I've Seen Things You People Wouldn't Believe

Tellin’ It Like It Is

Landen Wilson — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:33:08 +0000

It occurred to me, now, after hearing the line “Telling it like it is” for the umpteenth-thousandth time that roughly 99.9% of people I’ve ever heard speak this line are, in fact, not telling it like it is. I’m sure you’ve met people like this. They’re usually the people at parties who cannot stop jabbering along [...]

Where the Wild Things Are Review

Landen Wilson — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:29:42 +0000

So, the obvious question: Could a book with less than ten sentences translate well into a feature film? It could, indeed. Spike Jonze’s adaptation of the beloved children’s book Where the Wild Things Are, written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, gives you everything you could ever want out of an adaptation, and far, far more. The only [...]

Movies Made Better By Their Scores/Soundtracks

Landen Wilson — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:52:33 +0000

It is my personal opinion that a movie can be made or broken by its score and/or choices of music. Some movies benefit A LOT from their music while others benefit from a more subtle use of sound and tone. Below is a small list of films whose musical scores stick out the most when [...]

Zombieland Review

Landen Wilson — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:41:35 +0000

There were a lot of movies I wanted to see this weekend — in fact I can’t remember the last time there were so many movies opening at once that actually looked as good as this lot. Alas, some were not playing in my area (Big Fan, Capitalism: A Love Story) which narrowed my choices [...]

Dollhouse, Season 2 Premiere Review

Landen Wilson — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:39:13 +0000

The new season of Dollhouse has arrived. For those unfamiliar with the show’s past, as it ended its first season this past spring everyone was just about 100% sure that it would receive the big ax from FOX along with fellow sci-fi series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (RIP). By the grace of the TV [...]

Season Premiere Reviews for The Office, Parks and Recreation, & Fringe

Landen Wilson — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:08:44 +0000

Okay, so I was going to do separate reviews for all three shows but I just finished up writing one for Bored to Death and figured it would probably be best for me if I got all three of these reviews out in one posting — that and I didn’t think any of the reviews [...]

Bored to Death Review

Landen Wilson — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:26:33 +0000

A friend of mine sent me the trailer to this new HBO comedy (dramedy?) a week ago or so and up until then I had never heard anything about it. The trailer looked promising so I figured I’d give the show a glance if I got a chance. It stars Jason Schwartzman as Jonathon Ames, a [...]

Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Roads

Landen Wilson — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:40:35 +0000

This is mostly an entertainment blog. The stuff I write about usually deals with film or television shows that I’m into or have recently seen. Sometimes, though, I just have to write about something I’m totally geeking out about. That’s what this is. So what is it that I just can’t resist writing about? It’s a picture, [...]

Fame (Fanboy Game)

Landen Wilson — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:22:40 +0000

So this is a fun little game I like to play when I start to get bored on the ol’ Internets. I call it Fame. It’s something I’ve kind of played with and toyed with over the years and can be quite challenging at times and extremely easy at others. And here at last I [...]

Extract Review

Landen Wilson — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:07:05 +0000

I’ll try to keep this review short and simple, like the film itself. I’m a fan of Mike Judge and television and films he produces. I went into Extract knowing very little of what it was about and came out more or less satisfied — and I personally don’t mind putting money in Mike Judge’s [...]

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chris@lockergnome.com (Chris Pirillo) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:30:00 GMT

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