“Due Date” Way Overdue in The Laugh Department

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I can’t recall if it was Gene Siskel or Roger Ebert who came up with ‘beware three or more writers rule’, but he was very wise. The rules is simple: if a screenplay has three or more people listed in the credit, you’ve got an early warning sign it’s going to be a bad movie. … Read more

Lonely Cute Kitten On Moon Lost Oilade Job Hunting Swedish Bikini Team With Fab Four X-ray Porn

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The statistical analysis department here at The Lint Screen recently issued a 146-page report detailing the most popular key words that have attracted readers to this site. According to the number crunchers, here’s the catnip for curious eyeballs: moon lost Swedish Bikini Team job hunting X-ray porn cute kitten oilade fab four lonely These key … Read more

Whisk Broom Elected Senator

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Yesterday’s dramatic election sent a strong message to Washington, D.C.: “Get outta here, you bums, we’re sick and tired of your infernal shenanigans– so much so that we’re going to send all kinds of looneys to replace you just to prove a point of how hacked-off we are!” And so it came to pass that … Read more

The First Concert, The Last Great Concert

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Not long ago, this year’s inductees into The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame were announced. Among them were three of my favorites: Alice Cooper, Donovan and Tom Waits. An eclectic trio for sure. My first exposure to a national recording act was seeing Alice Cooper in the fall of 1971 in Cleveland, Ohio (not … Read more

Supreme Mud Slinging

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This election season is unbearably tragic. Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court’s boneheaded ‘Citizen United’ decision earlier this year, corporations, unions, rich fatcats and special interest groups can dump untold fortunes into political campaigns and causes. And, they can do so under the cloak of secrecy with fake organizational names like The Coalition For Freedom … Read more