Buckaroo Banzai is my new hero.

Monday night the ever so wonderful NetFlix delivered a movie I’ve been dying to see, Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension. I had read a little about this movie and it sounded like something straight up my alley.  The story, obviously, revolves around our central character Buckaroo Banzai, played by Robocop himself Peter Weller.

Buckaroo is [...]

Found Footage Festival

I was lucky enough to find a seat for the Found Footage Fest at the Dundee Theater. Touring since 2004, the Onion sponsored creators of the event, Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, display dutifully scoured-for VHS clips. Sought out in thrift stores across the U.S., or traded for, the duo compile categories of both funny [...]

Cinco De Mayo

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Robert Rodriguez has a special Cinco De Mayo message for everyone out there! I never saw Grindhouse in the theaters, but from my understanding this was a trailer played during the two featured films.  This is a re-release of said trailer in honor of Arizona’s new Immigration Law and [...]

The Expendables

Friday night, Messer and I went to see Kick Ass (a film adaptation of a comic I admittedly/begrudgingly have never read) at the nearest local theater (RAVE!). It was a fun, expectantly action-packed, and – as the rest of the crowd in attendance would agree (my observations dictated) – a quote, unquote out-loud laugh-riot to [...]

RE: Video Games, Art or Not?

[Clark, I started writing this  as a comment to your post about video games as art, but it simply grew beyond comment-length]

“…what really makes something art…is how it makes me react.” Nothing more should have to be said on the subject. Are paintings art? Sometimes. Are films art? Sometimes. Are video games art? OF COURSE….

….Sometimes.

I’m [...]

Where the Wild Things Are

After the 28 Day Wait that Warner Brothers has forced upon NetFlix for new releases, Where the Wild Things are arrived in the mail on Blu-Ray.  Based on the children’s book by Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things are is the tale of a young boy, Max, who runs from home one night after a [...]

These are Truly Amazing Times

It has been a busy last couple of days! First off I would like to bring up a most excellent beer the Beer Demigods at Brix suggested. The Weyerbacher Simcoe Double IPA; full of flavor and taste, it never over powers you with the hops, goes down in a very refreshing way and [...]

It’s True!

John Campbell put his documentary footage for It’s True! up on Vimeo so I thought I’d repost it here in case anyone was interested. You can also check out John’s blog here. Enjoy.

It’s True! from Visiting Lights on Vimeo.

Slept On; Dirty Harry: The Dead Pool

Last night I had the place to myself, so what did I do? I drank a bottle of wine, filed my taxes and then watched my first Dirty Harry movie. For those of you unfamiliar with Dirty Harry, it follows a tough San Fransisco Detective Harry Callahan. In The Dead Pool is [...]

The People VS George Lucas

So I read that this movie, The People VS George Lucas will be at the SXSW film festival. Its all about the passion people have for Star Wars. I once had that passion, but after the Special Editions, the Prequels and a slew of shite video games, that passion has faded. In [...]