Archive for January 2011

The New Black – Vampire Love

Jan 31st, 2011 | By

Brandi DeLancey Those of you who know anything about me know that this one was bound to be written sooner or later. Seriously, what is up with all of the vampire love moving their way around the entertainment world? The writers of these stories are categorizing them as escapist dramas, like soap operas and reality…

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From the Vault – One on One with Rachel Sterling

Jan 31st, 2011 | By

Rachel Sterling has the face of an angel and an amazing body … of work. In addition to being one of the most photographed women on Al Gore’s Internet, she has also appeared in Wedding Crashers and on The Man Show – two surefire ways to ensure most of the men in the country have…

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Review – Life in a Day

Jan 28th, 2011 | By

Life in a Day Release Date: July 24, 2011 Director: Kevin MacDonald Stars: Cindy Baer, Moica and David Jacques MPAA Rating: Unrated HoboTrashcan’s Rating: What did you do on July 24, 2010? Chances are you don’t even remember. For most of us, it was simply another day. We all just went about our lives as…

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Review – The Mechanic

Jan 28th, 2011 | By

The Mechanic Release Date: January 28, 2011 Director: Simon West Writers: Richard Wenk (screenplay) and Lewis John Carlino (screenplay/story) Stars: Jason Statham, Ben Foster and Donald Sutherland MPAA Rating: PG-13 HoboTrashcan’s Rating: Your enjoyment of The Mechanic will most likely hinge on whether or not you are, as Patton Oswalt puts it, “gay-tham for Statham.”…

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Hobo Radio 167 – More than you ever wanted to know about Lars

Jan 27th, 2011 | By

Introduction The Lars interview “New York Song” by Lisa Redford

If you have ever wanted to know what makes Lars tick, this week you are in luck. Joel Murphy and Lars shake things up by turning the show into an hour-long interview in which Joel quizzes Lars about his past and finds out what…

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Murphy’s Law – The CW encourages you to ‘Catch VD’

Jan 26th, 2011 | By

Joel Murphy A few years ago, some genius ad execs trying to be hip and edgy released an online campaign for McDonalds that featured a guy leering at a Big Mac with the tagline: “I’d hit it.” The ad agency thought they were appealing to today’s youth by using cool modern slang. Unfortunately, failing to…

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Positive Cynicism – Die, Wizard Entertainment, Die

Jan 25th, 2011 | By

Aaron R. Davis Wizard Entertainment just released some poorly-worded and incoherent press releases announcing two things. First, that they were canceling the print editions of Wizard and ToyFare, thus shutting down the two most prominent publications dealing with the business of the comic book and toy industries. And second, that the company would now be…

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One on One with Judy Reyes

Jan 24th, 2011 | By

Judy Reyes is a New York girl at heart, but her role as Carla Espinosa on the hit comedy Scrubs forced her to relocate from New York City to LA. Luckily, Espinosa was given a chance to reconnect with her Bronx roots while starring in the independent film Gun Hill Road, which is currently competing…

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Overrated – Civil War reenactments

Jan 24th, 2011 | By

Ned Bitters This week’s inductee into the “Overrated Hall of Fame” is … Civil War reenactments. I recently saw yet another news story about some local group trying to keep some company from putting up some store on some Civil War battle site. I’m being purposely vague, because the details don’t matter. We’ve preserved more…

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Box Office Preview – January 21, 2011

Jan 21st, 2011 | By

View trailer No Strings Attached Director: Ivan Reitman Writers: Elizabeth Meriwether and Michael Samonek Stars: Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Kline, Cary Elwes MPAA Rating: Rated R for sexual content, language and some drug material. Synopsis: Two friends attempt to have a purely sexual relationship with each other, but eventually their feelings get in the…

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