A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD Haha, fuck you, Chili’s. [EDITOR’S NOTE: The Mercury‘s Erik Henriksen has an insultingly easy job: Watch movies, then write something halfway worthwhile about them. THAT’S IT. Somehow, he failed at this—spectacularly—when it came to A Good Day to Die Hard. To make up for his failure, here are Megan […]
Megan Seling
Megan Seling is the culture editor of Seattle's The Stranger, and the snack expert at Snack and Destroy.
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Chris Brown Says He Deserves Respect, but What He Really Deserves Is…
S_BUKLEY / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM Sigh. Chris Brown vented some feelings on Instagram last night, making it clear he was frustrated with his not-so-great reputation. MTV News has a screengrab of the rant, should you want to read it in full. Here’s an excerpt: Im a human being and I honestly think I deserve respect im sick […]
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Bane from The Dark Knight Rises Sounds Just Like Morla from The Neverending Story
Exhibit A: Exhibit B: That is all.
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Teenage Wasteland
Bully: The Kids Are Assholes, the Adults Are Even Worse
Bully: The Kids are assholes, the adults are even worse.
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Fellate That Bird
Rio: Mark Zuckerberg as a Bird Who Needs to Get Laid
Rio: Mark Zuckerberg as a bird who needs to get laid.
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100 Percent Uncool
August Rush Sounds Terrible. It Isn’t, Though!
America loves little boys. Remember when everyone creamed their pants over that Billy Elliot movie? “He wants to be a dancer! Weee!” With that rule, August Rush (by Disco Pigs director Kirsten Sheridan) should do really well in theaters. But no one is going to see it. Robin Williams is in it. And nobody feels […]
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100 Percent Uncool
August Rush Sounds Terrible. It Isn’t, Though!
America loves little boys. Remember when everyone creamed their pants over that Billy Elliot movie? “He wants to be a dancer! Weee!” With that rule, August Rush (by Disco Pigs director Kirsten Sheridan) should do really well in theaters. But no one is going to see it. Robin Williams is in it. And nobody feels […]
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Terrorists and Rocket Ships
Succinct Reviews for the Discerning Cinephile
Paradise Now dir. Abu-Assad Opens Fri Nov 11 Fox Tower Paradise Now‘s mere premise—the story of two Palestinian men who have been selected for a suicide-bombing mission—raises both expectations and eyebrows by taking on an incredibly tense, controversial subject from a frightening perspective. The film is worth seeing for its apparently realistic portrayal of who […]