Of Moms, Bombs and Howcomes
If all the experts are correct, it looks like Mars Needs Moms is gonna end up being one of the biggest bombs of the year. The Disney motion-capture animated flick reportedly cost $150 million to make (which, after marketing, probably swells to somewhere around $200 mil) and its first weekend out it only earned a […]
The Little House That Could … Fly
A flying house! Is this another case of life imitating art? Well, sorta. A group of people from National Geographic decided they would actually try to re-create a balloon-floating house like the one in the Pixar movie Up. And I’m not talking about just a photo op thing where they tie a bunch of balloons […]
The Meltdown King From Mars
The media loves chronicling celebrity meltdowns. Readers, eager for a circus-like break from the depressing grind of politics and world events, just seem to love ’em. And even though the individual Hollywood train wrecks generally involve horrendous amounts of drugs and/or alcohol, we the public can’t seem to help rubbernecking over every detail. Maybe it […]
Big Hollywood Daddies Say PG-13
You may have heard about the proposed movie that was supposed to be based on the Art Deco underwater game BioShock and directed by Pirates of the Caribbean helmsman Gore Verbinski. Well, the latest word is that the project is sunk and Verbinski has jumped ship. What’s up? Well, according to the director, they just […]
Tweet Heard ‘Round the World
It’s easy to say that the events in Egypt last week were truly stunning. And regardless of whether the revolution proves to be a good or a bad thing for the country in the long run, here’s another truth that’s equally amazing: It appears that social media was a key player in what happened. Lots […]
Another Gloriously Royal Dimension
You’ve stocked your cabinets full of commemorative T-shirts, comic books, jewelry boxes and even a monogrammed servant’s bell, but you haven’t got your wedding invites from the Queen yet? Oh, dear. But don’t worry, duckie, it looks like the whole upcoming royal nuptials between William and Kate will be broadcast to your home (and local […]
The Virtual Lies They Tell
I’ve been keeping an eye on a new video game that’s coming out soon called L.A. Noire. It’s a 1940s crime thriller being released by Rockstar Games, the same company that built its reputation around the Grand Theft Auto titles. But I’m not really here to discuss L.A. Noire’s content or the dark crime drama […]
Girlie Gaming
Hello there, blogging Plugged Inners. I recently posted a brief article called The Girls of Gaming that I wanted to point out to you. And I do so not because I desperately want you to read all things Hoose … though I suppose I do. But more importantly, I’m hoping to get a little feedback. […]
The Real Man on the Street Announcer
It’s easy to look at YouTube with its videos of ranting nobodies, marauding thugs and train-wreck teens and think, “when does the shelf life of this stuff finally run out?” I know my grumpy old man thoughts have drifted in that direction from time to time. But every once in a while, a redeeming YouTube […]
Box Office Solidarity
For all you Twitter fans out there, it appears there’s something else that your tiny social interaction blurbs can do really well: improve our choices at the box office. Well, maybe it wasn’t all Twitter’s doing, but you tweet lovers helped, according to The New York Times. It all actually started back in 2009, when […]