Change of Address March 11, 2010

Anyone who has enjoyed what they’ve read here should follow me to my new home: www.johnnyruin.com I look forward to neglecting my new blog almost as much as I did this one.

Chris’ Year in Film, 2009 January 6, 2010

As some of you already know, last year I began using an online calendar to keep track of the movies I watched throughout the year.  Along with that, I noted where and with whom they were watched.  There are a couple of reasons for this (and they’re probably less obsessive compulsive than you might think.)  [...]

Reach for the Stars, America January 22, 2009

This saddens me. President Barack Obama retook the oath of office on Wednesday because of a miniscule slip up during his inauguration. That’s right. One missplaced word and everyone is flipping their shit.  The new administration is so worried that, because of this mistake, the general public will doubt the legitimacy of his presidency. And [...]

Short Follow-up December 12, 2008

For some reason I feel vindicated. I’m not going to get into it hardcore again, but read this article in comparison to the FOXNews article I posted below and you can draw some pretty obvious conclusions as to the comparative merits of the two news organizations.

When do they announce the Pulitzer winners? December 3, 2008

This is ridiculous. This is easily one of the strangest articles I have ever read.  Though it’s only around 200 words long, it manages to cram in five different terms for marijuana.  I think “green buds” is my favorite.  It just sounds so…authentic.  It also manages to get in a “Harold and Kumar” reference, not [...]

A Little Background… June 17, 2008

I decided that before I go and start throwing random movie reviews and the like up on here I better at least give some kind of indication of where my film tastes lie. Rather than posting a rather lengthy and rambling essay of said tastes, I thought it would be more convenient to simply put [...]

Let’s See How This Goes June 17, 2008

So yeah, true to form I have jumped on the bandwagon of popular culture well after it has pulled out of the station. I’ve started a blog. How amazingly fresh of me! I think next I might go out and get myself one of those new fangled Walkmen what can play the cassette tapes. I [...]