Recent Posts Tagged With 'Film'

• Buffy: Good Angel, Bad Angel

  Posted on Friday June 19th, 2009 at 16:22 in entertainment, Film, television, star wars, buffy the vampire slayer, firefly, star trek, george lucas, joss whedon, jar jar binks, j.j. abrams, gene roddenberry

  NICOLE CATÁ (Peekskill, New York) We here at BOTO consider Joss Whedon to be a staple of contemporary nerd culture. Although short-lived, Firefly, a “space western” television series about a group of renegade smugglers who live in a post...

• Congressman Goes Hunting for Commies

  Posted on Friday April 10th, 2009 at 21:40 in politics, entertainment, Republicans, Film, socialism, congress, joe mccarthy, spencer bachus, m. night syamalan

  BEN THEODOR (Haverford, Pennsylvania) Students of history may well remember the case of Senator Joe McCarthy, who initiated a witch-hunt for Communist Party loyalists within the federal government.  His exploitation of Cold War fears is often refere...

• Why Watchmen Matters

  Posted on Thursday March 5th, 2009 at 23:49 in movie, entertainment, Film, graphic novels, superhero, spiderman, 300, watchmen, iron man, the dark knight, unbreakable, the incredibles

  BEN THEODORE (Haverford, Pennsylvania) In case you haven’t heard, the acclaimed graphic novel, Watchmen, is being turned into a high-budget, R-rated film made by 300 director Zack Synder.  It comes on the heels of what was arguably the greate...

• Vote Batman - A Politician That Actually Fights Crime

  Posted on Thursday February 12th, 2009 at 23:34 in entertainment, Film, Batman, christian bale

  BEN THEODORE (Haverford, Pennsylvania) Given Arnold Schwarzenegger’s successful term as Governor of California, it seemed inevitable that more actors would begin lining up to run for high office. Apparently convinced that a former Batman actor c...

• Wherein Nicole Extols the Many Virtues of Watchmen

  Posted on Sunday February 8th, 2009 at 23:44 in entertainment, Film, fox, graphic novels, 1985, ann coulter, watchmen, warner bros., zack snyder, dave gibbons, dr. manhattan, giant squidgate

  NICOLE CATÁ (New York, New York) Hello, interwebs!  It’s quite good to be back.  Absent a more eloquent reintroduction, the redheaded member of the newly expanded writing staff is about to kick off her segment with her multifaceted, breathless t...

• Links for Your Monday!

  Posted on Monday October 20th, 2008 at 01:24 in sports, entertainment, Republicans, Film, baseball, new york, New York City, television, mets, red sox, snl, cubs

  DEVON GRANDY (New York, New York) So we haven’t been writing, but we’ve sure had a lot on our minds! Visions of an America under Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin headbobbing on SNL. SNL somehow creating something hilarious from something stupid....