Loading ...Something Old: Halloween (1978)
Something New: The Strangers (2008)
The Connection: Both feature the creepiest of horror creepshows, the lurky masked killer (or killers, plural, in the case of The Strangers)
Long before I had ever seen Halloween, Michael Myers scared the crap out of me. The iconic pictures of his blank white face, unmistakably human and at […]
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Something Old, Something New: Halloween, The Strangers
June 2, 2008 - 4:30 pm
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Comments (2) Is That All There Is?
June 1, 2008 - 1:00 pm
While I was growing up, I had a hell of a lot of fun. My very early years were spent going to the local sports complex with my dad and my little brother, playing backyard baseball/soccer/tag with a gaggle of kids from the neighborhood, having fashion shows with gear from my massive dress-up box […]
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Comments (6) Women’s Studies Faux Paux #1: Reducing Women to Inanimate Objects
May 30, 2008 - 2:30 pm
About a year ago, my homegirl Renata and I were sitting on the floor of my bedroom, looking at issues of Jane Magazine (Oh Jane! R.I.P.), when she said, “Look at how fabulous this bitch looks,” and pointed to a thin girl with frizzy hair wearing a purple dress, gray sweater, and giant glasses. I […]
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Comments (64) Ashlee and Pete Love To Make Announcements
May 30, 2008 - 9:30 am
Spring has been an announcement kind of season for the Ashlee Simpson/Pete Wentz camp, starting with the April announcement of their engagement, which was promptly followed by an announcement denying that they were expecting a baby; then an announcement confirming that they were, in fact, expecting a baby; then an announcement denying of the confirmation […]
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Comments (0) Something Old, Something New: Texas Chainsaw Massacre – The Next Generation, Prom Night
May 28, 2008 - 2:30 pm
Welcome to Something Old, Something New, a weekly review of a new theater/DVD release and an old release that is in some way related to the new film.
Something Old: Texas Chainsaw Massacre – The Next Generation (1995)
Something New: Prom Night (2008)
The Connection: Both are remakes of classic horror films.
There are three categories of horror […]
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Comments (1) Booze: Yay! Hangovers: Boo!
May 27, 2008 - 2:30 pm
A formula: Margarita + gin and tonic + pint of Yuengling + margarita + Jag Bomb + Jag Bomb + Jag Bomb + pitcher of Yuengling – a good meal – water – sleep – good sense = hangover and/or wish for swift death. Uggghhh.
Unless you have superhuman powers of self-control, or, I don’t know, […]
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Comments (3) Big Hats: Kentucky’s Only Contribution to Society
May 27, 2008 - 10:30 am
A few weeks ago I was on the treadmill at the gym watching the preliminary festivities for the Kentucky Derby, when I realized what my life is missing.
Giant. Ornate. Hats.
For realzies; Derby-style hats are the sh*t, for multiple reasons. For one, like all hats, they immediately cover a bad hair day. But, Derby hats are […]
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Comments (1) Lindsay Lesbo, Linsbo Lohan…Take Your Pick
May 26, 2008 - 3:30 pm
Q: What is Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson’s relationship to one another? Are they…
a) Best friends
b) Roommates
c) Dating
d) Engaged
A: All of the above, apparently. HAHA, GOT YOU GOOD, F*CKERS!
But seriously. According to thesuperficial.com, Perez, the Daily Mail, the New York Post, and probably a hoard of other gossip mongers that I haven’t bothered to look at, Lohan and Ronson […]
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