So, we took in a matinée showing of Taken today, and as we walked out of the theater I bounced this idea off MLB. “They need to pair up Liam Neeson’s Bryan Mills with Bruce Willis’s John McClain and have them be dads who volunteer to be chaperones on a high school trip in order… Continue reading My Idea for a “Taken” Sequel
Category: Movies
Desert Island Movie Meme
OK, here’s the setup: you have a desert island, a solar-powered DVD player, and ten empty DVD cases. But not just any DVD cases…
SoaP: “Time is Tissue”
“Snakes on a Plane” was supposedly assembled based on feedback from the blogosphere, thereby giving creedence to the bumper sticker warning us to beware of stupid people in large groups.
Pirates of the Caribbean: DMC – Random Observations
“Dead Man’s Chest” would have benefitted from some additional editing, but it deserves the huge box office it’s getting.
Sunday Sloth
Allow me a minute to tell you how I’m too busy to blog.
Oh, that’s not right…
Can you imagine a Samantha who can’t do a decent nose twitch? Well, you’d better start trying, bucko.
Scary Movie Update: “The Grudge”
“The Grudge” is one scary movie. Michael Jackson should pray that his jurors haven’t seen it.
Movie Fun: Music in Non-Musicals
I finished watching 13 Going On 30 today during my torture treadmill session. Cute movie… serious lapses in plot (duh)… Jennifer Garner is a revelation. Anyway, my favorite scene in the movie was the Thriller dance at the magazine’s party. I’m a sucker for the interjection of such scenes in movies that are not musicals, especially… Continue reading Movie Fun: Music in Non-Musicals
NetFlix: What’s In Your Queue?
I don’t have a CD changer in my “office.” It’s just as well, since I don’t listen to music while I work. But it also means that I cannot participate in a favorite blogger activity, that of listing the contents in one’s changer so as to give the world some insight as to one’s musical… Continue reading NetFlix: What’s In Your Queue?
Unintended Consequences
Today’s email newsletter from the Southern Baptist International Mission Board features an article by Erich Bridges describing some of the challenges — and the victories — of Christian evangelism in the Muslim world. This reference to the impact of The Passion of the Christ caught my eye (emphasis mine): Governments in some Muslim countries are… Continue reading Unintended Consequences