Misc. / Divers

Lessons from Jersey Shore

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

I’ve endeavored, on my recent staycation, to be as unproductive as possible. To that end, I’ve decided to watch the entire first (and only) season of MTV’s Jersey Shore series. The show documents the daily lives of four self-proclaimed Guidos from the Northeastern US and four counter-balacing “Guidettes”. Set in Seaside Heights, NJ, and spanning […]

Movie Review: Invasion U.S.A. (1985)

Saturday, June 2nd, 2007

I knew this movie was going to be a ridiculous ode to cartoony stereotypes and Reaganism as soon as I picked it out of the $4,99 bin at Blockbuster and read the back cover. It’s so pompous, it deserves to be presented as a quote:
America wasn’t ready… but he was.
Clearly, this movie was going to […]

The Steven Seagal Movie Review: Under Siege

Friday, April 21st, 2006

Under Siege, 1992

In this movie, Steven Seagal plays Casey Ryback, a navy cook (but not just *any* cook as we’ll find out later). Like in most of his movies, Seagal’s character is a bit of an outsider, a cook who hangs out in the galley of his huge ship, the USS Missouri, hates putting on […]