November 2007
Netflix On All Hallow's Eve: The Shining
Synopsis from Netflix: All work and no play make Jack a bloodthirsty boy. On the wagon after his alcoholism created family troubles, aspiring novelist Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) accepts a position as off-season custodian at an elegant but eerie hotel so he can write undisturbed. No sooner have Jack, his wife (Shelley Duvall) and son Danny settled in than the ominous hotel starts to wield its...
October 2007
Not Exactly Netflix: The Crow
This is actually a movie that I own, but I have a tradition of always watching The Crow on October 30th—Devils’s Night. Synopsis from Netflix: Young rock guitarist Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals. Exactly one year after his death, Eric returns — watched over by a hypnotic crow — to seek revenge. The Crow features...
WatchAs Joe Buck calls the World Series, I figured I’d share this “tribute” to his less-than-colorful commentary. I’ve watched it four or five times and it still cracks me up.
Netflix On The Prowl: An American Haunting
Synopsis from Netflix: Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spacek star as tormented heads of household in this haunting period drama, based on the only documented case in U.S. history in which a spirit caused a man’s death. Enduring the supernatural acts of a cruel ghost known as “Old Kate,” John and Lucy Bell (Sutherland and Spacek) do their best to protect their daughter (played by...
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Best line I heard today: “free beer for half an hour, no line.” Even with vertigo I’m gonna take advantage of that.
Netflix On The Road: Cape Fear
Synopsis from Netflix: Public defender Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) served as the attorney for brutal rapist Max Cady (Robert De Niro) at his arraignment. Shocked by the violence of Cady’s crime, Sam duplicitously withheld information regarding the sexually promiscuous activities of Cady’s rape victim — information that might have won Max’s acquittal. After serving a hellish...
My Bologna's Name Is Netflix: The Toxic Avenger
Synopsis from Netflix: In this satirical spoof, the meatheads at a local health club push around the geeky janitor (Mark Torgl) who works there. One day, however, the bullies push too far, and the janitor falls out a window and into a dump truck filled with toxic sludge. The toxic dip transforms the janitor into a hulking superhero — the Toxic Avenger (Mitchell Cohen) — who fights for...
Netflix and Lucky Charms - Leprechaun 5: In The...
Synopsis from Netflix: The bloodthirsty Leprechaun (Warwick Davis) is back — and this time he’s killin’ in the ‘hood. When a group of wanna-be rappers gets jilted by pimp Mack Daddy (Ice-T), the young victims exact their revenge by breaking into Daddy’s place and stealing his stuff. But when they remove a strange gold medallion from the neck of an even stranger little...
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So I have vertigo again. I’ve got another prescription for Meclizine and I have a CT scan scheduled for Thursday. My doctor’s office is also supposed to be scheduling me for an Ear, Nose & Throat appointment sometime in the near future. If one were to bet on the eventual diagnosis, aside from having a severe gambling problem, that person would be smart to put their money on...
Netflix Up In This Joint: Phantoms
Synopsis from Netflix: In this spooky flick based on a Dean Koontz novel, Lisa (Rose McGowan) and Jenny (Joanna Going) arrive in Snowfield, Colorado, for a ski vacation, only to find the town deserted but for a dead man. Joined by Sheriff Bryce Hammond (Ben Affleck) and his deputies, they search for clues. Along the way, they find a note with the words “Timothy Flyte” and...
Netflix Is Gonna Need A Bigger Boat: Jaws
Synopsis from Netflix: When an insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, a police chief (Roy Scheider), a grizzled shark hunter (Robert Shaw) and an oceanographer (Richard Dreyfuss) seek to destroy it. Director Steven Spielberg created the summer blockbuster boom with this white-knuckle adaptation of the Peter Benchley novel. John Williams’s ominous musical...
Transylvanian Transmissions of Netflix: Bram...
Synopsis from Netflix: Francis Ford Coppola’s resurrection of Bram Stoker’s novel won three Academy Awards for its eye-popping makeup and production design. Dracula (Gary Oldman) leaves the captive Jonathan Harker (Keanu Reeves) and Transylvania for London in search of Mina Harker (Winona Ryder), the spitting image of Dracula’s long-dead wife, Elisabeta (also Winona Ryder)....
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I just thought this was a great headline.
Netflix, Baby: Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
Synopsis from Netflix: Based on Tom Robbins’s eponymous cult novel about 29-year-old Sissy Hankshaw (Uma Thurman), whose large thumbs give her a talent for hitchhiking, this Western/road movie follows Sissy as she visits a lesbian dude ranch (where she’s scheduled to model for feminine hygiene advertisements) and finds love. Directed by Gus Van Sant, the movie also stars Heather...
Things That Have Annoyed Me In The Past 10 Minutes
A big truck parking on the very end of the block, obscuring the Walk/Don’t Walk sign. I ended up looking like a jaywalker because the oncoming traffic was stopped but as soon as I started crossing the street, they had gotten their green light. A Mountain Dew bottle with a “play to win” cap that just has a jumble of numbers and letters. I’m too lazy to go to your stupid...
Why I Like October
Today is the first day of October and I am excited because this is my second favorite month of the year (December being my first favorite). I’m not exactly sure I can put into words why I like it so much but I’m going to give it a shot… First off, it’s a good month for birthdays, the most notable of which is my sister Kelley’s (which is in three days). Additionally,...