I’ll be in the minority here, but I’m going to miss the Big 12. That wasn’t the fashionable side of the argument over the summer and it’s definitely not now. For most people the shadier aspects of this season — Eric Martin’s suspension, the penalty clubbing the Huskers took at A&M, the trophy snub from […]
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Femi-Nun Side
Creating a film about a medieval nun (especially one without the words “naughty,” “nasty” or “naked” preceding it) is likely a form of cinematic suicide. The 18-25 male demographic would much rather watch one of Angelina Jolie’s gun-toting incarnations — preferably the one that wears hot pants. German writer/director Margarethe von Trotta has never cared […]
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Too-Weak Vacation
As thrilling as a slow-speed boat ride and as death-defying as a jump from a first-floor balcony, The Tourist needs you to find Angelina Jolie the most sex-tastic collection of pronounced collar bone and countable vertebrae in order to hold your attention. For those who don’t think exposed wrist sinew and “size: skeleton” dresses are […]
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High-Seas Drifters
I’ve never read the books myself, but people seem to love C.S. Lewis’ “The Chronicles of Narnia” like I love a wacky, wonderful Tom Cruise performance: unconditionally. Narnia is, much like Star Wars , the sort of thing people grow up with, which makes it sort of untouchable. So, for an outsider like me to […]
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Cutting Room for December 15
STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING! Unless you’re reading this in the bathroom. Then, you know, finish … but hurry. Why? Because Thursday, Dec. 16, is the last day in the Kickstarter Campaign for director Dan Mirvish’s Between Us, a dark comedy based on an Off-Broadway play. The film is scheduled to be partially shot in Omaha. […]
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Next year, evil gets smokin’ hot
My best friend since middle school, Andrew, and I have never really fought. I mean, yes there was a disagreement about my athletic ability to jump out of a pool and a minor kerfuffle over whether or not there were actual lions or supernatural ones in a certain Val Kilmer movie, but those things didn’t […]
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Suddenly, the Internet is worth it
Well hello there, my bloggity devotees. It’s Tuesday…as if you didn’t know. And you all know what that means, right? It means nothing. Stick that in your “season of magic” pipe and smoke it. Today was the Golden Globe nominations…but man are they depressing. I love watching the awards show itself, not just because of […]
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Box Office Results – Weekend of 12/10/2010
Shhh! Don’t look over here! STOP, I TOLD YOU NOT TO. See, if nobody pays attention, then no one will notice that the BOX OFFICE IS FADING LIKE A PUNCH-DRUNK BOXER! Seriously, after posting one of the worst Novembers on record, December ain’t exactly tearin’ it up. Narnia 3: Revenge of River Jesus is a […]
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By Odin’s scrotum!
Greetings! I hope you had a wonderful weekend filled with shopping and much mirth and merriment. I borked my back shoveling, and the Chicago Bears lost to the New England Patriots 389 to -12. That score may not be accurate but it perfectly encapsulates the feeling of the game. Thus, let it be said that […]
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Bellevue explores sex offender limits
The Bellevue City Council will hold a first reading on an ordinance restricting where registered sex offenders can live at its weekly meeting Dec. 13. The ordinance, proposed by Council president Carol Blood, would prohibit sex offenders from living within 500 feet of schools or child care facilities. State law limits the restriction to 500 […]