Monday morning speed read: Politics
Cliff, cliff, cliff, cliff-cliff. Nothing but cliff-talk dominating the world of politics these days. Allow me to give you the “cliff’s notes” version of this weekend’s events. (Ha-ha-ha, I slay me!) When John Boehner’s “Plan B” failed a week ago last Friday, he basically abdicated the lead to the Senate to come up with something. [...]
Monday morning speed read: Sports
All eyes were on the NFL yesterday. Most of the games ended up not meaning anything, but some of the ones that did were fantastic. Adrian Peterson rushed for 199 yards to lead his Vikings over the Packers 37-34 and into the playoffs, and he went over 2,000 yards for the season and came only [...]
Monday morning speed read: Movies
The Hobbit has some staying power. I didn’t expect Jack Reacher or This is 40 to knock Peter Jackson’s latest project from its perch at number one, but to be honest I thought Django Unchained or Les Miserables probably would have by now. Those latter two movies did release on Christmas instead of Friday, granted if [...]
Latest ‘Les Miserables’ will do Oscar damage, but not as Best Picture
I’ll admit that I’m a theatre nerd. Now when I hear a musical is being adapted into a movie I get opinionated and picky. Especially when the musical is Les Miserables. Most people know the story of French prisoner Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), who breaks his parole and starts a game of cat and mouse [...]
Week 17 NFL preview
Well it’s the end of the long road that is the NFL regular season. There is still lots to play for in week 17 with playoff spots and positioning on the line for many teams, in other games you have players auditioning for other teams that might show an interest in them in the off season [...]
You’re not the only one with ‘cliff’ mixed emotions
It’s getting to the point where you have to wonder if our government is capable of anything. I mean, this isn’t even scratching the surface of the problems our elected leaders are supposed to be solving in Washington. With a national debt rapidly approaching 16.4 trillion dollars, Obama and the Democrats and Boehner and the [...]
‘Django Unchained’ shows Tarantino remains a Hollywood original
A white man and a black man teaming up together during the Civil War to pursue other white men in the name of justice. At first, I thought Django Unchained was a remake of the Will Smith movie Wild Wild West. I expected the typical partners-in-action movie, where two polar opposites go on an adventure [...]
NFL Week 16 winners and losers: congrats to the Colts
The best story in the league this season had a pretty amazing conclusion this weekend. The Indianapolis Colts won to put themselves into the playoffs only one season removed from a 2-14 campaign which was followed by a massive dumping of veteran payroll and the trade of the QB that had been the face of [...]
Reader submission: Boehner tees Obama up a winner
Well, it seems a new tone has been struck in the ill-named fiscal cliff talks. John Boehner tried to cough up the $800 billion in tax hikes on the “rich” that Obama has been asking for during and after the 2012 election. Boehner also offered up some meager cost cuts–and Obama refused. A bit stunned, Boehner responded [...]
This week in movies; lots of new trailers out
Lots of new trailers out this week. The release of This is 40 gave us some new comedic trailers, including The Incredible Burt Wonderstone starring Jim Carrey and Steve Carell. That has to be good with those two, plus guys like Alan Arkin and Steve Buscemi, right? It’s also got James Gandolfini and Olivia Wilde, and it comes out [...]