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April 2010

Black Beard’s Review of Books He Doesn’t Want to Read: The Corrections

April 14, 2010

I’ve been reading Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections. What can I say? Or, really, where should I begin? It’s a Post-Modern novel, by which I mean that it’s not terribly dense, nor terribly engrossing, nor terribly interesting. In fact, in an earlier draft I wrote of this post I found the process of breaking down the [...]

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Treme Series Premiere: New Orleans, Louisiana. Three Months After.

April 12, 2010

After months of previews and making of docs on HBO, “Treme” has finally arrived. Once again David Simon doesn’t disappoint. Simon, best known as one of the men behind “The Wire”, Ed Burns being the other, drops us right in the middle of New Orleans, which after watching the show I realize I know absolutely [...]

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Designing Women Actress Dixie Carter Dies at 70

April 11, 2010

Dixie Carter, best known as the sassy southern belle Julia Sugarbaker, died Saturday at 70.

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Double Feature: Clash of the Titans and Hot Tub Time Machine

April 10, 2010

CLASH OF THE TITANS Outside of my family I think I’m the only person I know who has seen “Clash of the Titans” from 1981. My parents showed it to me and I also remember watching it in school. We were talking about mythology or something and so we watched the movie. (I’m a product [...]

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Artist Steve McQueen (Not that Steve McQueen) Directs a Masterpiece: Hunger

April 9, 2010

In 1981 at The Maze prison in Belfast, 10 I.R.A. prisoners died from a hunger strike. The strike was led by Bobby Sands to protest prison conditions and the British government’s refusal to recognize the Republicans as political prisoners. I tell you all of this because “Hunger” has nothing to do with the details. Artist [...]

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An iPad is Blended and Red Beard Weeps

April 9, 2010

Tom Dikson, founder of Blendtec, blends everything. So far no proof that it’s fake. I can attest to the fact that the screen does look like that when broken because in a fit of rage I demolished my iPhone in a similar manner. Rage might be an overstatement, or the most accurate way to describe [...]

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Decrypted Video of U.S. Forces Firing on Journalists

April 5, 2010

Wikileaks.org, a website for government and corporate whistle blowers, posted the following video today of U.S. Apache helicopters firing on a group of men that included two Reuters journalists and two children. The engagement ultimately claimed the lives of 12 individuals, including the reporters. The video speaks for itself. Warning, the video is extremely graphic.

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Greenberg: Funny Movie Depresses Viewers

April 3, 2010

If you have ever seen a movie written and directed by Noah Baumbach, then you already know what Greenberg is about: neuroses, witty banter, disappointing love, and being unsatisfied with life. Don’t get me wrong. I enjoyed the movie. Greenberg is extremely funny. Even the several awkward and tense moments are punctuated with smart and/or [...]

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4 Great Movies Set for a Hollywood Reboot

April 1, 2010

Some great news coming out of Hollywood today as a slew of new reboots have been announced. Some are planned to begin production in the next month. To be honest I can’t be happier to hear of all of these reboots. BACK TO THE FUTURE According to The Hollywood Reporter, J.J. Abrams has shown a [...]

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