Archive for January 2010

Hobo Stu’s Weekly Recap

Jan 29th, 2010 | By

Hobo Stu Hello everyone, To deal with all of the panicked shoppers here on the East Coast, I think I am going to start up a store that sells nothing but bread and toilet paper in bulk. Then, with the profits, I’m going to start up a driving school that teaches these people how to…

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Hobo Radio 116 – Going Ben Linus on your hatch

Jan 28th, 2010 | By

Introduction Lost discussion Contractually-obligated Batman discussion “Lost” by The Famous

Week 116 Spotlight: Going Ben Linus on your hatch This week, we are shaking things up a bit. In honor of Lost‘s impending final season, Joel Murphy and Lars have invited Chris Kirkman, HoboTrashcan’s resident Lost expert, on to discuss the show. Ben Linus…

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Lost: Down the Hatch – Season Five

Jan 28th, 2010 | By

As you all already know, next Tuesday Lost will return for its sixth and final season. In order to help you get up to speed for season six, this week Chris Kirkman was a guest on our Hobo Radio podcast. But for those of you looking to dig a bit deeper, we recommend rereading Kirkman’s…

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Outside of the In-Crowd – It’s like they’re not listening to me

Jan 27th, 2010 | By

Courtney Enlow It was not that long ago that I was forced to pop a vein over The Ugly Truth. And it wasn’t long before that when I did the same about He’s Just Not That Into You and Bride Wars. And yet, Hollywood soldiers on. The latest pair of purported chick flicks, When In…

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Positive Cynicism – Michael Scott jumps the shark

Jan 26th, 2010 | By

Aaron R. Davis Let’s just get this out of the way first thing: The Office has jumped the shark. Ever since the hour-long wedding episode, which saw Jim and Pam finally wed and ended with the characters acting out a YouTube video, there have been a lot of people talking about shark-jumping. For the record,…

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Murphy’s Law – You had me at Denzel

Jan 25th, 2010 | By

Joel Murphy If the world really does end in 2012, I hope the apocalypse plays out like the one in The Book of Eli, the new film directed by Albert and Allen Hughes. Granted, the post-apocalyptic world presented in the film is a bleak and desolate wasteland; a place where food and water are scarce…

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From the Vault – One on One with Henry Rollins

Jan 25th, 2010 | By

Whether on stage screaming lyrics to a song, storytelling at a spoken-word show or helping Will Smith and Martin Lawrence take down white supremacists in Bad Boys II, it’s pretty clear that Henry Rollins is a take no prisoners, take no bullshit kind of guy. It’s also clear that he’s one of the hardest working…

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Hobo Stu’s Weekly Recap

Jan 22nd, 2010 | By

Hobo Stu Hello everyone, After reading all three columns, what I’ve learned this week is that the best way to improve the Spider-man franchise would be to put the Beatles in it and to have Courtney Enlow liveblog the whole thing. Of course, as awesome as that would most likely be, chances are it would…

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Hobo Radio 115 – George Lucas is impotent

Jan 21st, 2010 | By

Introduction If they had a million dollars 3D movies Noodles and Company Contractually-obligated Batman discussion “Boats – Swept Away” by I Am Not Lefthanded

Week 115 Spotlight: George Lucas is impotent As Avatar continues to break box office records, it encourages other films to incorporate 3D visual effects in order to capitalize on this…

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Murphy’s Law – 10 ways to improve the Spider-man franchise

Jan 20th, 2010 | By

Joel Murphy Last week, Sony announced that they are rebooting the Spider-man franchise, meaning Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst are all out of jobs. While it seems a bit premature to completely “reboot” a franchise that is only eight years old, I can’t really blame Sony for their decision after the incredibly disappointing…

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