So first of all I've decided to write about what's going on in the world of pop culture on a weekly basis. This is rather ambitious of me, so please forgive me if I fail miserably. I have a few other blog ideas in the pipeline, so you can expect to see a little more of me in the future.
Anyway, the big thing this week, for me at least, is the release of Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. For those of you who haven't heard yet, it's the story of a group of Jews during WWII who go Nazi hunting. There's also some of Tarantino showing off his fanboy side and allowing cinema to save the day, or at least play an integral role in saving the day.
Trailer 1 Trailer 2
Also, this is a little old but I'm still super excited for it, there's a
new Where the Wild Things Are trailer.
Next up: last weekends
box office. The number one opener with $37 million was District 9 which looks to be really good and has been getting a lot of positive press. Finishing up the top three were G.I. Joe with $22 million and The Time Traveller's wife which raked in %19 Million. The big disappointment was Ponyo which came in at number 9 with $3.5 million, but you have to keep in mind it was released on fewer than one thousand screens.
In music news,
Bob Dylan was picked up by police in New Jersey. He was apparently standing outside someone's house in the pouring rain and was picked up for suspicious activity. I find this story hilarious, if only because i'm imagining some insane person claiming to be Bob Dylan and telling the truth. Wacky stuff.
Radiohead
officially released a new song titled These Are My Twisted Words. You can download it
here or get the torrent
here. This comes following the news of them
announcing that they don't plan on releasing anymore albums for the time being.
Well, that's all I've got for now. I'll definitely be fine tuning this if I decide to keep it going at all, so suggestions for how to improve this would be much appreciated.