 6 Comments »

Beautiful Belle may not fall for Beast right away, but he'll find a way to win her over.

It’s not a surprise to anyone that Disney Princesses are the pinnacle of perfection in terms of looks.  But at the same time, they’re cartoons.  So an artist decided to render them in real life using models that closely resembled their backgrounds.  Thanks to Yahoo! for showing this.  Credit to http://jirkavinse.wordpress.com/ for creating them.

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Banana Unpeeled DVD Review: The Hangover, Part 2

Posted in Movies, Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 16, 2012| 1 Comment »

Todd Phillips follows up his 100 million  dollar R-rated comedy hit in 2009 with a sequel set in Bangkok.  As with most sequels, there lies the difficulty in making it bigger, badder, and better than the first one and simultaneously maintaining a sense or originality.  Here in the Hangover Part 2, it doesn’t even look like Todd Phillips tried to make this second movie more original, as it’s a copy and cut paste from scene to scene.  And while the funny Alan jokes are still there and the slapstick is a bit more disgusting than the first one, the movie loses the general shock and awe that made us fall in love with the wolf pack in the first place in favor of shedding light on the dangers of Bangkok.  And with no change or twist to distinguish itself from the first one, it’s difficult to call Hangover Part 2 nothing more than a good reason to send these guys to a tropical paradise for a couple of weeks to reshoot a movie they already did.

When Stu (Ed Helms) is getting married [again], he sends himself and the wolfpack [Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper] to Thailand for the ceremony and to meet his fiancé’s family.  The trio have one beer next to a calm bonfire on the beach with their fiancé’s brother and next thing they know they wake up in a motel somewhere in the middle of Bangkok, with new slew of slapstick shticks: a tattooed face, a shaved head, and a highly trained monkey.  They find out that Stu’s fiancé’s brother is missing and set out onto Thailand in an attempt to regain their memory and find him

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Morning Oatmeal: The Dragon Tattoo Series Pushes On

Posted in Movies, tagged , , , , , , on January 16, 2012| 1 Comment »

With a relatively low box office and despite heavy advertising, it would be unknown if the sequels to the Dragon Tattoo series would be worth making.  Stars Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara had already signed up to do the full trilogy, and David Fincher is unknown if he would return.  But in recent news, we’ve found out that the series will be moving forward with or without Fincher.  Read the full scoop at Screen Rant below.

The Dragon Tattoo Series Pushes On

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Daniel Radcliffe is Hosting SNL

Posted in Television, tagged , on January 13, 2012| 4 Comments »

Say what you will about the show, I avidly watch new SNL episodes every week simply because the sheer premise of the show and dedication of the cast astounds me.  Week after week they have to come up with new material and cater to the talents of the hosts.  So this Saturday night, we have the very talented Daniel Radcliffe hosting, likely to promote his new movie The Woman In Black.  Be sure to tune in and hopefully the writers will take advantage of his talents and give us the performance of a life time.  The links to his promos down below.

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My 10 Favorite Movie Characters of the Year

Posted in Lists, Movies, tagged , , , , , , , on January 13, 2012| 6 Comments »

One would believe that this post was inspired by the recent popularity of my Tuesday post, 10 Favorite TV Characters of the Year, but in reality, both of these posts were written back to back and I just simply queued this one for a later date.  And especially as the ‘new year’ escapes us, I wanted to publish as many of these, ‘wrap up 2011’ posts as quickly as possible.  So please don’t fry my buns and deem this post as a selfish attempt to get more views.  But even if you never thought that in the first place, let’s get on with the show.

As I searched through 2011 movies, I’m rather disappointed in the relative lack of new characters.  Another heavy year of sequels and remakes, it was difficult finding 10 worthy characters that truly inspired and put goosebumps in my skin.  Out of these 10, I believe only about 6-7 truly deserve any praise, but I chose 10 to give some benefit of the doubt.  Only unfortunately, I haven’t seen EVERY movie in 2011, especially the tons of December releases, but I made it about as clear cut as I could.  Here’s the list below.

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Morning Oatmeal: The Ten Best Trailers of 2011

Posted in Movies, tagged , , on January 13, 2012| 1 Comment »

Collider does it again as it compiled some of the best Trailers released in 2011.

The Ten Best Trailers of 2011

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Watch Pulp Fiction in Correct Order

Posted in Movies, tagged , , on January 12, 2012| 1 Comment »

Pulp Fiction is known as today as one of the greatest films in American cinema [depending on who you’re talking to].  It’s unchronological time frame and sharp dialogue made it memorable and extremely unique.  So when someone at IFC dug up a person who reedited Pulp Fiction and made it in chronological order, I simply had to watch it.  The weird part is, it kinda makes sense to do this, and I don’t know why I haven’t tried it before or even heard of it.  Hit the link below to check out IFC’s research on the subject matter.  It’s actually rather hilarious.  It talks about how some dude in the 90s had to do this…but with VHS tapes.

IFC digs up Pulp Fiction Recut

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Banana Unpeeled DVD Review: Kung Fu Panda 2

Posted in Movies, Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 12, 2012| 3 Comments »

With Cars 2 pretty much out of the way for the best animated picture of the year, Dreamworks has a pretty good chance at nabbing the spot with their two blockbusters this year: Kung Fu Panda 2 and Puss in Boots.  I’ve finally gotten a chance to see Kung Fu Panda 2, the sequel to the very enjoyable original Kung Fu Panda released in 2008.  As with most sequels [once again as exemplified in Cars 2], it’s risky to come up with both an engaging and original story.  But with a strong emotional story and fleshing out its likable supporting players in balance with its lead, Kung Fu Panda 2 exceeds my expectations and is, in my opinion, the best shot of best animated picture of the year.

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Robert Downey Jr.’s Acting Venn Diagram

Posted in Character Profiles, Movies, tagged , , , , on January 11, 2012| 1 Comment »

The people at Uproxx [which is a lot of people I might add, they maintain several websites], hilariously came up with how Robert Downey Jr. has created some of the most memorable characters in the past 3-4 years.  It’s quite unfortunate that recently, he’s too busy making sequels for these multimillion dollar franchises rather stepping out and creating more characters as unique as Kirk Lazarus or any other of his eccentric and likable characters.  The man is highly talented and I can’t wait to see what he comes to do next.

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Morning Oatmeal: Collider Compiles the Best

Posted in Movies, Television, tagged , on January 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »

One of my favorite websites, Collider, has created an Oscars of their own and held some of the awarded some very accurate nominations.  Hit the link below to view them all.  I, and I’m sure I’m not alone, have a couple of disagreements, the biggest as labeling Andy Serkis’s character Caeser from Rise of the Planet of the Apes as a ‘supporting’ character.  But simultaneously my credit could be considered a moot point because I honestly haven’t seen EVERY movie on that list.  Regardless, I high suggest you check it out.

Collider Compiles the Best

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The Trailer to Every Movie Sequel

Posted in Movies, tagged , , on January 10, 2012| 3 Comments »

WordPress isn’t very kind to embedding videos that aren’t Youtube, so when Youtube/Google doesn’t have it in their format, I’m kinda screwed.  So I’ve given you the link to a video the guys at College Humor made that makes fun of the redundancy of the mass amount of sequels we have today.  Enjoy!

http://www.collegehumor.com/e/6505171

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My 10 Favorite TV Characters of the Year

Posted in Lists, Television, tagged , , , , , , on January 10, 2012| 145 Comments »

2011 had a lot of good television.  One thing that makes the television good is the likable/badass/hilarious characters that we’ve come to love, hate, or even love to hate.  Whether it be new or old, we had some of the most powerful performances this year and it’s quite difficult to rank them all.  And with each show having at least 5 main characters, choosing 10 characters from the best shows on air was rather difficult.    What made this even harder was that I had to balance the 2010-2011 midseason line ups with 2011 fall tv line ups, but ultimately everything eventually fell into place as I realized clearly who was better than the other.  Hit the jump to view the rest.

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Morning Oatmeal: The Russian Avengers Gives Us Some New Scenes

Posted in Movies, tagged , , , , , , on January 10, 2012| 3 Comments »

Collider has found a new trailer for the Avengers that gives us a couple of more glances at what the movie has to offer.  Unfortunately it’s still in Russian.

http://collider.com/avengers-russian-trailer/134641/

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The 10 Best Things to Happen to Me Over My Banana Feed Break

Posted in Lists, Maintenance, tagged , , , , on January 9, 2012| 2 Comments »

It’s been a long time.  I updated before, promising us starting earlier mid-December.  But I was still on vacation found out that I didn’t want to spend energy doing this type of thing.  So here I am, trying to scramble together enough posts to satisfy the fanbase.  And I’m kicking it off with a quick update with what I’ve been up to and what I’ve seen these past two months.  Below is a list of ten of the awesomest things that have happened to me.  Check below and hope you look forward to the newest installments I have for you guys.

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Banana Unpeeled DVD Review: 30 Minutes or Less

Posted in Movies, Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 25, 2011| 1 Comment »

How does a lazy pizza boy and his small Indian school-teacher friend react when they’re forced to rob a bank?  Why, they simply go to the closest dollar tree, get some spray paint, some toy guns, ski masks, and go the closest bank that’s how.  Forget the hesitation, paranoia, and other basic human emotion and let’s just have them be able to outrun the cops, deal with guns pointed in their faces, and bombs strapped to their chests.  That’s where 30 Minutes or Less does wrong, while it provides decent comedy in its leads, it’s not irreverent enough to qualify as the good kind of absurd nor is it believable enough carry the heart it tries to convey.

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Character Profile: Inspector Gadget

Posted in Character Profiles, tagged , , , , , on November 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Go Go Gadget Badass. By Rubendevela

Inspector Gadget is another one of those characters that could be so much more badass had he not been restricted to a children’s television show.  Everyone knows that.  Especially artists.  So let’s forget Matthew Broderick’s version for a while and escape to a more practical world for a cybernetic human.  Here’s a gallery of what artists everywhere thought of when they hear the words “Go Go Gadget”

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Pixar’s Brave Trailer Hits the Web

Posted in Movies, tagged , , , , , on November 17, 2011| 1 Comment »

It’s difficult how to process this.  This could easily be another fantastic Pixar hit.  Or it could possibly be leaning on the lines of How to Train Your Dragon that was made by Dreamworks Animation a couple of years ago.  It was almost too eerily similar.  Just trade in scrawny figure for girl and it almost looks and sounds like the same movie.  But Pixar usually doesn’t let us down and at least I can say the visuals look great.

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7 Mainstream Chinese Movies You Should See If You Haven’t Already

Posted in Lists, Movies, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 17, 2011| 5 Comments »

If you’re into foreign films, then you’ve probably stumbled upon a plethora of Chinese movies that are essential for calling yourself a movie buff.  But if you’re not into foreign films then you’ve probably never have heard of any of the movies that are on this list.  When you saw ‘Chinese Movies’ in the title, you likely probably thought, Jackie Chan, Kung Fu, and subtitles.  As stereotypical as it is, most of the movies on this list are memorable for those things.  But instead of ignorantly typecasting these movies as “foreign blubbering, sword chucking, Jackie Chan flicks”, think of these movies as films with their own heart, story, and characters.  You’ll be pleasantly surprised and will even consider some of these flicks better than some of the crap Hollywood produces today.

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