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MOVIE REVIEW - UNKNOWN

IN THIS MOVIE LIAM NEESON STARS AS A MAN WHO IS THE VICTIM OF MEMORY LOSS.  THIS MOVIE IS FULL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM, PEOPLE WHO HAVE CHANGED, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE TWO PEOPLE. SOUNDS CONFUSING BUT IN THE END IT ALL MAKES SENSE. CAR CHASES, FIGHT SCENES, DRAMA, MYSTERY, POLITICAL INTRIGUE, THIS MOVIE HAS IT ALL.  EVEN THOUGH IT IS A BLATANT RIP OFF OF “TOTAL RECALL” – ARNOLD SWARTZENEGGER’S CLASSIC 80’S FLICK, (GREAT MOVIE).  UNKNOWN WAS NEVER BORING, HAD YOU WONDERING WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON, AND KEPT ME ENTERTAINED THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH.  EVEN THE ENDING WAS GOOD.  IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO PICK IT UP I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.

AMY WINEHOUSE

IF I HAVE TO HEAR ONE MORE STORY ABOUT AMY WHINEHOUSE AND THE 27 CLUB I THINK I AM GOING TO PUKE. SHE WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A DRUG ADDICTED LOSER WHO MADE SHITTY MUSIC. WHEN WILL PEOPLE STOP TREATING MORONS AND LOSERS LIKE HEROES AND LEAVE THEM IN THE DITCH WHERE THEY BELONG.

MOVIE REVIEW – THE WARD

This movie was tough to get through. At one point I had fallen asleep and had to go back, and another point I had shut it off and said forget it. But I was so bored I had to see how it ended. It was not worth the watch.  There was nothing scary or even startling. Very, very boring, predictable and poorly acted. Take my word for it – leave it on the rental shelf.  I don’t know what John Carpenter was thinking when he made this, but he should have stayed in bed.

CAT SCRATCH FEVER

Back in 2000 I was in my living room late one night watching TV. All of a sudden I hear a sound that resembled someone choking a cat, and its coming from my enclosed porch. I get up, go to the porch and see my three cats staring at one of the porch windows which is open. In the window is a big orange cat, just sitting there with that look that says “Ya I’m sitting in your window, what are you going to do about it”.  I’m thinking I had better get my cat’s outta here before all hell breaks loose.  I can see my cats getting ready to rumble, tails flicking fast, deep growls in their throat, hair standing up- the works.  I casually walk into the room and make a grab for Oreo (my biggest toughest cat) at that moment Muffy (my smallest cat) makes a break for the window. I try to toss Oreo out of the room but he leaps straight back towards the window. My other cat Sammy is hiding in the corner not sure if she should fight or get the hell out of there. My other two cats have officially gone ape-shit. I’m grabbing one the other one is slashing my arms and legs – back and forth- trying to get at this cat that has invaded their territory. After a few minutes I manage to grab Oreo and Sammy and whip them into the living room and shut the door. I go back in to get Muffy. She is in the window trying to scratch the other cat’s eyes out. I make a grab for her and she spins around and bites me full force on the forearm.  I grab her by the scruff and haul ass out of the porch. I get back into the living room to see my wife who has just woken up due to the cats screaming (and a little bit of my own). My arms are slashed and bitten to shreds, covered in blood.   I tell her to get back in the bedroom in case the cats are still in frenzy mode. I lock the cats in the basement and go back to the porch to shoo that orange cat out of the window, then go to the bathroom and clean my arms up. The complete circle bite mark on my arm hurts like hell and is swollen up. It gets infected and I had to go get a tetanus shot and some antibiotics.  I forgave my cats, didn’t hold a grudge. They were only trying to protect their property. Take it from me –Don’t mess with cats that have gone ape-shit crazy.  

MOVIE REVIEW - INSIDIOUS

I have to say I enjoyed this movie. It had and interesting story build-up and alot of genuinely creepy moments. It had a slight poltergeist-Esq feel to it. There was no gore or much special effects which was refreshing. I like a horror movie that has a good story line and real plain and simple scares. Don't get me wrong I love a good zombie gore fest, but that's not true horror to me. When your hair stands up on the back of your neck and you check around corners wherever you go, that's a good scare. Only a handful of movies have given me the true creeps and those are my favorites. I recommend you watch this by yourself and in a darkened room.

PIC OF THE DAY

MOVIE REVIEW - HALL PASS

I’m not a big fan of Owen Wilson but this movie was very funny.  Alot of vulgar adult humor, not for kids. It dragged a little towards the end with a little sap mixed in but overall very entertaining and well worth the watch.

WHAT HAPPENED TO SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS

When I was a kid I used to get up at 5:30-6:00 on Saturday morning to watch TV. There were all types of shows on all channels- All kids stuff. A mixture of new shows old shows, cartoon, real life, puppets – you name it.  It was on all morning till around 2:00. There was classic stuff like SPIDERMAN, THE FLINTSTONES, SCOOBY DOO, FAT ALBERT, TARZAN, SHAZAM, THE MONSTER SQUAD, THE WIZARD OF OZ/PINOCCHIO, THE MONKEYS, ISIS, ROCKET ROBIN HOOD, LAFF OLYMPICS, CAPTAIN CAVEMAN, H+R PUFF N STUFF, THE CROFT BROTHERS SUPERSHOW, THE PINK PANTHER, LAND OF THE LOST, THE FITZPATRICKS, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, THE MUNSTERS, ETC.  For 8 hours straight- I never left the couch. And you only saw them on Saturday morning, no other time. Today Saturday morning sucks, no different from any other day. You have your specialty channels now but most of the newer shows are lame. There is teletoon retro which is good, but you can tune in any time it’s not special. Nothing can compare to the Saturday marathon, it was awesome.  Friday night was equally awesome with “the night stalker” – Carl Kolchak was always one of my heroes - at 11:00 followed by the “chiller thriller” movie at midnight. I will always remember the opening sequence. It was a woman screaming and she was being dragged by a man or monster down a hallway- used to terrify me every time I saw it. There was also one with cartoon monsters eyes blinking at you on a dark screen. These were followed by “The night gallery”- scary twilight zone style shorts.  My sister used to wake me up so I could watch them with her. I remember the old tube style television that would make popping sounds when you would turn it off and on. It made sneaking up at night more difficult, especially when the TV would pop and make a bright circle which would slowly shrink to a dot when you had to make an emergency shut off when my mother would wake up.  You had to cover that dot with your thumb so she wouldn’t see it in the dark.  I miss those days of 2-3 hours sleep between Friday night and Saturday morning. Those were the days.