Features reporter Ryan Cormier throws everything pop culture into a blender and hits frappe. Check out his take on music, movies, celebrities and everything in between. It's what you need to know and a lot more stuff you really don't. Originally from Long Island, Ryan is a graduate of the University of Delaware. He lives in Wilmington. E-mail Ryan and join him on MySpace or Facebook.
I was able to check out "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" over the holiday and I really wish I went to one of the several other films I've been dying to see.
The film totally bombed, taking in only $4.1 million. So it seems like I was the only one duped into going to see this one.
"Walk Hard" is a satirical look at the cliched rise and fall of a popular musician. Most of it is a goof on "Walk the Line," the Johnny Cash biopic. And while there are plenty of funny moments, it was hit-or-miss, with the misses outnumbering the hits by far.
It looks like Judd Apatow's armor is beginning to crack. And by the looks of the trailers for two of his forthcoming films, it just might be time to think twice before going blindly into a film that's advertised "from the guys who brought you "Knocked Up" and "Superbad."
You can only run off the genius of those flicks for so long.
One of the best parts of the film was the cameo by Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Jason Schwartzman and Justin Long as The Beatles. You can take a peak at some of the scene here:
Even with the few giggles, I'd avoid "Dewey" and Netflix it if you're curious about it.
This spring, Wilmington's Johnny Gallagher took home the Tony Award for Best Actor for his role as Moritz in "Spring Awakening."
Pretty good for a 23-year-old, eh?
Well, He left the rock musical this week to focus on his work with Old Springs Pike, a four-piece band that has built up quite a following.
The New York-based band of Wilmington-area transplants perform their folk rock in Arden Saturday night. That show has already sold out, but they play a week later in Newark. (That show is Dec. 29 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Newark.)
Since someone just brought up the Sausage & Pancakes On A Stick video, here it is if you need to kill a few minutes out of your work day. (And, no, the next video won't be called "2 Sausages, 1 cup.")
Today's News Journal includes a letter written by Herb Fogleman of Ocean View.
Thank God this dude hasn't seen "Family Guy" yet.
It's pretty funny hearing the ramblings of a man who no longer fits in a modern American society. The misspelling of "Seinfeld" only adds to the unintended humor of the letter...
While watching "Little House on the Prairie" the other night, I thought what a wonderful show that was and the many lessons it taught about life. Good television is hard to find.
Many disgusting shows fill the airways. I can't believe people watch "The Simpsons," a show that is filled with disrespect for parents. I could go on and on about other shows such as "Seinfield," (sic) "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "Will & Grace" that are filled with cursing, sexual overtones and disrespect for others.
We have accepted many things that once were sins, like homosexual lifestyles. I'm not saying I hate these people. They are the most kind and talented people in our society. But their lifestyle is wrong.
I'm not judging; they have already been judged.
Abortion has been accepted as women's right. How can murder be a right? Again we should love and try to help them, but it is a sin.
Years ago living with someone before marriage was considered a sin. Now we accept this. We read about the children of live-ins who are molested and brutalized.
I know we can't change the world tomorrow, but we should try to make a difference. Don't tell me life is better today. Just take a look around you.
Is it like midget and little people? Maybe we should call it a little wid?
That's a question people smarter than me will have to wrestle for ages.
Anyway, there's a new "Pulp Culture" widget available and there's a little promo for it in the upper-left corner of the page. Or you can just go here.
Just think of it as a Christmas gift from me to you. And even if you didn't want it, you're stuck with it -- just like those 20 fruitcakes in your closet.