‘Heroes’: The End of Season Two Didn’t Have to Suck!
… at least not if you watch this alternate ending. It’s not perfect, but it’s got balls. I like that. Continue reading
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PETA Loves PRI
Pizza Research Institute now has another award to hang next to their handful of Best of Eugene certificates: The delicious pies and slices have led the tiny, tempting-smelling joint to be selected as one of the country’s Top 10 Vegan-Friendly Pizzerias. They’re sitting nicely in the middle of the pack at number five; the press release from PETA says: Continue reading
Say It Ain’t So! ‘Half-Blood Prince’ delayed until next summer
This one made me whimper aloud: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince pushed back to summer 2009. The details are all in that link, but here’s a key quote from the press release: Continue reading
Whoops.
It’s a bad sign when I haven’t got a single post in the recent blog posts column. I’ve got no excuse, really, except that I got blogged out — in the reading sense — during Comic-Con (which I really do prefer calling Nerd Prom). News! Trailers that stayed up for less than 24 hours! (Why is Emma Frost in Wolverine: Origins? Do I care? I love Emma Frost.) Twitter updates from attending friends! Emailing other friends to beg them to nab stuff for me! ACK! Continue reading
Driver Cited After Cyclist Injured
Another bicyclist has been struck by a car, this time he survived. According to a police press release, Thea Peck, 36, was cited by police Monday, July 21 after she struck cyclist Daniel Rasmussen, 22, in a crosswalk near the 30th Ave. Albertsons, sending the biker to the hospital. EPD ticketed Peck for allegedly committing the violations of “Careless Driving” and “Passing a Stopped Vehicle at a Crosswalk.” Here’s the EPD description of the 10:42 am accident: Continue reading
Two Thumbs Down
Oh, Disney. Via The Chicago Tribune: Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert and columnist Richard Roeper are cutting ties with the TV franchise that Disney-ABC Domestic Television has syndicated nationally for 22 years. Continue reading
The Bright, Money-Making Night
So The Dark Knight Returns (damn, that’s a hard habit to break) made $18 million from midnight showings last night — er, this morning. That’s a lot of dollars. That’s more than some movies I could name made in their entire opening weekends. … and that’s all I’ve got. Until tomorrow, at least. Trying to hide from all the reviews out there gets more difficult by the minute. Continue reading
‘Hellboy II’: Looks Damn Nifty
So Hellboy II: The Golden Army was entertaining, but not quite the rapturous comic-book movie experience I was hoping for. It just … missed a few turns on the narrative turnpike. But you know what was rapturously cool about it? The creatures. Which really should come as no surprise to anyone who saw Pan’s Labyrinth. Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Bier Stein!
The boyfriend and I wandered into the Bier Stein tonight on a whim, which is usually how we wind up there: “I think I’m hungry.” “OK, what do you want to eat?” “Um, I dunno … Bier Stein?” We have a thing for their sandwiches, though the pizzanini is still missed. Continue reading
Fine. Just Take Your Toys and Go … to Oklahoma
You might think I wouldn’t care about the fact that Seattle’s basketball team is leaving. Seattle’s a long drive, for one thing, and for another, my heart belongs to the Pistons (and then to the Suns. Gotta love hippie Canadian NBA stars). But for some reason it still pisses me off that the Sonics (though they won’t be called that anymore) are ditching Seattle. Continue reading