What Are People Outraged About This Week?
Welcome to a brand new feature here on Bob Canada's BlogWorld called What Are People Outraged About This Week? Each week we'll take a look at various so-called atrocities that are vexing the general...
View ArticleThe Flash Season 1, Episode 9: The Man In The Yellow Suit
It's the Fall Finale (even though we're closer to winter) of The Flash, as the series puts on the brakes until sometime next year. Not a fan of these forced interruptions, but unless I become the...
View ArticleFor Your Consideration
HAW HAW! Wow, somebody over at Paramount Studios has lost their damned mind. This week the studio took out an ad in the Hollywood trade papers, asking the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences--...
View ArticleMarvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2, Episode 10: What They Become
It's the dreaded Fall Finale of Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.! And what a finale it was, too! I can't believe how much this show's improved in its second season. I hope everyone who gave up on it last year is...
View ArticleThis Week In Misleading DVD Covers
This week in This Week In Misleading DVD Covers, we take a look at the recently released complete series of Wings. Pretend you've never seen the show before, which probably isn't hard to do. Based on...
View ArticleIt Came From The Cineplex: Dumb And Dumber To
Dumb And Dumber To was written by Sean Anders, John Morris, Bennett Yellin, Mike Cerrone and Peter and Bobby Farrelly (Jesus, it took six people to write this thing?). It was also directed by the...
View ArticlePot, Kettle, Black
This week in an interview with Yahoo, director Tim Burton criticized Marvel Studios for pumping out cookie cutter superhero films.Burton said, "Marvel, they have their thing and there's a certain...
View ArticleIt Came From The Video Store: Space Station 76
Space Station 76 was written by Jack Plotnick, Jennifer Elise Cox, Sam Pancake, Kali Rocha and Michael Stoyanov. It was directed by Jack Plotnick.Seriously? It took five people to write this thing? The...
View ArticleMeet The New Boss
This week Sony Pictures decided to cancel the Christmas day release of the new Seth Rogen film The Interview. The dark comedy, which concerns an assassination attempt on Kim Jong Un, was pulled when...
View ArticleFamily Affair's Traumatic Little Christmas Special
Ah, the holiday season. The time when every TV series, sitcom and police procedural alike, trots out its annual Christmas episode. It's a time honored tradition that dates back to the earliest days of...
View ArticleFuture History
This post is for the benefit of future historians, if any, as they sift through the radioactive rubble of their harsh and featureless hellscape, trying to piece together just how their nightmarish...
View Article"You Sit On A Throne Of Lies!"
It's Buddy the elf, from the 2003 movie Elf!Technically I guess Buddy's not actually an elf, but a human raised by elves. Elf is one of the very few— make that only— Will Ferrell movies I can stand to...
View ArticleHappy Festivus, Everyone!
It's Festivus!During this busy time of the year, I hope you'll all pause for a moment and think about the true reason for the season. Festivus is a time for quiet contemplation and reflection as you...
View ArticleMarketing Genius
There's been yet another new wrinkle in The Interview saga!Last week Sony announced they were canceling the release of the film, due to threats from North Korea, who vowed to commit 9/11-like attacks...
View ArticleThe Needs Of The Shareholders Outweigh The Needs Of The Fans
This week Paramount Studios announced they've fired Roberto Orci as director of Star Trek 3 (or 13, depending on how you count them) and have hired Justin Lin to helm the sequel. Lin previously...
View ArticleIt Came From The Cineplex: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (could that title be any longer?) was written by Danny Strong and Peter Craig. It was directed by Francis Lawrence, who also directed the previous installment....
View ArticleIt's A Gas!
Saw this as I was out and about in the lovely torrential December rain today. Gasoline priced at under two dollars a gallon! A dollar ninety five! Can you imagine such a thing!"Now that's a price I...
View ArticleThe Strong, Silent Type
I braved the crowds today and saw The Hobbit: Butter Stretched Over Too Much Bread, er, I mean The Battle Of The Five Armies at my local cinplexery. You'll have to wait a day or three for my review of...
View ArticleDoctor Who Christmas Special 2014: Last Christmas
Believe it or not, Last Christmas is the tenthDoctor Who Christmas Special so far! Ten! It doesn't seem possible. Savor this episode though, because if the pattern holds, the show probably won't return...
View ArticleThe Interview: So Close, Yet So Far
After all the bleating I've done the past few weeks about the controversial new Seth Rogen comedy The Interview, you're no doubt wondering if I went to see it over the holiday weekend. Sadly no, I did...
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