Archive for February, 2010

  • Slick Hits 2/26/2010

    Slick Hits 2/26/2010

    Elwood J. Blues has started a trend that I wish to continue: quick and dirty reviews of pieces we don’t want to spend an entire article on by itself. So, in that style, I present my Slick Hits for the day: Shikabane Hime I really...

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  • Cop Out (2010)

    Cop Out (2010)

    All of this sounds as though I’m damning the movie with faint praise. And, well… I guess I am. I’ve tried my best to avoid the hype leading up to this movie, even somehow finding a way to miss the fact that this movie was directed by one of my filmic heroes, Kevin Smith. I can’t help but be a little underwhelmed by this.

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  • Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths (2010)

    Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths (2010)

    Warner Brothers Directed by Sam Liu, Lauren Montgomery Written by Dwayne McDuffie Starring: William Baldwin, Mark Harmon, Christopher Noth, Gina Torres, and James Woods Elwood Says: 3.5 Made Men out of 5 (Feature); 2 Naked Lex Luthors out of 5 (Extras) Warner Brothers and DC...

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  • Depression: More than Growing Pains

    Depression: More than Growing Pains

    By Baroness Heather, Tom Edwards, Hollis J. Caveman, and Elwood Blues You don’t have to be a pop culture junkie to have heard of Andrew Koenig in the news recently. Koenig, who was famous for playing Boner in Growing Pains and The Joker in the...

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  • Retro Crush: "Sing"

    Retro Crush: "Sing"

    Before High School Musical… Before Glee… There was Sing. It’s a simple premise: There is a high school in Brooklyn. At this school, there is an annual revue show put on called ‘Sing’. At the end of this school year (1989), the board of education has decided...

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  • Confessions of a Workrate (and Pop Culture) Junkie

    Confessions of a Workrate (and Pop Culture) Junkie

    First off, let me get this out of the way. For those of you wondering about the title or have wondered about the significance of my Twitter account name, let me explain “workrate”. “Workrate” is a term used in professional wrestling to measure the amount of effort...

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  • The Bluesman Confesseth

    The Bluesman Confesseth

    My turn, I guess. Here are Five things that may or may not damage my Geek Cred. Still, I own all of them proudly. We are who we are, right? 1. I like Barry Manilow. I will sing along to all of the songs that...

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  • Cinematic Blues – 2/22/2010

    Cinematic Blues – 2/22/2010

    These were the movies I watched on Monday, Feb. 22, 2010. These were 3 movies recommended through all of the fellow pop culture nerds here at Pop Bunker. Let’s see how it all worked out. BLACK DYNAMITE Director: Scott Sanders Elwood Says: 5 Plates of...

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  • Cinematic Blues – 2/21/2010

    Cinematic Blues – 2/21/2010

    These were the movies I watched on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010. In an attempt to re-establish some sort of good standing here at Pop Bunker (because I don’t post often enough and everyone is starting to think I’m a flaky douche), I’m launching a new...

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  • Confessions of the Slickest Man You Will Ever Know

    Confessions of the Slickest Man You Will Ever Know

    So I am sure that everyone who has read my entries to this blog are thinking “hey, that there Johnny Slick is so awesome, I want to be exactly like him and therefore like and/or dislike everything he likes and/or dislikes”. Well, here is where...

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