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THE HEAT

The buddy cop film genre has seen it all, with every type of pairing, but this women/women is a first for the big screen. Everyone always sites Bridesmaids as the first all female cast comedy mega hit that appealed to men that may have cleared the way for others. The Heat looks like it could be funny, maybe not Anchorman funny, the standard on which all comedies will be compared to. Early reviews have been favorable, and with it's only real competition for the weekend box office being White House Down, we expect this might be a hit.

 

WHITE HOUSE DOWN

These type of movies are usually brainless fun, no real surprises, no Sixth Sense twist. The best you can hope for is 90 minutes of brainless explosions and shootouts. Critics always come down hard on these films like they are genuinely surprised that it's not of Oscar caliber, get over it. You know damn well from just the movie poster what you are getting into, ignorant fun, check your brain at the door and just enjoy it for what it is.

 

100 BLOODY ACRES

You don't hear much about Australian Cinema, but every once in a while a film makes it way across the ocean onto our shores and eyes. A 100 Bloody Acres is such a film. It's come all this way, let's all be nice to our friends down under and give this comedy / horror film a view. What would be the hybrid of such a film? A Horedy? a Corrmdy? We'll have to work on that.

TATTOOS OF OCTOPI

There are many kinds of artists, those that paint, sculpt, write music and those that tattoo. The difference being that a tattooist really has to create a masterpiece in one try, where the others get a couple of shots at it. A tattooist has to lay ink with total certainty and that level of confidence separates them from any other artist. And for that we put the tattooist in a category all of their own.

We searched the web for some of the best octopus tattoos we could find. Below are some of the best:

 

 

THUMBS & AMMO

Real tough guys don't need guns, they just need a positive, can-do attitude. That is the tag line for one of the most original tumblr's we've seen in a long time. What is it you ask? Come on, don't play dumb, you've glanced down the page and seen the photos, you know damn well what this is all about it. Ok, fine, we'll explain it for those of you that don't have eyeballs (apologies to those of you that are blind we meant no disrespect to you ). The idea is that they Photoshop out guns and replace them with a good ol' fashioned thumbs up.

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

 

Today was a historic day here in the US where the Supreme Court up held the decision for Marriage Equality and ruled that Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional. Some people just don't get it, "what's the big issue about marriage?" exactly. The big issue isn't about marriage as some people make it out to be. It's really about one thing, should we as human beings be considered equal to each other? That's it. 

People can say whatever they want, and that's their right, and sometimes they forget that they have that right to free speech, because they've had that right all their lives. No one has ever dared to try to take their rights. But those same people don't seem to have an issue intruding on the rights of others.  

We will end this post with a line from the United States Declaration of Independence, which when you read it, seems like the Founding Fathers wrote this to ensure everyone's rights would be protected. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that ALL men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

FRIDAY MOVIE REVIEWS

WORLD WAR Z

When did we stop making movies about dinosaurs coming back to life? That used to pass for a scary movie. Dinosaurs coming at you used to be the most frightening thing you could think of. Even the little dinosaurs would mess you up. You couldn't trust any of them. Well, supposedly you could trust the herbivore ones but who could be sure? What you can be sure of is if you have a movie with fast-moving zombies, not just fast, but 2016 Rio Olympic runner fast, that you are going want those simpler times when all you had to worry about was the occasional T-Rex.

MANIAC

We could write a bunch of Lord of the Rings jokes about Frodo going crazy but that's pretty weak. We respect our readers too much to sink to that level. We could make some Willard jokes? No? Ok, have it your way. Maniac is a remake of an 80's horror movie of the same name. Word on the street, is that the original is still better and the best parts of this movie are right here in the trailer.

 

MONSTERS UNIVERSITY

This is going to be predictable for the most part, it will be silly, it will be stupid, it will be sort of funny, but what do you expect from a movie that has to appeal to little kids and adults? There will be something in it for everyone. The only hope you had to have your mind blown is if you found out that Quentin Tarantino directed this Pixar film, and sadly, he did not. But what if? How crazy would that have been. Let's all just sit back and imagine what a Pixar X Tarantino film would be.

GO SKATEBOARDING DAY

We never had or needed a special day to remind us to go skate. But now that we have one it's kind of nice, like Christmas in June, but without Santa and presents. OK, it's really nothing like Christmas but it's as close as we're going to get for a holiday that celebrates skating. That pretty much sums up this post. We could write about the origins of skating, which you probably already know, but here's a quick refresher course...50's roller skates, clay wheels, bored surfers, urethane, kick tail, Alan Gelfand, Bones Brigade, Natas, H-Street, Matt Hensley, Guy Mariano, World Industries, Big Brother, handrails, switch stance, Eric Koston, Danny Way, British invasion Rowley & Penny, Jamie Thomas, frontside flip, Andrew Reynolds, s/s-b/s-t/s, Tampa, P-Rod, Nyjah.  That pretty much brings you up-to-date in skate.