Today, for what I’m just going to assume is the first time, we have the convergence of two of the greatest cornerstones of our culture: March Madness and the Muppets. So to celebrate the premiere of MUPPETS MOST WANTED in NCAA Tournament style, Seven Inches is launching Muppets March Madness: … Get hard
College is all about binge drinking. Why can’t college basketball be? 2014’s March Madness begins today, and we’ve already seen buckets full of excitement. While Gus Johnson’s departure from CBS has made the world a sad/worse place, and made drinking games harder to craft, it’s still time to celebrate underage drinking, … Get hard
Welcome to the Superhero Movie Guidebook! For an introduction to this series, click here. Check here for past entries and future updates every Thursday. I guess I should start this by casually mentioning that I’m white. Like, really white. I can’t even tan. I burn to deep red very quickly, … Get hard
It’s pretty much official: Robin Williams was the king of the 90’s, and his career is a perfect accompaniment to obnoxious amounts of beer. After doing HOOK and JUMANJI (with MRS. DOUBTFIRE, FERNGULLY and ALADDIN still to come), the next stop on the dizzying tour of Robin Williams’ ridiculous filmography, … Get hard
Be sure to listen to the end credits music while reading this post. When someone gets on a high horse about remakes, calmly tap them on a shoulder and tell them that without remakes, we never would have gotten HOMEWARD BOUND, a remake of the 1963, coming thirty years later. … Get hard
At this point during SEVEN INCHES OF YOUR TIME’s brief tenure as a staple for nothing, director Don Bluth, along with owls and Edward James Olmos, have practically become the idols to whom we worship. Don Bluth burst onto the directorial scene with THE SECRET OF NIMH in 1982, intent on … Get hard
Welcome to the Binge Project series! These Binge Projects will feature me reading or watching an entire run of comics, books, TV shows, or other media in rapid order, then writing expansively about the experience. This installment takes an in-depth look at Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing. Moore’s run covered issues … Get hard
Most of us have heard of DUNE, if not read Frank Herbert’s philosophical masterpiece. Whether we’ve seen David Lynch’s nutty film, we’re at least aware that Sting and Patrick Stewart both starred in the disaster, and that spice (a hallucinogenic drug) plays an enormous role in the plot. You might … Get hard
Until last night, TIME AFTER TIME merely meant one of the greatest songs of all-time. Now, after watching the gloriously cheesy, dated but vigorously acted and hilarious 35th anniversary screening of TIME AFTER TIME (1979), it’s alongside BACK TO THE FUTURE as one of the most delightful time travel movies ever … Get hard
Welcome to the Superhero Movie Guidebook! For an introduction to this series, click here. Check here for past entries and future updates every Thursday. If you’ve looked through my syllabus of films linked in the Superhero Movie Guidebook introduction piece — or if you’ve just followed superhero movies over the … Get hard