Empty Bookshelf Reviews

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  • Rockstar: Season 2

    This one may balloon to huge proportions again like the season 2 LOST review. That being said, I’m officially starting it on Friday August 18th… we’ll see how long it takes to finish. One of the contestants on the show is named “Storm Large”. The one night after she performed, Tommy Lee said “I’d like […]

  • The Ubiquitousness of Nic Cage

    I honestly think I’d rather see LUKE Cage than Nic Cage right now. Right now Nicolas Cage is everywhere. It’s hard to turn on the TV and not see his long, thin mug. At the moment, he’s got two movies out… The Ant Bully, and World Trade Center, in which he adds a creepy moustache […]

  • Empty Bookshelf’s First 100 Reviews

    Oh, those kids. Always at it. You guys really shouldn’t’ve. So here we are at the first of what may be a few reviews of our first milestone, 100 reviews. Not only is this the first review of this milestone, but of what could be very many milestones. We here at the Bookshelf like the […]

  • Navel Gazing Part 2: Sneakers as Temporal Landmarks

    Now that is a triple-word-score $5 title!(all ridiculousness aside, stick with me, I’ll explain what I mean by that later. I really couldn’t think of a more condensed name for the concept.) Those that know me and read the website (I’d wager the two are almost mutually exclusive — except for the ragtag bunch of […]

  • The Critical To-Do over Lady in the Water

    The cast of the movie Miami Vice hard at work If you keep tabs on the movie world, you’re probably aware that right now, two sort of big deal stories are going on between critics and directors. The first one involves Joel Siegel making a big to-do and walking out on a screening of Clerks […]

  • Ken Jenning’s Letter to Jeopardy

    Aren’t they the happy couple? I saw a link to this on the interweb, and I figured I’d pass it along and thinly disguise it as a review. Ken Jennings has written a letter to Jeopardy offering suggestions on how to update the show. It’s Hi-Larious. I’m not joking. We’re talking “Daily Show“-funny. I understand […]

  • The Last 40 Minutes of that Jimmy Kimmel Repeat that was on Last Week

    Update… I found the entire Kevin Spacey Charlie Rose show that I mention later in the article. Thank goodness for Google Video Not even the Emerald Rake of Jimmy’s hot, Mexican gardener Phillippe Rogriguez could save him from the horrific fake snake attack! I was flipping through the channels last night after watching the replay […]

  • Navel Gazing Part 1: A History of Violence

    Once again, the generous sponsorship of the Fruit Stand/DVD store made this review possible. Be sure to stop by and enjoy a 50% discount if you’re not American! I’ve said I don’t enjoy writing movie reviews, so I’ll try to skirt around specifically “reviewing” the movie in that exact term, but it’ll be tough considering […]

  • The First Annual Shenzhen Film Festival

    First off, let me thank the Fruit Stand/DVD and CD Store that helped subsidize this festival. Without their 10RMB (that’s ~$1.25) rate for DVD’s, none of this would have been possible. Obviously, they’re taking a monetary loss for the free advertising I promised them in exchange for being the exclusive supplier. Most film festivals have […]

  • My Frequent Stabs at Highway Planning

    I’m no Civil Engineer, but I’d like to think of myself as a Monday Morning Traffic Planner. Some people have football; I have traffic jams. I don’t think of myself as an impatient person; it’s just that I hate indirect routes, especially within cities. I also think highways should be endless straight lines with no […]