Monsters vs Aliens

In recent years makers of kids films have taken into consideration the fact that adults have to sit through them too. They put in sly jokes, have good dialogue, and have a story. They have made the films beloved classics not…
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posted by Tra at 1:10 pm
I don't know how I could have missed it. I have been waiting to see something from this movie for a long time. I just found not 1 but 2 teaser trailers for the new Astro Boy movie.
Here is the second one. It actually has some story and people speak.
I have to say it looks…
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posted by Tra at 7:24 pm
I used to be one of those people who liked Spam. Oh don’t scrunch up your face like that. Everyone was given Spam at some point in their childhood and depending on how it was prepared it would have either scarred you or you just ate it and went on with your day… ...more
posted by Tra at 4:05 pm
I can’t believe the last time I gave book recommendations was all the way in October. I have been reading, lots actually (not just The Watchmen), and I think all of it is just mashed up in my brain. I continually have a book that I lug around and open every time I have a…
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posted by Tra at 10:34 am
I Love You, Man

Paul Rudd is really good at playing awkward. He doesn’t play clumsy, oafish, or stupid just awkward. And I think his ability to play that role is what really makes this movie.
Peter Klaven (Rudd) is getting married the…
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posted by Tra at 1:12 pm
When I mention the show ER most people ask me why I still watch the show. For a while I really didn’t know why, I think it may just have been force of habit. But as the show is coming to an end (only 2 episodes left) they seem to have pulled their act together.
The…
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posted by Tra at 4:47 pm
Today is St. Patrick's Day, or if you like St Paddy's Day, a holiday that is celebrated all over the world not just by the Irish. SoI thought it would be good to share some facts and info about this day associated with drunkenness, shamrocks, and shenanigans.
St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. He…
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posted by Tra at 11:29 am
The Last House on the Left

So this weekend there was nothing in theatres that I really wanted to see and if I did want to see it I had seen it already. I am not a big believer in seeing a film more…
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posted by Tra at 11:24 am
So on Wednesday I know I was complaining about being sick but not too sick. Well that was then. Not to long after posting that my condition rapidly deteriorated. I left work early, got drugged up and passed out for about 15 hours. Good times. I then got up, my whole body was aching…
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posted by Tra at 4:52 pm
I hate being sick. It is never any fun. Even if you get a day off you spend it lying on your back staring at the ceiling struggling to breathe. You can’t talk on the phone cuz no one wants to hear you hack up a lung and you feel like you brain is about…
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posted by Tra at 11:20 am