Gal Gadot

Gal Gadot

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Gal Gadot

Born April 30, 1985

Gal Gadot is Wonder Woman. Take that in for a minute. She is a trained Israeli soldier which means that the moves you see her do are for real and she can kick your ass. And you will like it.

Noteworthy

  • Keeping Up with the Jones – Gadot and Jon Hamm are the spies neighbors to Isla Fisher and Zach Galifianakis. This is such a well put together movie. The acting is good, the plot is good, and the comedic bits are funny. What more can you ask for? Plus Gadot and Hamm look great together.
  • Furious 7 – Gadot in a fast car saving the team. It is amazing. I really dug the introduction of Gadot to the family.
  • Batman vs Superman – She was one of the few highlights for me in a movie that I really didn’t care for. The shot of her sliding across the ground after getting hit by Doomsday, skidding to a stop, and then smiling – worth the price of admission.
  • Wonder Woman – Loved the whole movie until the ending with Ares – listen to the podcast and you will hear more on this. Gadot rocks the role of Wonder Woman and I hope they keep it rolling.

Wonder Woman, she’s amazing. I love everything that she represents and everything that she stands for. She’s all about love and compassion and truth and justice and equality, and she’s a whole lot of woman.

-Gal Gadot

Jodie Sweetin Here To Hold On To

by | January 19, 2018 | Featured, Television | 0 Comments

Jodie Sweetin Most of us grew up watching Jodie Sweetin grow up on the TV show Full House. She had her rough times after the celebrity of Full House died off. Jeff Franklin pitched the idea of Fuller house to Netflix and all of a sudden Jodie Sweetin gets a new lease...
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Christopher Walken

by | March 31, 2018 | Featured, Movies, Pop Culture, Television | 0 Comments

Christopher Walken Born March 31, 1943   Christopher Walken is one of those actors that you look for in a movie, that you hope will pop up in a cameo for no good reason. Walken improves any film he makes an appearance in. His quirky nature, his odd delivery of lines...
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Jim Jefferies: Freedumb

by | September 7, 2016 | Comedy, Featured | 0 Comments

Jim Jefferies: Freedumb special on Netflix is comedian Jim Jefferies latest comedy special - that is a stupid sentence but Google will love it.  As so many stand ups are doing nowadays, this is a Netflix original - if you arent subscribed the Netflix what i wrong with...
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Bad Movies – Bad Puns: But Great Company

by | March 3, 2017 | Featured, Movies, Pop Culture | 0 Comments

Bad Movies - Bad Puns: But Great Company Back in the stone ages before we had streaming services like Hulu, Netflix, or even YouTube, we had these primitive devices called DVDs and actually had to have the disc in a physical machine that, after the viewing, you had to...
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Mark-Paul Gosselaar

by | March 1, 2018 | Featured, Movies, Pop Culture, Television | 0 Comments

Mark-Paul Gosselaar Born March 1, 1974   Mark-Paul Gosselaar, yes, Zack Morris his own self. I figured we covered Kelly earlier in the year, why not Zack. Noteworthy Saved by the Bell - This is one of those shows that I probably watched too much as a kid, young adult,...
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Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman

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Uma Thurman

Born April 29, 1970

Uma Thurman first slid into my view as Mia Wallace in Pulp Fiction and though I have not been as obsessed as Tarantino, I do tend to seek out movies that she is in. There is something raw about the way that she delivers dialogue and action. It makes her interesting to watch.

Noteworthy

  • Pulp Fiction – Again, first thing that I saw her in. I love her as Mia. The reaction when she is stabbed in the heart by the needle the huge intake of breath – perfect. Also, I love how nervous she tends to make Travolta.
  • Batman & Robin – Thurman is the best villain in the bunch in this movie. She makes a great Poison Ivy. The movie as a whole was completely over the top but she was excellent as a villain.
  • Kill Bill 1 & Kill Bill 2 – The Bride. I don’t know that I need to dig much further into it. Thurman is The Bride and she does, in fact, kill Bill.
  • The Producers – No one else could have played Ulla opposite Balistock and Blom in the musical version of The Producers. You really want to see Thurman take on more musical roles after you watch this.
  • My Super Ex-Girlfriend – Not the best thing she has ever been in but I dig it. Thurman has superpowers, her boyfriend breaks up with her – that was a mistake.

Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It’s so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan.

-Uma Thurman

Stars with Disturbing Parents

by | August 25, 2016 | Beyond Geek, Featured, Movies, Pop Culture | 0 Comments

Why are their so many stars with disturbing parents? Is it the same percentage as us normal folk and their celebrity puts them in the public eye? Or are they more prone to having a lot more crazy and creepy because of their talent? Stars with Disturbing Parents: JACK...
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Reddit from a Redditor

by | February 17, 2017 | Featured, Pop Culture, Technology | 0 Comments

Reddit from a Redditor Jenny was a\only looking for kisses, waiting to see what was in the safe the guy found in his house, and Kevin showing up at the front door to ask for bananas. If you understood those references then hello fellow redditor and if not let me...
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Rick Astley

by | February 6, 2018 | Featured, Music, Pop Culture | 0 Comments

Rick Astley - Born February 6, 1966 My sister was a Rick Astley fan. As a little brother, I also had to be a Rick Astley fan. He had some great songs back in the 80s and quite a few that I still listen to. Noteworthy Never Gonna Give You Up on his freshmen album...
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Haley Joel Osment

by | April 10, 2018 | Featured, Movies | 0 Comments

Haley Joel Osment Born April 10, 1988   Haley Joel Osment Noteworthy Forrest Gump - Osment comes in toward the end of this movie playing Gump's son. You could really see how good of an actor he was and was going to be. There was so much of the Forest Gump character in...
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Good Riddance 2016

by | December 31, 2016 | Featured, Pop Culture | 0 Comments

Good Riddance 2016 From a pop-culture perspective, 2016 sucked. We lost icon after icon in 2016 and at this point as I reflect on the year, it is really what I am focused on. Below is a brief list of some of the losses that stuck out to me. It is not all inclusive and...
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Jessica Alba

Jessica Alba

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Jessica Alba

Born April 28, 1981

Jessica Alba started out acting as a teenager and has been turning out great entertainment for all of us ever since then. She is one of those actresses that makes interesting choices and elevates the role.

Noteworthy

  • Idle Hands – I college students right hand has a mind of its own. Alba is one of the characters with hands that don’t have murderous intent. This was the first movie that I saw Alba in.
  • Sin City – Alba is little Nancy. I love the feel and the film work of this movie. Alba is one of the pivotal characters and a lot of the plot hinges on her.
  • Fantastic Four – Alba is Sue Storm. No, really Alba is Sue Storm. I thought she was perfect as her quarter of Marvel’s first family.
  • Machete – You got to love a movie that jumped from a fake trailer in another movie to the big screen. Alba is fantastic.

You have to be the best of whatever you are, but successful, cool actresses come in all shapes and sizes.

-Jessica Alba

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

by | February 20, 2017 | Featured, Movies | 0 Comments

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter In honor of President's Day, I figured I would talk about a truly presidential movie: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Now, this is a film about a president that can really protect our domestic interests... from the UNDEAD HORDES! Go...
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Rick Astley

by | February 6, 2018 | Featured, Music, Pop Culture | 0 Comments

Rick Astley - Born February 6, 1966 My sister was a Rick Astley fan. As a little brother, I also had to be a Rick Astley fan. He had some great songs back in the 80s and quite a few that I still listen to. Noteworthy Never Gonna Give You Up on his freshmen album...
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LL Cool J aka Ladies Love Cool Jams

by | January 14, 2018 | Featured, Music, Pop Culture | 0 Comments

LL Cool J LL Cool J aka Ladies Love Cool Jams is one of those artists whose song still run through my head years later. Catchy beats, great rhymes, and a certain style that make him stick out in the minds of the youth of the late 80s and early 90s. By the 2000s, LL...
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James Franco

by | April 19, 2018 | Featured, Movies | 0 Comments

James Franco Born April 19, 1978   James Franco has no problem stepping out to the comfortable into the shows of his role. He is an extraordinary actor, taking risk and all the while entertaining his audiences. Noteworthy Spider-Man - First thing that I saw Franco in....
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Ronda Rousey

by | August 23, 2016 | Beyond Geek, Featured, MMA | 0 Comments

How can such a sexy beast be such, well a beast! Ronda Rousey is an inspiration and always amazing in everything that she does. Needless to say that Ronda Rousey has taken the UFC by storm and has quickly become the face of what has traditionally been a male dominated...
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Kevin James

Kevin James

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Kevin James

Born April 26, 1965

Kevin James is a truly funny guy. He has played a variety of roles and he seems to be able to play just about any role, some of which we will dig into below. He is very deft at physical humor but then you watch him act and emote and he is a very talented as an actor.

Noteworthy

  • Hitch – This was the first movie that I remember Kevin James in. He was fantastic in this role. In particular, the training montage with Will Smith is one of the funniest things that Will Smith has been involved in, in a long time.
  • The King of Queens – Doug Heffernan, as a character, ran across three different shows. Doug was the springboard for Kevin James onto the large screen and really gave a jolt to his career. Add Leah Remini to this and it is no wonder that James is as big a star as he is.
  • I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry – Kevin James and Adam Sandler are box office gold. Having them marry each other for health benefits – genius. Such a funny thought provoking movie.
  • Paul Blart: Mall Cop – Bag on this movie all you want. They had me when he slid across the floor and didn’t quite make it to cover. Laughed my ass off.
  • Here Comes the Boom – A much more trim Kevin James learning to MMA fight to save a program in his school. Bizarre plot great flick. Loved it.

There’s no better feeling in the world than a warm pizza box on your lap.

-Kevin James

Riki Lindhome

by | September 6, 2016 | Comedy, Featured, Pop Culture | 0 Comments

Riki Lindhome is not a household name, but it should be. Riki started her career as an actor on the stage in Tim Robbins “Embedded”. She then made her debut on the big screen as “Mardell Fitzgerald" in Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby (2004). She is best known...
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To Kill a Mocking-Jay

by | September 9, 2016 | Beyond Geek, Conventions and Festivals, Featured, Pop Culture | 0 Comments

Oh, to Kill a Mocking-Jay. A few minutes of DragonCon exposure and my mind is unfurling in ways it hasn’t since my first warehouse rave in the year 2000; a psychotropic may or may not have had something to do with the trippiness of that former experience.  Likewise,...
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Where did all the good commercials go?

by | March 31, 2017 | Featured, Pop Culture, Television | 0 Comments

I was flipping through the Netflix the other day and ran across Video Games: The Movie. It was a really good documentary on the history, purpose, and culture of gaming. While I was watching it the Atari issue of E.T. The Extraterrestrial The Game was brought up. If...
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You Hate Anchovies You Say- Balderdash!

by | September 11, 2016 | Featured, Food | 0 Comments

You hate Anchovies?!? Are you freaking kidding me, I ask anyone making such a bold and usually uninformed pronouncement?  Anchovies are one of, maybe even the greatest flavor enhancing magic carpet ride that mere culinary mortals readily have at their disposal to add...
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Rachel Dratch

by | February 22, 2018 | Comedy, Featured, Movies, Television | 0 Comments

Rachel Dratch Born February 22, 1966   Rachel Dratch has been on SNL since 1999. It is 2018 as of the time of this writing. That is a long damn time. She is not a regular cast member now but she is still beloved enough to make an appearance from time to time. I just...
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Jason Lee

Jason Lee

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Jason Lee

Born April 25, 1970

Jason Lee has been someone I have watched in everything they have been in since I saw him in Mallrats back in the day. Love his acting style and love the way he approaches a character.

Noteworthy

  • Mallrats – Lee is Brodie. Brodie is Lee. This is still my favorite character that he has ever performed. The delivery is amazing and so much fun to watch.
  • Dogma – Lee is a bad guy. He is Azrael a bad angel looking to help end the world.
  • The Incredibles -Lee is the voice of Syndrome. I don’t think that it would have been quite as good without Jason Lee voicing the bad guy.
  • My Name is Earl – A storyline based around Karma with a kinda white-trash set of characters. Such a timeless and amusing show. Very re-watchable unless you are my wife. She hates it.

I was a little nerdy, but I got along with everybody. I had fun at school – skateboarding, surfing, getting kicked out of class for making too much noise.

-Jason Lee

Gal Gadot

by | April 30, 2018 | Comic Books, Featured, Movies, Video Games | 0 Comments

Gal Gadot Born April 30, 1985   Gal Gadot is Wonder Woman. Take that in for a minute. She is a trained Israeli soldier which means that the moves you see her do are for real and she can kick your ass. And you will like it. Noteworthy Keeping Up with the Jones - Gadot...
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I Sell Comics

by | April 3, 2017 | Comic Books, Featured, Podcast | 0 Comments

I Sell Comics is part of the SmodCo network of podcasts. Starring Mike and Ming, this podcasts has at its heart comic books but it covers any and every other topic that happens to cross the minds of the hosts. From interviews to ribbing the folks at Tell Em Steve...
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StarTalk Radio Podcast

by | September 14, 2016 | Beyond Geek, Featured, Podcast, Pop Culture, Science | 0 Comments

I have a secret science crush. I have had this crush for a while but it got worse when I started listening to the StarTalk Radio podcast with Neil deGrasse Tyson (NdT). I don't know how I am so late to the party picking this podcast up but now that I have found it, I...
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Reddit from a Redditor

by | February 17, 2017 | Featured, Pop Culture, Technology | 0 Comments

Reddit from a Redditor Jenny was a\only looking for kisses, waiting to see what was in the safe the guy found in his house, and Kevin showing up at the front door to ask for bananas. If you understood those references then hello fellow redditor and if not let me...
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Magnificent Seven – 1960

by | March 29, 2017 | Featured, Movies | 0 Comments

The Magnificent Seven - 1960 - is one of those movies that I have watched literally dozens of times over the years. It is one of the first VHS tapes that I bought when I began my movie collection and it was one of the first that I swapped out to DVD. I learned to love...
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