Category Archives: Blogcritics

Crouching Tiger Ruined Jackie Chan

Posted on August 26, 2003 by Solonor

I don’t really know why I’m doing a review of The Medallion. If you’re like me, you’re going to go see Jackie Chan just because it’s Jackie Chan. He’s got the same endearing qualities as Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blogcritics, The Big Screen | 7 Comments

How can you tell he’s a king?

Posted on August 25, 2003 by Solonor

Well, he looks like one! (Yes, I know that’s not the right line.) Click for larger image And, what’s this then? Could it be that we’ll be able to see the extended versions of Fellowship of the Ring and the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blogcritics, The Big Screen | 9 Comments

They usually show movies on a flight like that!

Posted on August 22, 2003 by Solonor

I was 5 years old when I really started paying attention to the Red Sox. That was in 1967, and my hero was Yaz. Just the year before, some guy named Ken Coleman replaced the legendary Curt Gowdy as the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Baseball, Blogcritics, Carnival of the Vanities | 7 Comments

Face It: Computers Can’t Replace Cops

Posted on August 20, 2003 by Solonor

Remember the hullabaloo over the face-recognition software put in place to catch criminals at the 2001 Super Bowl and then permanently in Ybor City? Turns out that after all the demands to remove it based on privacy fears, instead Tampa … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blogcritics, Wouldya Lookit That! | 4 Comments

Whew! I thought it was the movies that stunk…

Posted on August 19, 2003 by Solonor

Cape Times – Hollywood finds itself at the mercy of cellphone-toting teenagers According to movie executives, it’s not the fact that the movies suck that’s causing people to stop watching them. It’s those damned kids and their cell phones. See, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blogcritics, Rants 'n' Whines | 7 Comments

Dirty Secrets

Posted on August 18, 2003 by Solonor

Thanks to the ever-glorious and wondermous brandelion, you get to see my embarrassing Top 5 Guilty Pleasure Songs. Because if I didn’t blog it, she’d just go blab it to the whole Internet. She’s like that ya know. Please, note … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blogcritics, Carnival of the Vanities, Life, the Universe and Everything | 13 Comments

School of Rock

Posted on August 16, 2003 by Solonor

Rule 1: We watch it cuz it’s free. This is actually a pretty sweet deal. Every week there’s a new, free movie at one local theater or another, and they leave piles of passes at my wife’s place of employ. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blogcritics, The Big Screen | 3 Comments

A Song in the Moonlight

Posted on August 15, 2003 by Solonor

I heard one of them on the way home from work. One of my songs. Now, if you’ve been paying attention, you’ll know that I’m a fan of music. Not “country” music. Not “rock” music. Not “classical” music. Just music. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blogcritics, Carnival of the Vanities, Life, the Universe and Everything, Tunes | 16 Comments

Double DVD Delicious

Posted on August 12, 2003 by Solonor

Oh happy day! Today is the release date for both Bablyon 5: The Complete Third Season and Futurama, Vol 2. What? Did you think I was holding my breath for The Lizzie McGuire Movie? Now, if only it were pay … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blogcritics, Wouldya Lookit That! | 3 Comments

The night was moist.

Posted on July 19, 2003 by Solonor

Jim was cold, not cold like the ah-choo I’m dying cold they show you in those Nyquil ads (though if he stayed out in the drizzly wetness much longer, he could play the role of the suffering guy who has … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blogcritics, Wouldya Lookit That! | 2 Comments