The Last Milli Vanilli Fan

The Last Milli Vanilli Fan

Blame it on the Producer. Back in the spring of 1989 when Milli Vanilli released their smash Album, Girl You Know It’s True, a friend of mine introduced them to me.  I made a copy of her cassette (life before CDs in my world) and practically wore it out in my...
Dre Not As Good As Cube

Dre Not As Good As Cube

Yeah, you heard me right: Dre not as good as Cube.  I overheard this the other day out in public.  I don’t know about you but I didn’t need to hear any more.  What witticism can you follow this up with anyway? Any actual conversation that follows would be...

Movie Review: Gone Baby Gone (2007)

Powerful Casey Affleck plays a young detective hired to find a woman’s abducted niece.  But his partner/wife is reluctant to take the case because she doesn’t want to be the one to find a dead girl in a dumpster somewhere.  After seeing the girl’s...
Can You Hear Me Now?

Can You Hear Me Now?

Who the hell’s he talking to? No, this isn’t about a stupid cell phone commercial where a chubby geeky guy walks around saying the stupid catch-phrase into a dummy phone.  (Side note: I had seen three different commercials before I noticed his wannabe beer...

Movie Review: Rescue Dawn (2007)

Needs Rescuing Christian Bale stars as Dieter Dengler, an Air Force Ranger that gets shot down over Laos during a pre-Vietnam black ops mission.  His capture, torture and rescue comprise the plot to this real-life story of the human spirit. Bale plays a very complex...