What’s a Conspiracy Theory

I wrote this piece a couple of years ago, but it seems a fitting time to post it here. I was recently exposed to the idea that the Denver International Aiport is part of an intergalactic plot to take over the world. You can find a summary of these ideas here on Wikepedia. I know [...]

The Right Man in the Right Place at the Right Time

The other night I was watching The Poseidon Adventure with my wife. You know, it’s that movie where a luxury cruiseship gets hit by a rouge wave and flips upside down. Defying captain’s orders, a band of hardy adventurers make their way to the bottom of the capsized ship to reach safety. At one point, [...]

Whatever Happened to Annabel Chong?

Does anybody even remember Annabel Chong? She’s the one that Cliff was referring to when he said, “Everybody knows her.” She was the ‘actress’ whose career was documented in that famous documentary “Sex: The Annabel Chong Story”. You must remember her now? She stared in that cultural breakthrough, “The World’s Biggest Gangbang”. But then in [...]

What I Think about the Book ‘Fight Club’

If you’ve ever watched Back to the Future, one of the key points of the plot is that Marty McFly hates being called ‘chicken’. The easiest way to get him into a fight is to call him this. Well…I have the same issues with my temper. The surest way to drag me into a fight [...]

What I Think about Chuck Palahniuk

Starting back in the 1980s, youth humor took a turn. I’m not saying a turn for the worse, but I am saying it took a different direction. Jokes about bathroom behavior and scatology became very much a part of the mainstream. Flatulence become funny and significant portions of a film became orchestrated around the flatulence [...]

What I Think about the Story of ‘Fight Club’

I’m not particularly interested in the story of Fight Club. After I had seen the film the first time, I still had no interest at all. The first time was in the theatre on a date; we almost walked out. The second time I watched it was at home and I noted that the dialog in [...]

Dating Taiwanese Girls

As soon as you arrive you’ll be deluged with questions about whether or not you have a girlfriend and then the real question, “Is she Chinese?” You’ll be told all about how many Chinese girls (Yes, that’s the word that single women prefer) want foreign boyfriends, so of course it’ll be easy to find one. [...]

What I Think about the Movie ‘Fight Club’

If you read my blog regularly, you’ll know Kerim Friedman who produces the blogs Keywords and Savage Minds. Lesser known outside of my circles is Kerim’s wife, Shashwati. You can find her blogs and information about her work in film here and here. Shaswati, Kerim, and I often talk about films and recommend ones that [...]

The Real Ironman

Anyone who has played rugby union has played with Australians and knows that there’s something different about them. Perhaps it’s the cannibals that every Australian tells us they personally aren’t descended from but whose blood we all suspect flows in their veins. Perhaps it’s the relationship they have with Asia that some Australians tell us [...]

What I Think about Four Brothers

In my review of the Dark Knight, I pointed out how a film must be believable. This doesn’t mean that every aspect must happen as it would in the actual, but it must take the audience seriously. The film must be present the story in a manner consistent with the way it could happen. Dark [...]