Boondocks Saints 2.0 Triumph Part 4: Nobody Picks On My Brother But Me
“This is our Mexican.” – Murphy MacMannus introducing Romeo. Boondock Saints II (Quote transcribed by IMDB.com) Movie critics had a field day every time the Boondock Saints II script called for an ethnic slur. I’m not one to necessarily condone ethnic, racial, handicap slurs and the like. Every time Max Power says, “Fuckin’ Ret*ard,” – [...]
Boondock Saints 2.0 Triumph Part 2: Tarantino the Visionary
(photo credit: boondocksaintsii on Flickr) As Discussed in Part 1, lofty movie critics levied serious charges against Boondock Saints franchise creator Troy Duffy. The first of said charges is that Troy Duffy isn’t anything more than a Quentin Tarantino knockoff. Well, let’s just look at that a little deeper why don’t we. Aside from Dick [...]
Boondock Saints II – This Week’s Sign of the Apocalypse…of Print
Back circa 1999, the independent film Boondock Saints was panned so hard by critics that it lasted at least both days in theaters. Quick as a hiccup it went to DVD and a funny thing happened: it became perhaps the greatest cult-following movie this side of El Mariachi, if not Rocky Horror Picture Show. Ten Years [...]
Mayer Pays TMZ $25K to Enhance Steet Cred
FoxNews.com reports that criminal hardass John “Snorky “ Mayer had a “bet” going with TMZ.com site editor Harvey Levin over whether or not TMZ could track down Mayer’s scandelous mugshot from his troubled, checkered past. The bet: $25,000 Snorky’s criminal background: Driving on a Suspended Licensed (2001) Whore It Out These icons link to social [...]
Arkansas Democrat Gazette Still Charges Users to Read Syndicated Content
(The Chappaquiddick Island incident in Ted’s words. Listen to him namedrop John Quincy Adams) So I was checking the online papers to see how many were writing about the life of Ted Kennedy while accidently forgetting to mention the word Chappaquiddick. Anyway, I could go to the Chicago Tribune and read their thoughts in their [...]
