Beyond the Rhetoric

“Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?” Given that I make my living as a freelance writer, it should come as little surprise that I find great pleasure in wordplay. Puns can be fun, but dissecting the [...]

Apollo 18 (2011) As a species, we’ve always been fascinated with Space. From Star Trek to Star Wars, we’ve always wondered about what is out there. That’s a big part of how the Apollo missions got off the ground (terrible pun intended), but did you know about the secret 18th expedition to the moon? That [...]

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011) The first movie in this trilogy, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, went on to become a cult classic. It was irreverent, nonsensical and hilarious. The sequel didn’t capture that same kind of magic, so I was cautiously optimistic at best when I heard that a [...]

What happens when you take a pretty typical movie formula, but throw a cultural wrench into the fray? That’s effectively what you get with Breakaway, a movie that was originally titled Speedy Singhs. A group of Indo-Canadians in suburban Toronto form a hockey team in a small time league, because they can’t gain any acceptance [...]

“Fear is just a state of mind, but so is mad cow disease.” I thought about doing something serious or thought-provoking for this week’s snippet, but my brain needs to take a bit of a rest. Then, I realized that comedy and relaxation need not exclude the provocation of thought. You might recall the Sunday [...]