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Rescue Me

Techgal — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:35:30 +0000

What do I hate about Rescue Me? There would only be one thing that I can’t stand about this show and that’s the fact that I absolutely can’t talk about it with any of my girlfriends because they absolutely refuse to watch it. Me? Well they had me at firemen but when you add Denis Leary in to the mix with his bad ass attitude and (ladies if there are any of you out there you will inevitably agree) those smouldering bad boy looks, well I’m ready to settle in and watch season after season on DVD.

Who doesn’t envy Tommy Gavin’s blunt, in your face, I do it my way or no way so fuck you attitude? It could be that combined with the insane amount of sex that these men seem to get throughout the season that turn away the female watchers but that’s not about to deter me, in fact i’m settling in to catch up on this season and I suggest that you get caught up as well.

Just for good measure here’s a little eye candy from the series so if my thrilling review didn’t lure you in perhaps this will…

For the girls Denis Leary as Tommy Gavin

For the boys Callie Thorne as Sheila Keefe

Watchmen

Techgal — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:44:47 +0000

I had been waiting and waiting to check out Watchmen because I love comic book movies even though I was never particularly a fan of comic books growing up. I have almost always enjoyed comic book movies, with the exception of Catwoman and perhaps Daredevil…however, we can now add Watchmen to the list. I didn’t even make it more than thirty minutes in to this movie, the characters were dull, lacking that certain something that you expect from comic book heroes brought to life. The story line was lacking and exceedingly slow to pick up…in fact I am not certain that much of a storyline was established even thirty minutes in.

I went in to the movie with the hopes of seeing sexy men in costumes saving the day but what I was unfortunately met with was a group of failing “super heroes” and one complete psychopath who tried ever so hard to make a comic book come to life and instead pushed me out of the door after the first thirty minutes.

7 Pounds

Techgal — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:10:21 +0000

I have always had a hard time with Will Smith movies, the thing is that I love him, he is an amazingly talented actor but I am almost always left with a feeling that something was missing from his movies or that something unnecessary to the storyline distracted from the plot – a la dying dog in ‘I Am Legend.’ These things being what they are, however, do not distract from the fact that I love to watch Will Smith in action because he is so flexible and just too damn talented not to watch and this movie was no exception.

Prepare yourself for a few bouts of tears from your lady friend, or perhaps a few “dust in my eye” moments from yourself as you embark upon an amazing journey with Smith’s character through something so heart wrenching that words would do it absolutely no justice.

The concept of the movie was great, what you would consider true to life…although Rosario Dawson (AKA Latina Angelina Jolie) on the brink of death via heart failure would perhaps not find the ability to have sex with her new friend the “tax man”, but the implication did add to the ‘aww’ factor at the end of the film so it wasn’t completely redundant.

I recommend checking this one out for the sheer humanity factor of it but if you’re the sort of guy who is prone to “dust in my eye” syndrome find a quiet corner to watch this one in because it’s damn sure gonna make you cry.

Sorry guys there were no nudie scenes in the movie, it’s definitely not that sort of movie, but I can oblige with a couple of shots of the gorgeous stars for the guys and the gals out there.