Archive for April 2011

Review – Fast Five

Apr 29th, 2011 | By

Fast Five Release Date: April 29, 2011 Director: Justin Lin Writers: Chris Morgan, Gary Scott Thompson (characters) Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Jordana Brewster MPAA Rating: PG-13 HoboTrashcan’s Rating: There is a magical point, which could be called the “Mystery Science Theater line,” where a film actually goes from being just…

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Hobo Radio 180 – Ice Road Truckers’ Alex Debogorski

Apr 28th, 2011 | By
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While cleaning out the attic at Hobo Headquarters, Joel Murphy stumbled across a “lost” interview with Alex Debogorski from Ice Road Truckers. Joel interviewed Debogorski on May 21, 2010, but the interview slipped through the cracks and never actually found its way onto the site … until now. This week, in a special Hobo Radio, we bring you the lost Alex Debogorski interview in its entirety.



Boob Tube Breakdown – Justified: The best two pumps of your life

Apr 27th, 2011 | By

Justified: Season 2 “Reckoning” Aired: April 27, 2011 Writer: Dave Andron “You’re worried I’m going to do something rash.” – Raylan Givens This episode had all the earmarks of a classic rogue cop story. After the events of last week, we open with Raylan reeling from the loss of Aunt Helen. We quickly learn he…

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Murphy’s Law – Paul Reiser blames the victim for his show’s cancellation

Apr 27th, 2011 | By

  Joel Murphy In a classic example of network synergy, Paul Reiser was invited onto Jay Leno’s show early this week to promote his midseason replacement sitcom, The Paul Reiser Show. There was just one problem – by the time Reiser’s appearance rolled around, his sitcom had already been canceled. To his credit, Reiser didn’t…

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Positive Cynicism – 101 columns and what I’ve learned

Apr 26th, 2011 | By

Aaron R. Davis I didn’t make a thing out of it (except to Joel; I’m still waiting for my steak knives), but last week was my 100th Positive Cynicism column. It took me a little while to get here — I seem to take more weeks off than George W. Bush did — but here…

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Boob Tube Breakdown – Doctor Who: The British Invasion

Apr 25th, 2011 | By

Doctor Who: Series 6 “The Impossible Astronaut” Aired: April 23, 2011 Writer: Steven Moffat “Let’s see if anyone tries to kill us and work backwards.” – The Doctor If you were ever wondering how to successfully create a season premiere, I really hope you were taking notes while watching this week’s Doctor Who. The execution…

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Hobo Radio 179 – Japanese porn is better than Avatar

Apr 21st, 2011 | By

Introduction 3D Japanese porn Sex habits of Twitter users The Change-Up Emma Watson at Brown People you should know … James Cromwell Box Office Preview “Whatever Turns You On” by Josh Flagg

Ever since Avatar debuted, overly-smug James Cameron has been able to go around with a giant chip on his shoulder talking about…

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Murphy’s Law – Gary Cole is the best absentee father ever

Apr 20th, 2011 | By

  Joel Murphy In my next life, I’m really hoping I come back as a stegosaurs. But if that doesn’t pan out and I am instead fated to be reincarnated as a child with an absentee father, I really hope my dad is character actor Gary Cole. That guy really seems like he would be…

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Positive Cynicism – Why sexist reviews are worthless

Apr 19th, 2011 | By

Aaron R. Davis This weekend, Game of Thrones premiered on HBO. I don’t know yet how well it did in the ratings, but I can tell you one thing for sure: a lot of women watched it. A Game of Thrones is, of course, the first book in a series of political fantasy novels by…

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Overrated – NHL playoff beards

Apr 18th, 2011 | By

Ned Bitters This week’s inductees into the “Overrated Hall of Fame” are … NHL playoff beards. We’re not even a week into the NHL playoffs, but players already are sprouting the early stubble of playoff beards. This means we’ll soon start listening to wistful announcers wax stupid about how the playoff beard means tradition and…

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