Rise of the Guardians is based on a premise so simple, it’s brilliant: what if all our cherished childhood figures knew each other? And what if they banded together to face the forces of darkness, in much the same way The Avengers do? But for kids!
That may sound like a bad thing or come across as me putting the movie down. Don’t begin to look at it that way at all. Continue reading MasterChugs Theater: ‘Rise of the Guardians’
New York City managed to have a red letter day, as in no red letters were spelled out in blood on their many sidewalks or studio-apartment hardwood floors. That’s right: New Yorkers managed to not kill each other for an entire 36 consecutive hours, which police are calling “a case of that one Monday.”
Nobody is entirely sure why NYC’s assassins took a Senior Skip Day, but it is part of an overall trend of decreasing violent crime nationwide. Still, for 8 million people who presumably relive Seinfeld every damn day, it’s commendable that not one took a Festivus pole to their group’s George. (Or smelly cat to their Phoebe if you grew up on Friends.)
Of course, like all good things, this, too, had to end. By Tuesday morning, the city’s last nerve was trampled, ending in a good ol’ fashioned shooting. Oh, and Lindsay Lohan slapped somebody.
So, if you’ve been waiting for a safe time to visit the Big Apple, that train has re-derailed. It was a good run, everybody!
For those that didn’t catch Savages in the theater, allow me to sum it up for you: it’s not good. Oh sure, it’s got some moments, it’s got Salma Hayek in thoroughly unattractive haircut, it’s even got the always entertaining Benicio Del Toro. Despite those traits, it’s still not good.
Could someone do it better? Potentially. Is it a worthy movie to view while inebriated? Sure.
Should you try to recreate the movie with real guns and real ammo after consuming a sizable amount of real alcohol. Probably not.
Once again, England knows what it’s doing.
Somewhere in Great Britain (like you’d know the town or shire name in the first place), police were called to wrangle an emu that was wandering around on a crowded road during rush hour trying to break into houses. They convinced the large bird to get into the back of a police car, where it was likely cuffed at the feet and brought in for questioning.
The only sad part about this story is that the bird was not charged with anything and returned to its owner, who was also not charged with anything.
Men from the Middle East take their mustaches seriously. Take notes, Rick, these gents go into surgery to perfect their lip caterpillar.
