Posts by Ray Macula
The Scooby Doo Movie
Or rather that title should read, “I can’t believe I’m giving a good review to Scooby-Doo the Movie,” because I am, and I can’t. For what I thought was going to be your typical cornball “Family-fun” (uuuugggghhh- I shudder at the mere thought) movie, it sure surprised me. Plenty of innuendos on who’s gay; who’s…
Read MoreA Bully Father: Theodore Roosevelt’s Letters to His Children
To begin with, the term ‘bully’ in this sense does not equate itself with the schoolyard bully and his band of thugs and cretins who always leaned on you for your milk money. Rather, the term as Roosevelt used it, was reminiscent of such terms as ‘good’, ‘great’, and/or ‘wonderful.’ And indeed, that is what…
Read MoreMotorhead’s Hammered Tour May 2002
We headed out for New Jersey around seven or seven thirty at night. I had been home from the crap factory I called college for a couple of hours. I had my shiny new ticket I purchased on-line from ticket-master all ready to go. It had been relatively smooth sailing for what was maybe an…
Read MoreBig Momma’s House
Lawrence ends up having to disguise himself as Big Momma to get to the truth, whatever the hell that might be.
Read MoreKung Pow! Enter the Fist
Oedekerk is “The Chosen One” the only person who can stand up to and defeat Betty, the evil Master Pain. Betty is the servant of the Evil Council, a group of French aliens that fly around in pyramids and are based out of Paris, with plans for global conquest.
Read MoreThe Four Feathers (2002)
A soldier’s fear of cowardice essentially lands him in hot water with his friends and fiancée. From this he sets off to make things right and prove he’s not a coward, or die trying. After that, as typical of Hollywood, they make drastic and sweeping changes.
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