Taste be damned!

 

 

If the last two years of a recession weren’t enough to confirm the paucity of financial literacy among teens and young adults, this weekend’s box office for Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 should doubly confirm this epidemic that has prompted the youth to exchange dollars ($139 million as a rough estimate) for movie tickets that open a […]

 

 

As Abduction approaches its opening day, perhaps there’s more relevance than coincidence in the fact that Taylor Lautner has as many syllables as Bucky Larson. While one is fictional and the other isn’t (though I’m slightly hesitant to point out which is which), their respective films are currently tied in a deadlock at 0% on rottentomatoes. Carrying […]

 

 

While my first instinct is to avoid analyzing a trailer to uncover the potential validity of the new Amanda Seyfried reincarnation of Red Riding Hood, something holds me back from my charge toward complete obloquy, though it’s tricky given that the film is being marketed to audiences by noting it is “From the director of Twilight,” and […]

 

 

The vampire mythology fascinates me.  Zombies get a bad rap because their pallid skin is usually bruised and covered in sores; they lack coordination and an adequate vocabulary beyond the oft-repeated “braaaiiins,” meander wildly from side to side and often have entrails hanging from their incisors.  They can’t really be blamed for this affliction — everyone goes […]