Category: hero worship

Talk Like Yoda Day?

Tomorrow is, as always, Talk Like a Pirate Day . It's a day when everyone should talk like a pirate. There's no real reason behind it, other than it's fun. However, I'd like to nominate May 21st as Talk Like Yoda Day . Why May 21st? It's the date in 1980 when The Empire Strikes […]

Kudos to Kevin

I kinda ripped into Kevin Smith the other day for some of his more-than-usually-over-the-top media whore antics in the past few months, but his disgust at movie critic Joel Siegel walking out of Clerks II when only 40 minutes had passed is well placed and well described. If I was to be paid to watch […]

John Spencer: 1946-2005

West Wing actor John Spencer died yesterday aged 58 after suffering a heart attack. He played Chief of Staff Leo McGarry in The West Wing, one of my favourite characters in the show. Apparently he had appeared in 7 of the first 14 episodes of Season 7 before he died. The show is in hiatus […]

Way Down the Food Chain

Here's where I know I'm a nothing, a nobody. I watched Kill Bill, Vol. 1 at the cinema when it came out a year and a half ago. As soon as I could, I bought the DVD . After watching it both those times, I thought, "Jesus, what a cool flick", but of course I […]