A Brief History On June 2, 2018, the new R-rated comedy from Johnny Knoxville (of Jackass fame), Action Point, is in its second day at the movies. An 84 minute romp through coarse sexual and physical comedy, the film is what you would expect from Knoxville. Funny, almost slapstick, and filled with “Oh no you didn’t!” moments. Digging Deeper Based on the familiar story line of the low budget, struggling amusement park (interchangeable with zoo, water park, ski lodge or other struggling small business) fighting against greedy corporate types looking to take over, the movie is told through the flashback…
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A Brief History What follows is (as far as we are aware) a continuation of a work of fiction written several years ago by a young lady interested in the supernatural in the style of the stories found in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1981) or a more modern creepypasta. For Chapter 1, please click here. Digging Deeper: Full text of Chapter 4 of The Nightmare of the Baby Head There once was a 6-year-old boy named Jason, who loved playing with his Sonic the Hedgehog toys and dressing up as Sonic for Halloween. What he would not love is…
A Brief History On June 1, 2018, the action-packed science fiction movie Upgrade will make its premier across the United States. A film about the not so distant future when the marriage of man and machine (computer) is a budding technology, the moral and ethical implications become entwined with a fierce battle for revenge and survival. Digging Deeper Starring Logan Marshall-Green as a man left paralyzed by a robbery in which his wife is callously murdered, the secret technology of implanting a computer chip in the man’s neck to allow him to walk again takes on sinister aspects, causing the…
A Brief History On May 31, 2018, we look back on a month of jerks and heroes to recognize both types of people that have come to our attention. Today, we name our Jerks of the Month, but also to flip the coin and recognize our Heroes of the Month as well. Digging Deeper 1. Jerk. Sterling Brown, parking violator. A 6 foot 6 inch NBA basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks, Brown got the attention of the police when he parked across 2 handicap parking spots. When being issued a citation for his jerkish parking stunt, Brown intimidated the…
A Brief History On May 28, 1999, 22 years of hard work repairing and restoring Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, The Last Supper, was finally completed and the painting became once again open for public display. Believed to have been started around 1495 with a 1498 finish date, the famous painting had suffered environmental damage and human abuse throughout its existence, the trials and tribulations of its 500+ year existence qualifying it for consideration as the most abused painting in history. Digging Deeper Headline: In another incident of an outrage against a famous work of art, on May 27, 2018, a…