So if you haven’t heard yet there is this little movie coming out soon called The Raid: Redemption. It is quite simply one of the best action movies to hit U.S. screens in the last 5 years. Incredibly simple in its premise and amazingly entertaining in its execution, it’s a film that all of Hollywood and the film festival circuit have embraced as a rarity for film going audiences, an exceedingly entertaining foreign action movie poised for success here in the United States and stardom and accolades for its writer/director Gareth Evans and its main star Iko Uwais. But I want to take a minute and ruminate over why that is and how it relates to you guys. Because I care, I care about what you guys put into your film going systems. Read more…
Are You Drawing Something?
I finally jumped on the bandwagon and downloaded Draw Something. I tried to get the paid version, but, apparently the Google Market hates me, so I had to settle for the free version. I bugged a couple of friends (who dearly love hate me) to play, and got down to business.
OHMYGOD! I can’t draw. At all. In any situation. It’s terrible. But this game? It’s so much fun! I am mighty with my stick figures, let me tell you. I can’t believe I waited so long to grab this app. It’s quickly becoming my favorite game, and I’ve only had it for an hour or so. I am having a blast trying to draw things like an Ewok, sideburns, justice, Norway, Adele — and most of the time, people are getting it. How, exactly, people are getting it, I will never know. Read more…
A-List Actors, B-List Movies
What are all these “household name”/A-List actors doing in B-List movies?
I’m always down for watching a movie that no one else has seen, because, well, I want to see it. B-List movie? Great! I’m down, as long as it doesn’t have large, green screen moths attacking humans, or photo-shopped, computer generated explosions.
What gets me is the fact that all these highly paid actors are now starring in all these low-budget movies. For example, Kevin Costner; the star of Dances with Wolves, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Waterworld, 3000 miles to Graceland, and The Bodyguard, is now acting in movies like The New Daughter. Read more…
Shut Up, They Can’t Hear You
Talking to a TV. Everybody does it. Whether you’re talking to your favorite actor, a politician, or a ridiculous commercial, it’s something most of us don’t even think about. I’ve done it my whole life, it’s something I happened to pick up from my Dad. I used to get really worked up sometimes—I stopped watching political debates for my own health (not to mention they can be pretty boring). Anymore though, it’s small stuff; like “Shoot him AGAIN!!”, “Don’t throw the—he threw out the gun. He’s gonna need that later. Why do they do that?”. The little things that get the heart rate going. I recently realized though, just how bad I had gotten. Read more…
Multimedia For My Kid
As “Mommy” to a toddler, I’m not the world’s best parent. I’m usually at a loss as to what she wants/needs, but I’m learning as I go, and trying new things every day. I know to give her home-cooked, healthy meals as often as I can, to give her a vitamin, bathe her and brush her teeth, and try not to lose my shit when she won’t listen. I also know that a perfectly timed press of the “play” button on my remote will trigger complete and utter concentration in an otherwise unfocused toddler with ADD.
Girls Who Game: We Aren’t All Licking Controllers In Bikinis
Hi, I’m Kate, and I’m (obviously) a chick. I am a chick who games; I mean, I really game.
I don’t pose half-naked with my controller for Facebook pictures and I don’t play those ridiculous “take care of this baby animal” games on my hot pink DS. I don’t even have a DS, truth be told; I have a first-gen PSP. I have been known to sit on a couch for days on end — no shower, no sleep, no food — and play KOTOR until my eyeballs were almost literally bleeding. I used to think budgeting for a new game was the most important financial decision I would make that week, and I made grown men cry as they watched me blow through Halo 2 on Legendary with no deaths and no do-overs.
I really hate the stereotypes that come with being a girl who loves video games. This week’s rant is all about them. If you’re a dude, a chick, or a unicorn on a mission from the Deep Sea, you might want to take a look at this. Make an informed decision on REAL chicks who play video games, please and thanks.
Writing Rant #&@*!
Why on Earth do people go in and try to knock you down? Why are people so negative about others deciding to do better with their lives? Why would a family member, you’ve never met, go in and try to tell you that your stuff is a waste of time? Jealousy people!
Not everyone gets to write for a cool website like this, and can also say they are in Read more…
