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‘Rush Hour 3’ shows China might be on to something
From today's Internet Movie Database studio briefing:
Jackie Chan Unwanted in China
China has confirmed a report ... that Hong Kong star Jackie Chan's "Rush Hour 3" won't be shown in China. Although Variety had noted that Chinese censors had obje...
Angry Letters: ‘Clash of the Titanic,’ ????
Someone named Kellie wrote me an e-mail with no subject line and no indication what, exactly, she was angry about. But her message was clear:
All of your comments are stupid you are an A-HOLE who do you think you are some big time movie director y...
Fox to start being nicer to online film critics
We have good news to report on the subject of movie studios interacting with online film critics!
I mentioned last week how Fox has been particularly gun-shy lately, inviting print press to early screenings while making onliners wait until the n...
‘Snide Remarks’ Classic: ‘Thinking Outside the Box’
We're commemorating the 10th anniversary of "Snide Remarks" by highlighting an oldie-but-goodie every Wednesday in 2007. This week's choice is a lighthearted tale called "Thinking Outside the Box," in which we planned a special birthday surprise...
Eric’s friends are funny: Sack Lunch TV
Several of my Utah-based friends are involved in something called Sack Lunch TV, whose output so far is three amusing sketches that have been filmed and uploaded to the Interwebs, where you can view them.
The sketches are called "Humble Pie," "The...
Pun’s labyrinth
Part of the fun of making blanket statements is trying to see if you can come up with exceptions to them. For example, in my review of "Who's Your Caddy?," I claimed that no movie with a pun title has ever been any good. This prompted someone to comm...
Some site upgrades
I have a couple of things to mention that are unrelated but that both fall under the category of Making the Site Better.
First, I've gotten better at recording the podcasts for "In the Dark" and "Snide Remarks." Maybe you listened when I first lau...
Monday morsels: new ‘Snide Remarks,’ new reviews of bad movies
As July slips out of our fingers and a huge, sweaty batch of August prepares to plop down on our heads, let us take solace where we can. In a new "Snide Remarks," for example, entitled "Inexcusabull Behavior"! It is about the Running of the Bulls, ...
Friday movie roundup – July 27 – mmm… roundup…
Grab a bottle of Duff and yell "Woo-hoo!" "The Simpsons Movie" is a worthy big-screen adaptation of our favorite yellow-skinned family's adventures. Like the TV show, it's about one-fourth brilliant and three-fourths just OK -- but even the "just O...
‘Snide Remarks’ Classic: ‘Are We There Yet?’
In honor of Pioneer Day, which was yesterday and which is an official state holiday in Utah, we present "Are We There Yet?" as this week's "Snide Remarks" Classic column. It is #306, originally published July 24, 2002.
Pioneer Day commemorate...
Lessons in foamy-mouthed craziness: The Nasson correspondence
I've been hanging on to these e-mails for almost a year, wondering if there would ever be a good time (and a good reason) to post them. And now there is!
This takes us all the way back to my first contact with Tim Nasson last August. Enjoy!
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Wild About Movies update: He cares enough to make up lies about me!
My last post was about Tim Nasson of Wild About Movies and his "Movie Junkets Exposed" feature. Somehow I missed that at the end of that piece, he has a few paragraphs about me! I could have sworn the feature originally ended after the part about S...
Annals of bad journalism: Tim Nasson (again!)
Last August, I told you about Tim Nasson, a movie junketeer and entertainment writer who had been engaging in some fishy journalistic practices by making up celebrity quotes. He would take what the people actually said, paraphrase it into his own w...
A weekend of ‘Deathly Hallows’ nerdery
NOTE: This is a SPOILER THREAD for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." The post itself has no spoilers, but people posting comments on it are welcome to discuss the book as freely as they want to, which includes mentioning plot details.
Well! ...
‘Snide Remarks’ and pee: a match made in heaven
Today's "Snide Remarks," with a title that practically writes itself once you know what the story's about -- "Urine Trouble" -- belongs to the genre of "Snide Remarks" columns wherein Eric Describes Things That Are Physically Wrong with Him. The in...
Friday movie roundup & milestone celebration – July 20
This week's new films are "Hairspray" and "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry." So, you know, it's a big week for the gays.
"Hairspray" is as delightful, upbeat, and entertaining a musical as has been produced in many, many years. Having seen t...
‘Snide Remarks’ Classic: ‘Stuff Happens’
Do you like reading columns about retarded dogs that poop everywhere? If so, then you're in for a treat today! This week's "Snide Remarks" Classic, entitled "Stuff Happens," is an entry from Feb. 2, 2003, that addresses that very topic! It's abo...
Commenters continue to say the darnedest things!
It's been far too long since we've shined a spotlight on some of the less intelligible comments that people have posted on EricDSnider.com. Here's a batch, taken mostly from movie reviews.
DUMB COMMENTS POSTED ON ERICDSNIDER.COM
"Romeo Must Die...
Like everything else in the world, ‘Snide Remarks’ is about Harry Potter this week
This week's "Snide Remarks," entitled "Wand for the Money," is a fire sale on all the Harry Potter gags that have been lounging in the back of my mind the last few weeks. With the final book going on sale this Saturday, I figured now was the time t...
Yippee-ki-yay and so forth
Speaking of "Live Free or Die Hard," someone named "Pumpkin" posted a comment on my review of it wondering if, given the PG-13 rating, that meant Bruce Willis didn't get to say his famous line, "Yippee-ki-yay, mother******."
"BeeDub" responded, ac...
What the dickens does ‘Live Free or Die Hard’ mean?
Got a lovely e-mail from someone named Paul who enjoyed "Live Free or Die Hard," as well as my review of it. He added this:
But I don't know who all these people are who think the title is dumb -- I think it kicks . I can just see the guys in Iraq ...
Reviews contain opinions, and yours might be different!
Some people take umbrage at the way critics write their reviews in such authoritative tones -- and that umbrage is entirely misplaced.
I was reminded of this by a comment someone posted here recently:
The issue I have with MOST of the reviews i...
Portland geeks, unite: ‘Firefly’ episodes every Tuesday at the Mission!
Portland is a great town for geeks. Several comic book writers, artists, and publishers make their homes here. You can't swing a light saber in this town without hitting some skinny hipster with black nerdy-cool glasses and a vintage T-shirt, ready...
‘Snide Remarks’ Classic: ‘UVS-Legitima-C’; also, the Harry Potter interview is pimped again
This week's "Snide Remarks" Classic is a delightful entry from Aug. 7, 2002, entitled "UVS-Legitima-C." It indulges in what was one of my favorite pastimes when I wrote for the (Provo, Utah) Daily Herald: making fun of nearby Utah Valley State C...
Special Harry Potter edition of ‘In the Dark’ podcast
OK, technically this week's edition of "In the Dark" shouldn't be coming out until Wednesday, since that's when "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is being released. But since there are midnight screenings tonight, I've already posted the ...
‘Transformers’ fans: angry, hostile people in disguise
Against all odds, "Transformers" has become the latest touchstone in America's culture wars. People who love it say the critics are stuffy and out of touch. They are angry about it, in fact. To them, a failure to appreciate "Transformers" bespeaks a ...
‘Snide Remarks’ 10th Anniversary Feature: A Timeline of Important Columns (Part 3)
July 24, 2006, "I Was a Junket Whore": Fifteen minutes of Internet fame -- oh, and it cost me a job, too.
This one earned me 15 minutes of Internet fame, but it had far more lasting repercussions than that: If it weren't for this column...
‘Snide Remarks’ 10th Anniversary Feature: A Timeline of Important Columns (Part 2)
Jan. 23 & 25, 2002, "Towed You So" and "Gus Mileage": A two-part series on tow-truck drivers earns the wrath of an entire profession.
My editors and I fielded many angry phone calls and letters when the first of these, about a bad exp...
‘Snide Remarks’ 10th Anniversary Feature: A Timeline of Important Columns (Part 1)
"Important" is a relative term, of course. Not one of these columns had any impact on the world outside of my life, and many of them didn't even go that far. But they're "important" in the sense that, if you were writing a history of "Snide Rema...
No ‘Snide Remarks’ today, but: other things!
I do not have a new "Snide Remarks" for you this week, but to stave off the unfathomable sadness that announcement would otherwise bring, I have something else instead: a special "Snide Remarks" 10th anniversary feature highlighting the "important" e...
Two more Erics that I am not
Not me.
The latest development in dumb people e-mailing me is People Who Think I am a Famous Eric. I told you a few weeks ago about the person who thought I was Eric Bana. And now we have two more instances of this phenomenon, bringing the total...
‘Snide Remarks’ Classic: ‘The Royal Treatment’
Happy Independence Day! I hope my American readers are celebrating the occasion by grilling the flesh of animals and drinking cool, refreshing beverages beneath the scorching sun. And I hope my non-American readers are spending the day weeping b...
Someone disliked ‘Transformers’ more than I did
If you thought my C-grade review of "Transformers" was too harsh on the lovable, it's-summertime-so-we've-all-lowered-our-expectations action flick, then you definitely will not enjoy my friend Dawn Taylor's thorough trashing of it, which is funnier ...
Portland-area woman fights the RIAA
The Oregonian ran a great story on Sunday about a local woman who was sued, harassed, and stalked by the RIAA for allegedly illegally downloading music -- and now she's suing them back for the two years of harassment they caused her.
Tanya Andersen ...
Tuesday movie roundup – July 3
Patriotism sometimes makes people do crazy things, like release movies on a Tuesday instead of Friday. In order to take advantage of the Fourth of the July holiday, the Hollywood gods have blessed us with two new releases today: "Transformers" and ...
‘Snide Remarks,’ she is new today
Don't look now, but not only is the weekend gone, so is half of 2007! It's July now, which means it's time for fireworks, barbecues, and other patriotic displays -- including tax evasion, as recounted in this week's "Snide Remarks," entitled "Weapons...
Friday movie roundup – June 29
Ratatouille.
'Tis a busy midsummer week, as far as the movies go. (And how funny it is that June 29 -- one week after the actual beginning of summer -- is considered "midsummer" in movie terms.) Several high-profile films opening this week, and ...
Eric Recommends: ‘The Yiddish Policemen’s Union’
"The Yiddish Policemen's Union" is the latest novel from Michael Chabon, whose stunning mastery of language and gift for storytelling make him one of the best living fiction writers. This book doesn't approach the genius of his Pulitzer-winning "Am...
‘Snide Remarks’ Classic: ‘Zombie for Mayor’
Our year-long celebration of the 10th anniversary of "Snide Remarks," in which we spotlight a different column each Wednesday, continues apace with "Zombie for Mayor." This "Snide Remarks" Classic, #290, was published May 29, 2002, and it was me...
Some Disney news, and a punctuation rant
Tinkerbell: Not coming to a DVD player near you, thank goodness.
I want to mention a couple of Disney-related news items that have come from Jim Hill Media, and then I want to make fun of the way Jim Hill writes.
Hill's site focuses primarily...
Eric Recommends: ‘Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star’
"Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star," by Brandon Mull, is the second book in the young-adult fantasy series, and if there was any question before that Mull deserves to inherit the soon-to-be-available Harry Potter audience, this should settle it....
Reminder: Thrillionaires will thrillionaire you tonight!
If you find yourself near Provo, Utah, tonight, do not despair! There is still a reason to live. That reason is the Thrillionaires Improv Theatre, performing at 8:15 p.m. tonight at the Velour Live Music Gallery, 135 N. University Ave. Admission is...
Monday equals ‘Snide Remarks,’ complete with pictures!
Socialite and political prisoner Paris Hilton.
Monday already?! I know, I can't believe it either. To help soothe the pain, I offer you a new "Snide Remarks" column, entitled "Reaching for the Stars." It is part of the occasional series where we...
Friday movie roundup – June 22
It's days like this that a guy can start to feel insecure about his opinions.
I saw "Evan Almighty" last week and thought it was good enough, not great, improved quite a bit by the presence of Steve Carell. I wrote my B- review accordingly.
Then ...
Five seconds of magic: Dramatic prairie dog
This is the funniest thing I've seen today.
(The source of the video is a Japanese kids' show, a clip of which can be seen below. It's fairly amusing in its own right, what with being Japanese and all.)
How to make ‘Garfield’ funny
A while back, someone (or actually a lot of someones, independently of one another) discovered that "Garfield" -- the lame, unfunny comic strip by Jim Davis -- is actually much better if you remove all of Garfield's thought balloons. It becomes surre...
‘Snide Remarks’ 10th Anniversary Feature: My favorite angry letters
Almost since the beginning, one of the most entertaining parts of "Snide Remarks" has been the angry letters that people sometimes write in response to it.
The perception is that I get these letters frequently. In truth it's been ages since I...
Eric’s Sack of Mail: early movie screenings
A devoted reader named Sarah e-mailed me to ask the following.
I have a movie business-related question. Midnight showings of popular movies have been happening for years, but I thought it was very interesting that Pirates 3 started its showings as ...
Eli Roth blames pirates for the failure of his crappy movie
With his "Hostel Part II" having done poorly since its June 8 release, writer-director Eli Roth is pulling a Homer Simpson: "This is everybody's fault but mine!"
And the primary reason for the film's failure? Not its general lack of quality, or th...
‘Snide Remarks,’ but no podcast
This week's "Snide Remarks," entitled "Sein of the Times," is now available for viewing. Usually there's a Snidecast® recording of me reading the column aloud, but since this week's is in script format -- and since the characters are established c...
Friday movie roundup – June 15
In this summer of sequels, is any film less-anticipated than "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer"? The 2005 original is widely regarded as one of the worst superhero films, and it grossed only $150 million at the box office. (That's big mone...
Bears: The latest in torture tactics?
A devoted reader named Shawn e-mailed me with alarming news:
I just caught a commercial for "Captivity," the upcoming horror movie with Elisha Cuthbert (one would assume that she plays a young girl in peril). It's rated R, of course, but I was dis...
Bob Barker to ‘come on down’ to the unemployment office
I have been watching "The Price Is Right" this week, because I wanted to see Bob Barker's last few shows before he retires on Friday, and it is making me inexplicably wistful. I haven't seen more than about 10 episodes in the last 20 years, but I w...
Knives OK on planes; soft drinks still a terrorist threat
The man and knife in question.
The Derby Telegraph in Derbyshire, England, reports that a man got a 7-inch knife past the security checkpoint at Birmingham Airport, while his daughter's soda was confiscated.
The man, Nick White, says he's a c...
‘Snide Remarks’ Classic: ‘Humid Nature’
Five years ago, I spent a few days visiting friends in South Florida. And wouldn't you know it, I wrote a column about it when I got back, and that column -- "Humid Nature" -- is this week's "Snide Remarks" Classic. It was column #279, published...
Update: Previously cited angry letter not actual angry letter
A few months ago, I reported that a student at Brigham Young University had written a letter to the editor of the school paper in which he swiped a joke of mine that I'd used in a "Snide Remarks" column in that very paper several years earlier. In th...
Disney goes to hilarious lengths to prevent ‘Ratatouille’ piracy
The studios have done a lot of comically inept things to combat movie piracy, but the funniest thing I've seen yet happened last week at the press screening for "Ratatouille."
There was a sign-in sheet, which is common enough. You had to write dow...
We’ll always have Paris … TO POOP ON!
Two very funny pictures floating around the Internet this weekend, both reflecting the nation's mood as a certain waste of space was sent back to jail on Friday.
My friend David Cornelius made this one:
(See this pic to appreciate Dave's inspir...
Typical Monday: a new ‘Snide Remarks’; a review of a bad movie
The weekend is gone, but there is still a reason to live: a new "Snide Remarks" column, entitled "Getting Tested," with its corresponding podcast (which you can also listen to on the page itself).
This weekend was Portland's 100th annual Rose Para...
Friday movie roundup – June 8
There are three new wide releases this weekend, each catering to a different demographic. Find the movie that applies to you and win!
For grown-ups, there's "Ocean's Thirteen," the third entry in the series of movies about celebrities who like to ge...
Excel to distribute ‘Stalking Santa’; you can see it this weekend
Chris Clark stars in "Stalking Santa." Barely visible in the passenger seat is Daryn Tufts, who wrote the film and also appears in it.
Two months ago I mentioned a movie called "Stalking Santa," a mockumentary about a man seeking to prove the ex...
Fogey misses point of joke, fears ‘Shrek’ promotes transvestite agenda
The cause of your children's sudden interest in cross-dressing.
Is there anything funnier in this world than people flying off the handle because they misunderstood a joke? I think not!
The Illinois Review is a conservative blog that I was un...
‘Snide Remarks’ Classic: ‘Comfy KOSY Are We’
Our celebration of the 10th anniversary of "Snide Remarks" continues with "Comfy KOSY Are We," which is this week's designated "Snide Remarks" Classic. It was column #232, published Dec. 12, 2001. It pertains to the Christmas season, and to a Ut...
Further evidence that I am an uncle of cute children
Since you aren't here in person for me to show you the pictures in my wallet, I'll have to brag about my adorable niece and nephew on my blog. Also, I don't actually have any photos in my wallet, so being here in person wouldn't help.
These were...
Regal lets you play hall monitor at the movies
One of the main reasons problems in movie theaters don't get fixed is that audience members are reluctant to leave the auditorium to report them. The picture goes out of focus, and everyone notices it, but you figure it will get fixed the second yo...
‘Mr. Brooks’ and ‘Gracie’ reviewed
As foretold in ancient times (this morning), the reviews of "Mr. Brooks" and "Gracie" are up. You may read them by first clicking your mouse on either of the links just provided, then scanning your eyes from left to right across the series of alphabe...
Rejoice over the glad tidings of a new ‘Snide Remarks’
After a couple weeks off, we have a new "Snide Remarks" column today, entitled "Two to a Womb." You can listen to me read it by subscribing to the podcast, or by listening here, or simply by utilizing the space-age SnideCast® technology at the top...
Friday movie roundup – June 1
One of the year's best comedies opens today, and you should not take your mother to see it. Do not take my mother, either. Take no mothers! It's "Knocked Up," from the fine people who brought you "The 40-Year-Old Virgin." I saw it at the South By Sou...
Eric is lucky, whoever he is
I got this strange e-mail:
Hi Eric,
My best friend is really in love with you when she heard about your car crash she was sad then happy that god saved you .SHE HAS ALL YOUR PICTURES!!!! and thinks your wife(or ex) was really lucky. Please email ...
Eric’s friends are amusing: Hailey Smith
My friend Hailey Smith (a performer in the previously mentioned Thrillionaires improv troupe) stars in this little video that is evidently going to be part of some marketing campaign. The site it touts isn't functional yet, but the video is very funn...
‘Snide Remarks’ Classic: ‘What You Missed’
The "Snide Remarks" Classic column we're spotlighting this week is one that I find terribly amusing but that may not be everyone's cup of tea. It's called "What You Missed," it's #229, and it was published on Nov. 30, 2001. It's simply a parody ...
What do ‘the people’ want?
Mark Harris is by far the best of Entertainment Weekly's three rotating back-page columnists. (Dalton Ross is too hipster-ironic-snarky, and why should I care what Stephen King has to say about anything other than books?) His entry in the June 1 issu...
Fox ‘apologizes’ for overlong ‘Idol’ finale being even more overlong than they thought it would be
They could have started here. Snippy-snippy! I'm just sayin'.
"American Idol" viewers who worship at their altar via TiVo or a TiVo-like device were horrified to discover that the two-hour results show Wednesday night ran 10 minutes long, thus p...
Friday movie roundup – May 25
Yarr! Avast, mateys! And other assorted pirate things! The latest giant film in this summer of giant films is "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End." I think it's the best film in the series -- much less chaotic and much more coherent than the ...
Another fun thing that happened in Utah County: The Thrillionaires
I found myself in Provo, Utah, on Monday, and I went to see a performance by the Thrillionaires, an improv group started last year by some of my friends. It was the second show of theirs I'd seen, and I continue to be astounded at their level of ta...
A couple of fun literary things that happened
I was in Utah for a few days last week, visiting friends and family in my old stomping grounds. It's always nice to see my bros and hos in the Beehive State.
On Monday, a couple of fun things happened. I had a few minutes before I was supposed t...
‘American Idol’ amuses me, briefly, then doesn’t
I stayed with a friend in Las Vegas last night, and he watches "American Idol." I gave the show up back in 2005, during the season of Carrie Underpants and Bo Bice and that other guy who was Bo Bice but with a different name. I'm two years clean now,...
‘Snide Remarks’ Classic: ‘Aging Bull’
This week's "Snide Remarks" Classic column (we're spotlighting one every Wednesday in celebration of the column's 10th anniversary) made me giggle a few times when I re-read it a few months ago, which means I had forgotten almost everything in i...
Eric’s Sack of Mail: Loretta is not a prude!
I got an amusing e-mail from someone regarding my review of the film "Children on Their Birthdays." You almost certainly have never heard of this film. I'd forgotten about it. There was a press screening for it in the summer of 2002, and it was suppo...
Frowny face emoticon: No ‘Snide Remarks’ today
As foretold last week, there is no new "Snide Remarks" column today. You can well imagine my sadness over this fact. I'm on the road, on a bit of a "vacation," you might say, except that I'm still doing some work. Just not "Snide Remarks." So very so...
Using Wikipedia-editing powers for evil, not good
Devoted reader Joe sent me photographic evidence of something shameful he did recently, which was to edit (some would say "vandalize") the Wikipedia entry on Utah Valley State College to reflect something I said about it in a recent column. The joke ...
Friday movie roundup – May 18
Sorry for the tardiness in today's round-up. I got "In the Dark" sent out last night, and immediately after that is when the site's server went down. So I went to bed, which is pretty much all the tech support I'm capable of.
Anyway, there's not m...
‘Snide Remarks’ Classic: ‘I PETA the Fool’
What's surprising to me is that "Snide Remarks" was around for four years before I made fun of PETA. PETA! A subject ripe for mockery if ever there was one, and I didn't get to it until Sept. 7, 2001!
That column, called "I PETA the Fool," is...
Maybe our schools aren’t doing so well after all
When I was in Salt Lake City in January, I saw a truck pulling one of those combination trailer/billboards. The ad was in support of Utah's new school voucher program, wherein the state will pay you money not to send your kid to public school, or som...
Monday delights: crazy-professor-based ‘Snide Remarks’; ‘Delta Farce’ review
Monday! Fie upon you! You vex me!
But on the bright side, there is this week's edition of "Snide Remarks," hot off the griddle, entitled "The Feminine Mistake." You can hear me read it to you via the futuristic SnideCast© player on that page....
Friday movie roundup – May 11
Your assigned viewing this week is "Waitress," which is in limited release, so it might not be playing where you live. Which will make your assignment a little more difficult, I know, because you might have to drive a couple hundred miles. But do...
DVD or Mormonad?
Question for Mormons: Is this the cover photo for the "Because I Said So" DVD, or is it a picture from The New Era?
Angry letter: ‘Spider-Man 3’
My reviews are posted over at DVD Talk these days, and my take on "Spider-Man 3" elicited this strange response. I'm classifying it as an "Angry Letter" not because it's particularly angry, but because it's nearly incoherent, which is an attribute I ...
‘Snide Remarks’ Classics: ‘I Think I Need a Loan Now’ and ‘Condomaximum’
You get a twofer this week in the "Snide Remarks" Classic series (occurring each Wednesday in 2007 as we mark the 10th anniversary of "Snide Remarks"). They are closely related, to the extent that a paragraph in the second one was a leftover fro...
Movie grades: an art, not a science
A question that comes up often is, "How come you gave this movie an A- yet there was nothing negative in the review? What stopped it from being an A?"
The answer is that grading movies ain't exactly a science. It's a gut-instinct kind of thing. So...
Kickin’ it really, really old school
The Zimmers are a British rock ensemble in which the members are an average of 78 years old. The lead singer, Alf Carretta, is 90, and there are 100-year-olds. The BBC is airing a documentary about them this month, coinciding with the release of thei...
Queen-based ‘Snide Remarks’ column
Pip pip and cheerio! Blimey but it's Monday again, and yer steamin' helpin' o' "Snide Remarks" can be found here!
Wow, writing in an accent is both difficult and annoying. The podcast -- in which you can hear me talking the way I imagine the Que...
Friday movie roundup – May 4
The first weekend of Summer Blockbuster Season traditionally has one gigantic film, and one smaller film that is sacrificed to the box-office gods as "counter-programming." As this year's season begins, it is of course "Spider-Man 3" that is the ...
My first cease-and-desist letter!
I am flattered to have received today an e-mail from Gary Larson's people with regard to my using a Far Side cartoon in this "Snide Remarks" column from last year. Apparently my reprinting of the comic infringed on their copyright (which was not news...
‘Spider-Man 3’ review; Kentucky Fried Dancing
For you Eager Eddies and Impatient Imogenes out there, here is my review of "Spider-Man 3," which officially opens tomorrow but which has 10 p.m. and/or midnight screenings tonight in lots of places. With the previous two films in this series, I like...
‘Snide Remarks’ Classic: ‘Coming Up’
If you like to read about illness and vomiting, you'll definitely want to check out "Coming Up," which is this week's "Snide Remarks" Classic. (We're spotlighting one every Wednesday this year in celebration of the column's 10th anniversary.) Th...
Monday’s sweepings and debris
Here's your Monday update, a little tardy today because I was finishing some of the materials.
"Snide Remarks" re: the Catholic Church's new feelings re: limbo. Note that the column has visual aids, along with the SnideCast® audio recording (wh...
Cheney speaks at BYU; lightning fails to strike
Vice President Dick "Richard" Cheney's visit to Brigham Young University's commencement ceremony on Thursday passed smoothly and without incident, though there had been much controversy beforehand. The cantankerous, go-F-yourself-encouraging veep, ...
Friday movie roundup – April 27
Do you hear that? It is the calm before the storm. This is the last weekend before the start of Summer Blockbuster Season, which begins May 4 and will be about half-over by the time summer actually begins. "Spider-Man 3" will kick off the festivities...
The remnants of fall TV
Last fall, the TV networks introduced about two dozens new prime-time shows. I sampled the first episodes of nearly all of them, to see if any were worth adding to my roster. Of those that survived, here are the ones I'm still watching:
"30 Rock"
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