So my wife and I went to see Resident Evil: Retribution last weekend. We decided to splurge a bit on the tickets, because if we're going to watch some trashy hot-chick violence porn, we really should watch it in IMAX 3D. This movie hits all the key points of the Resident Evil franchise: Zombies, soldiers, zombie soldiers, a giant slimy boss creature, Milla Jovovich face-kicking … [Read more...] about Resident Evil: Retribution – Review
Archives for September 2012
Don’t Muslims Have Something More Important To Do?
In response to the violence in parts of the Muslim world over The Innocence of Muslims video, Eric Zorn is rightly puzzled: Why would a robust, enduring worldwide faith pay any mind whatsoever to assorted pesky critics? Don't their conniptions over the blasphemies of infidels betray weakness rather than strength? What good is respect for one's religion if it's maintained … [Read more...] about Don’t Muslims Have Something More Important To Do?
Stupid Muslim Fundamentalists?
When first I read the news that Muslim fundamentalists in Egypt were attacking the U.S. embassy in protest to a movie about Mohammad, my immediate reaction was that they were idiots. Someone, somewhere in the United States made a movie insulting their religion and they're getting violently pissed off at the embassy? What a bunch of morons. Then yesterday I read that similar … [Read more...] about Stupid Muslim Fundamentalists?
The 9/11 Memorial Is a Joke
I've been skeptical of the 9/11 memorial project before -- it's bigger than the World War II memorial in D.C. -- and it turns out the costs are pretty outrageous. … [Read more...] about The 9/11 Memorial Is a Joke
Christopher Darden is Apparently Still a Little Bitter
Seventeen years after O.J. Simpson got away with murder, prosecutor Christopher Darden announces he's figured out why he lost: Former Los Angeles deputy district attorney Christopher Darden on Thursday accused Simpson's defense lawyer, the late Johnnie Cochran, of "manipulating" one of the infamous gloves that the prosecution said linked Simpson to the grisly double murder of … [Read more...] about Christopher Darden is Apparently Still a Little Bitter