Tag: featured

Amazing Race: Don’t Trust Wrestlers

During the ninth episode, teams went to Singapore where Steve reminded us about that one American kid that was caned in Singapore in 1994 for vandalism. After watching Brooke blow onto a glass for no reason, we are pretty sure she should get the same punishment. Continue on to...

Amazing Race: Life Jackets are Hard

During the eighth episode, teams went to Malta where they dropped glassware, swam in the Blue Grotto and ran up slippery beams. We also got to witness the derpy scientist, Amy, not know how to put on a life jacket correctly before jumping into the water. First, it was way...

Amazing Race: Inner Cheetah Power

Teams headed to Palermo, Sicily where they drove go-carts, painted frescos and stared at opera singer costumes. Brooke also made some faces about her Italian driver being too slow for her. Continue on to read what Amy, Steve and I had to say about inner cheetah power being necessary...

The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel

Anthony Horowitz, with the blessing of Doyle’s estate, takes on Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. An older Dr. Watson reflects back on one case that was too gruesome for him to write about in the past, so he has waited until after Holmes...

Amazing Race: Double Layer Bird Hat

During the sixth leg, teams stayed in Morocco where they had to deliver hay, build a camp and milk goats. Throughout the episode, this chicken hat guy kept popping up, including at the pit stop where he had gained a dove in the process. Click through to read what...

Big Hero 6

Big Hero 6 looks like a Pixar film, even though it isn’t. It does come from Walt Disney Animation Studios and since Disney purchased Pixar a few years back, I guess it’s okay if they make a movie that has  the heart of a Pixar film, even if it doesn’t...

Amazing Race: Derpy Beginnings

This was the leg that we noticed that one of the scientists was really derpy. When they found out they made it into the race, she injured herself while training and did something with her pelvis that caused her to run funny. She never complained about it, but she...

Five Favorite New TV Shows of 2014

I have not had a chance to check out all the new television shows that debuted this past year, but there were a few of them that I believe flew under the radar for most people that I really loved. Some of these you might have been aware existed,...

Boyhood

Boyhood took 12 years to make because Richard Linklater wanted to show a child growing up with his single mom all the way to going away to college, and he wanted to use the same actor. He convinced Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke and the mom of the kid that...

The One I Love

This movie is so weird and will be difficult to explain why without giving too much away, so you’ll have to trust me. For some reason, I thought this movie was from the people that created Safety Not Guaranteed and it has similar vibe to it, even though this is...