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Best (Sex Bo)Bomb of the Summer
Alright, let's get this out of the way right now. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World bombed. It tanked. It was a box office failure. It opened fifth, and took most of its earnings on its opening Friday, indicating a total lack of word-of-mouth buzz. It made $10 million over its first weeekend, earning back a paltry sixth of its budget. It lost out ( Read more... ) -
You Win Some, You Lose Some
This Fringe season has been largely underwhelming; where last year presented us with a rather broad swathe of titles that appeared at least worth an hour of our lives and just under ten dollars, this year there has been but a tiny handful that have looked even half-decent. Yesterday we went to the only two Fringe shows we'll be seeing this seasons ( Read more... ) -
A poor performance; two thumbs down
Industry Minister Tony Clement was on CBC's The House a few days ago, to talk about the Conservative government's plan to do away with the mandatory long-form census. Given how irredeemably stupid this decision is, Clement gave probably the best performance possible, which is to say a terrible one. If he'd been a beauracrat tasked with defending ( Read more... ) -
Yes, at last!
I'm not going to lie; this may be the best news I have heard in a long, long time. I have long thought that dental science has lagged far, far behind the other bodily sciences, but this? This is pretty much exactly the breakthrough I have been expecting from the dental researchers of the world for years, now. A gel that stimulates teeth to ( Read more... ) -
If you can't be original, at least be awesome
This summer has seen no end of remakes and sequels; Iron Man 2, Shrek Forever After, The A-Team, Robin Hood, Sex in the City 2, Toy Story 3, and so on, and so forth, ad infinitum it sometimes seems. But while most of the remakes are wholly uninteresting, and many of the sequels have been disappointing to say the least, there have been some good ( Read more... ) -
RBC's have unbreakable windows
Windows smashed! Police cars ablaze! Anarchists riottinig in the streets ( Read more... ) -
Oh, come on!
I don't care what anyone says, root canals are just oodles of fun! I mean, what's not to enjoy about having your jaw levered open for an hour and a half, while having your tooth drilled, prodded and grindered? Unless, of course, it's the way the tooth aches for the next day, and then spends nearly a week being so sensitive to pressure that just ( Read more... ) -
And in the end, he restarts the sun
Everybody's heard about All-Star Batman and Robin. The blatant fan-service. The insane violence. 'The God-damned Batman'. The comic was originally put forwards as a sort of DC equivalent to Marvel's Ultimates line, a 'back to basics' way to bring new readers into the line without the decades of background the main line carries. But since Frank ( Read more... ) -
And speaking of awesome animated adaptations...
Why the holy hells did nobody tell me about this? A 40K movie, featuring the Ultramarines? With Jon Pertwee (son of famed Dr Who actor Sean), Terence Stamp (General frickin' Zod) and John godsdamned "I was in I,Claudius, Alien, 1984 and Hellboy" Hurt? Running seventy minutes long, and done with state of the art cg ( Read more... ) -
So. This is awesome.
Apparently, hot on the heels of the excellent season finale 'Swan Song', comes news that Supernatural will be getting a 22-episode anime series. Seriously.This is pretty amazing news, not just because Supernatural is an excellent show and more of it is no bad thing, but just because of the sheer novelty of this move. Hopefully, Japan will do a ( Read more... )