Shannon

It’s been a long wait, hasn’t it?   AMC will finally  put us out of our agony and grant us a new season of my favorite show on television, Breaking Bad. If you’ve been living under a rock and ignored my repeated pleas to watch this fine drama, there is no better time to...
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Po the panda is back, and now that he has he earned his status as Dragon Warrior he finds himself in the position of protecting ancient China from a dastardly villain who wants to destroy kung fu for good.  The mini-menagerie that comprise the Furious Five are on hand to help out, though they...
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Been There, Done That Hey, anyone know where I can apply to write the screenplay for The Hangover 3?  It’s got to be the best gig around town, because all I have to do is take The Hangover script, cross out some stuff, and insert different locations and names. That’s what they did here....
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Its exotic pets week on the podcast as I feed my pet caiman this weeks release on the podcast. John (and his pet caiman, Allygator, the not aligator Caiman) is joined by Shannon & Nat from Frothy Girlz. We review Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. We talk about Lars Von Trier, yet again...
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I sat down last night to watch the season finale of SNL, and wouldn’t you know it, about two minutes into the intro our local affiliate broke into the livecast because tornadoes were rolling through the Midwest. The weather forecasters stayed on for the rest of the show, so I didn’t get to watch...
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Nick Halsey (Will Ferrell)  is having a very bad day. He gets canned from his job, then arrives home to find that his wife has left him, changed the locks, and placed every single item he owns on the front lawn. His credit cards and phone have been cut off, as well. That’s all...
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What a dud.  SNL managed to take comedian Ed Helms and render an utterly unfunny episode, save for a kind of awesome cartoon-digital short match up. I cannot remember being this bored with an episode in a long time. Plus, Helms was oddly underutilized. Why bothering having a host? Musical guest Paul Simon is...
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True crime fans are in for a treat tonight, because Investigation Discovery has a lineup of shows catering to the macabre and and truly terrifying. Forget Jason Voorhees, there is nothing more frightening than a real life monster. Tonight’s special scheduling begins with Pig Farm (9pm), a film about Robert Pickton, Canada’s most notorious...
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If you dismiss Bridesmaids as an estrogen laden raunch fest, you’d be selling it short. Not only is the film wickedly funny, but it has a surprising amount of heart, to boot. How refreshing to see a talented ensemble of women deliver the goods on every level. Kristen Wiig really gets to strut her...
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Based on the box office totals for the weekend, quite a few of you went to go see Thor over the weekend. Actor Chris Hemsworth played Thor, and he didn’t always have that swoon-worthy physique that was featured front and center in the film. Chris bulked up with Duffy Gaver, a personal trainer who...
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