http://www.sprocketholed.com/ Sprocket Holed en Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:58:00 GMT Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:58:00 GMT info@sprocketholed.com info@sprocketholed.com http://www.sprocketholed.com/too-much-pussy-not-enough-galore/ What the hell happened? Since they're basically free rides, sequels to successful reboots, a la Dark Knight and Spider-Man 2, are supposed to be the most memorable entries: bigger budgets... http://www.sprocketholed.com/too-much-pussy-not-enough-galore/#comments http://www.sprocketholed.com/too-much-pussy-not-enough-galore/ Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:58:00 GMT http://www.sprocketholed.com/josh-brolin-plays-his-second-doomed-texan-in-a-row/ Though brilliantly acted and never boring, "W." is about 500% more sedate than you would expect from Oliver-Stone-on-Bush. There's something about PG-13 Oliver Stone that just doesn't feel right; who... http://www.sprocketholed.com/josh-brolin-plays-his-second-doomed-texan-in-a-row/#comments http://www.sprocketholed.com/josh-brolin-plays-his-second-doomed-texan-in-a-row/ Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:38:00 GMT http://www.sprocketholed.com/watch-after-sitting/ Note: In the interest of analyzing art more scientifically, from here on out I will assign movies a flat numeral score on a scale of 1 to 2. These numbers... http://www.sprocketholed.com/watch-after-sitting/#comments http://www.sprocketholed.com/watch-after-sitting/ Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:07:00 GMT http://www.sprocketholed.com/to-be-or-not-to-be-is-a-dumb-question/ Better than the original*! Hamlet 2 is a comedy about a bad musical put on by amateurs a la Waiting for Guffman, only unlike Guffman you don't get to sample... http://www.sprocketholed.com/to-be-or-not-to-be-is-a-dumb-question/#comments http://www.sprocketholed.com/to-be-or-not-to-be-is-a-dumb-question/ Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:09:00 GMT http://www.sprocketholed.com/no-fun-until-someone-gets-hurt/ Death Race sucks. I liked it. Calling it the best movie that Paul W. S. Anderson has yet made is faint praise indeed (he always seems to cut away from... http://www.sprocketholed.com/no-fun-until-someone-gets-hurt/#comments http://www.sprocketholed.com/no-fun-until-someone-gets-hurt/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:56:00 GMT http://www.sprocketholed.com/this-clone-dont-smell-right-back-into-the-vat-with-it/ The action sequences in Clone Wars make the Bea Arthur cantina musical number from 1978's "Star Wars Christmas Special" look like the lightsaber duel from The Empire Strikes Back. It... http://www.sprocketholed.com/this-clone-dont-smell-right-back-into-the-vat-with-it/#comments http://www.sprocketholed.com/this-clone-dont-smell-right-back-into-the-vat-with-it/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:50:00 GMT http://www.sprocketholed.com/see-it-with-a-bud/2/ You don't have to be stoned to enjoy Pineapple Express but it most certainly helps. As proof, here's crotchety, bland, not-fit-to-lick-Siskel's-anal -bead Richard Roeper on Pineapple Express: "Watching Pineapple Express... http://www.sprocketholed.com/see-it-with-a-bud/2/#comments http://www.sprocketholed.com/see-it-with-a-bud/2/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:21:00 GMT http://www.sprocketholed.com/horror-for-dyslexics/ Give or take a "Prince of Darkness," finally a movie that taps into our fears of our own reflections*! "Mirrors" is about equal parts dumb and scary but it easily... http://www.sprocketholed.com/horror-for-dyslexics/#comments http://www.sprocketholed.com/horror-for-dyslexics/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:47:00 GMT http://www.sprocketholed.com/when-golden-armies-attack/ Is it dumb to say that a movie based on a comic-book felt too juvenile, too kid-friendly? I don't remember much about the original "Hellboy" except that it felt grimmer... http://www.sprocketholed.com/when-golden-armies-attack/#comments http://www.sprocketholed.com/when-golden-armies-attack/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:02:00 GMT http://www.sprocketholed.com/rather-have-my-brain-removed-through-my-nose-with-a-hook/ 10. There are no mummies in the preview. 9. No one paid me to. 8. I haven't finished not seeing Brendan Fraser's other soulless CG blockbuster yet. 7. Rachel Weisz... http://www.sprocketholed.com/rather-have-my-brain-removed-through-my-nose-with-a-hook/#comments http://www.sprocketholed.com/rather-have-my-brain-removed-through-my-nose-with-a-hook/ Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:48:00 GMT http://www.sprocketholed.com/a-killing-joke-indeed/ After all the ass-fat that studios have been shoveling onto our eyeballs all summer under the exactly untrue banner of fun for all ages, it feels strange to realize that... http://www.sprocketholed.com/a-killing-joke-indeed/#comments http://www.sprocketholed.com/a-killing-joke-indeed/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:24:00 GMT http://www.sprocketholed.com/lights-camera-bone-splinters/ I floated this cinematically crucial question at a seance last night and the results were vaguely surprising. There was one vote for Spielberg*, one for Tarantino, one for Michael Bay... http://www.sprocketholed.com/lights-camera-bone-splinters/#comments http://www.sprocketholed.com/lights-camera-bone-splinters/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:58:00 GMT http://www.sprocketholed.com/sandleonish/ Dear Princeton University Admissions Board, I just watched "Spanglish," which is about eccentric white people as told through the eyes of a Princeton admissions board member reading the application essay... http://www.sprocketholed.com/sandleonish/#comments http://www.sprocketholed.com/sandleonish/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:05:00 GMT http://www.sprocketholed.com/walle-and-evah-4evah/ Pixar's latest smorgasbord WALL-E starts out as the rich man's Heartbeeps and ends as the poor man's Silent Running. For all its lavish, lovely visuals and genuinely ingratiating main character... http://www.sprocketholed.com/walle-and-evah-4evah/#comments http://www.sprocketholed.com/walle-and-evah-4evah/ Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:19:00 GMT http://www.sprocketholed.com/dont-go-off-this-movied/ (Spoiler warning: Hancock features a terrifically wacky plot twist midway through that should definitely be experienced firsthand before reading any further or listening to chatty kathies who already saw it... http://www.sprocketholed.com/dont-go-off-this-movied/#comments http://www.sprocketholed.com/dont-go-off-this-movied/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:21:00 GMT