Day: November 3, 2005

Land of the Dead

Dreary.

If anything can be said to be somewhat redeeming about it, it’s that Romero still wants to infuse his zombie movies with some sort of social commentary.

But here, we have three groups; the haves (represented by Dennis Hopper and his black valet who was almost as sterotypically offensive as Bob Hope’s black valet in The Ghostbreakers (now there’s a movie.), the have-nots, represented by Asia Argento, the whore with the heart-of-gold, some shmuck who was supposed to be the star, and John Leguizamo, whose character was charmingly named “Cholo.” (Why not Spic? Or Beaner?) Continue reading Land of the Dead

F**k Netflix

Arnab has expressed his anger over Netflix, but Arnab isn’t the only one. The recent settlement of a class action suit, Frank Chavez v. Netflix, Inc. (ahh…only in San Francisco!), has made most of us eligible for benefits. But it appears it’s the same old crap with Netflix. Karl Rove: The Architect had been in my queue for weeks, and I had hoped to get the thing sent before it gained “Very Long Wait” status because the Fitzgerald investigation was coming to a conclusion. I had room “At Home,” Karl Rove: The Architect was ready NOW. But what was sent? Kolchak, the Nightstalker which was priority 4. Now, of course, Karl Rove: The Architect is a “Very Long Wait.”