Monthly Archives: January 2009

Film Quickie: “Dead Snow”

By Jon Magne | Published: January 21, 2009
Huh? “Dead Snow”, you say? That’s sounds pretty lame, right? Well, yeah, I guess it does, but then it’s supposed to sound a bit lame, and just the tinsy, tiniest bit awesome. I’ve watched this Norwegian Nazi-zombie-horror-splatter-comedy two times now, and man, let me tell you something: It’s hilarious. Downright gut-wrenchingly hilarious, even, and since [...]
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Slumdog Millionaire

By Jon Magne | Published: January 18, 2009
What this is: “Slumdog Millionaire” is a movie, and not just any movie at that. It’s the one that – along with “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” – is in the lead to take home the award for Best Film at the Oscars. Now, I know what you’re all thinking; we haven’t gotten the [...]
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TV Quickie: The Sopranos (Seasons 1-6)

By Jon Magne | Published: January 5, 2009
What a great show this is. I mean, “great” doesn’t really cover it, but it’s a fair beginning, since “The Sopranos” starts off kind of sluggishly. And by that I don’t mean that it starts off poorly, just that it doesn’t play up to what you’d expect a show about a mobster-family would be. Mention the [...]
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Regarding That Rumoured ‘Best Comics List’ & the New Project

By Jon Magne | Published: January 5, 2009
It’s coming. Only it’s not coming for another couple of months, when I’ll do a mighty fine essay on my experiences in the medium.  After having spent approximately a year reading nearly nothing but graphic novels, I feel like I’m finally getting the hang of the finer points of the art. It’s been great, and hopefully [...]
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Where’s Waldo?

By Jon Magne | Published: January 3, 2009
Do you remember those great “Where’s Waldo” pictures? Wasn’t that super fun? I could do that stuff all day long, or at least as long as I actually could find the striped bastard. Imagine if Waldo were to hide somewhere on the ‘tubes and you’d have to find him, and exactly him. Google picture search [...]
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