The Bland One

Mrs. Diesel and I watch a lot of movies.We have the Netflix plan that allows you to have three DVDs simultaneously, and since it generally takes 2 days for the movie to wend its way to and from the fabled land of Netflixia*, this essentially means th... [Read the full post]

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An Open Letter to the Producers and Director of Babel

Dear Producers and Director of Babel,Your film, Babel, just rose to the top of my Netflix queue, like the bloated corpse of a drowning victim floating to the surface of a pond.First, let me say that you were robbed for Best Picture. This is totally ... [Read the full post]

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American Ingenuity

So I guess they killed off Captain America. Like, um, a year ago.I'm a little late on this, because I haven't read comics for a while, and I never really did follow Captain America. I like the idea of Captain America, but he always seemed like a dull... [Read the full post]

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An Open Letter to Sam Raimi

As you know from the most recent caption contest, I have an unnatural love for Spider-Man (by the way, get your captions in by tonight; I'll be posting a poll with Mrs. Diesel's favorites tomorrow). I finally got a chance to see Spider-Man 3 this we... [Read the full post]

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