If you had told me a few years ago that soon I would be spending more time watching videos on YouTube than streaming Netflix, I would have called you crazy. While I observed YouTube’s incredible popularity, I always thought it was more for kids with short attention spans watching pranks, unboxings, or their friends playing…
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Oscar, Schmoscar 2010
I’m pretty excited about this year’s Oscars. That’s not because I finally care who wins (there are probably so many factors besides merit which determine that), but more because I’m enjoying watching a lot of the nominated films. Here are some capsule reviews of movies that I’ve discovered as part of cramming for the Oscars….
“Don’t Stop Believing” – 2009’s pop anthem?
For some reason, “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey, has had a surprising resurgence in popular culture this year, 28 years after its debut (two years after it capped the finale of The Sopranos TV series). It’s been featured on American Idol, it was the number selected from hit Broadway musical Rock of Ages to be…
The Happening – Movie Review
I had a strange feeling while watching M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie, The Happening, and it was not just the horror of watching people kill themselves for no apparent reason. Neither was it fear over the threat of a mysterious event that was causing these suicides, nor disappointment about the amateurish performance of Mark Wahlberg…
Madonna’s latest video – 4 minutes
Have you checked out Madonna’s latest video for 4 Minutes (a song from her upcoming album, Hard Candy)? Here’s a link to the video on YouTube. I have always been a fan, so I wanted to find out what new material from the Material Girl was going to be like. It’s a catchy-enough song, but…
Super/Friends mash-up on YouTube
Perhaps it was inevitable, but this TV mash-up is a riot! Combining the soundtrack from the Friends episode where the boys face-off against the girls to see who wins the apartment (my total fave, BTW) with visuals from classic Super-Friends episodes. Seeing Rachel as Robin is worth a laugh all its own.
Chan, Li, and Yuen: A Martial Arts Dream Team
Empire: Movie News – First Footage From Forbidden Kingdom I didn’t know anything about Forbidden Kingdom, this new project from Jackie Chan, Jet Li and fight choreographer Yuen Wo Ping, until today — now it’s one of my most anticipated films of next year! I grew up listening to the Chinese folk tale of the…
The TNG Drinking Song
YouTube – Star Trek TNG Episode Guide Song If you think I’m a geek, here’s someone who’s created a song naming every single episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation! It’s awesome for carousing in 10-Forward. Y’know, I really never knew the depths of my love for this show until I could sing along to…
Mars, Whedon, Dushku: The latest TV tidbits
Special Agent Mars appears on YouTube Remember when Veronica Mars was nearing cancellation and we fans were biting our nails in hopes that the idea of Veronica at the FBI would get picked up and the show that we loved would be reinvented with new life? Well, that didn’t happen, but the pilot shot for…
Alvin's Adventures in Pop Culture 