Tales of a Technogypsie

Viking Splash Tours * Meet St. Stephen’s Green * Dublin, Ireland * 2 * (01) 7076000 * http://www.vikingsplash.ie/ * 10 am – 6 pm on Mondays and tuesdays, 9 am until midnight on wednesday to thursdays, 11 am until 11 pm on fridays, and 10 am til 9 pm saturdays and sundays. A kitchy yet [...]

She’s Out of My League (R: 2010) * Rated: 4 stars out of 5 * Starring: Jay Baruchel … Kirk; Alice Eve … Molly; T.J. Miller … Stainer; Mike Vogel … Jack; Nate Torrence … Devon; Lindsay Sloane … Marnie; and many more. * Director: Jim Field Smith * http://www.getyourrating.com/ * A hillarious comedy in [...]

Bounty Hunter (PG-13: 2010) * Rated: 3 stars out of 5 * Starring: Gerard Butler … Milo Boyd; Jennifer Aniston … Nicole Hurley; Gio Perez … Uncle Sam; Joel Garland … Dwight (as Joel Marsh Garland); Jason Kolotouros … Gelman; and many more. * Director: Andy Tennant * http://www.thepursuitbegins.com/ * Its an action drama tale [...]

Pippi Långstrump på de sju haven (Pippi in the South Seas) (G: 1975)Director: Olle Hellbom. Starring: Inger Nilsson … Pippi Långstrump; Maria Persson … Annika; Pär Sundberg … Tommy; Beppe Wolgers … Captain Långstrump; Martin Ljung … Jocke med kniven; and many others. Continuing my childhood walk down memory lane – here goes Pippi Longstocking [...]

Lo (R: 2009 ) Director: Travis Betz. Starring: Jeremiah Birkett … Lo, Sarah Lassez … April, Ward Roberts … Justin, Devin Barry … Jeez, Aaron Gaffey … Waiter, Sarah Larissa Deckert … The Demon Rat, and others. Presented here is a horror-comedy of a love-struck occult novice who stumbling upon the Book of the Dead [...]

Fantasm Comes Again (NR: 1977) * Director: Colin Eggleston * Starring: Rick Cassidy … Mr. Bates (segment “Workout”); Con Covert … Mr. Clark (segment “The Good Old Gang at the Office”); Uschi Digard … Leslie (segment “Straw Dolls”; Dee Dee Levitt … Bianca (segment “Straw Dolls”); Angela Menzies-Wills … Libby; Candy Samples … Frances (segment [...]

Phantom of the Paradise (PG: 1974) * Director: Brian De Palma * Starring: William Finley … Winslow / The Phantom; Paul Williams … Swan; Jessica Harper … Phoenix; Gerrit Graham … Beef; George Memmoli … Philbin; Cheryl ‘Rainbeaux’ Smith … Groupie; and many more. * A Gothic Horror Story * A beautiful love story * [...]

Revenge of the Cheerleaders (R: 1976) Director: Richard Lerner. Starring: Jerii Woods … Gail, Cheryl Smith … Heather (as Rainbeaux Smith), Helen Lang … Leslie, Patrice Rohmer … Sesame, Susie Elene … Tishi, Eddra Gale … Nurse Beam, William Bramley … Walter Hartlander, Norman Thomas Marshall … Hall Walker, and many more. Another film I [...]

The Swinging Cheerleaders (R: 1974) Director: Jack Hill. Starring: Jo Johnston … Kate, Cheryl Smith … Andrea (as Rainbeaux Smith), Colleen Camp … Mary Ann, Rosanne Katon … Lisa, Ron Hajek … Buck, and many others. Also known as “H.O.T.S. II” and “Locker Room Girls” this cult B-rate classic I probably would of never stumbled [...]

My Boyfriend’s Back (PG: 1993) Director: Bob Balaban. Starring: Andrew Lowery … Johnny; Traci Lind … Missy McCloud; Danny Zorn … Eddie; Edward Herrmann … Mr. Dingle; Mary Beth Hurt … Mrs. Dingle; Jay O. Sanders … Sheriff McCloud; and others. With the same late 80′s/early 90′s comedy flair, “My Boyfriend’s Back” is a classic [...]

Retardead (NR: 2008) Director: Rick Popko, Dan West. Starring: Rick Popko … Deputy Rick / Porn Actress / Doctor / Ripper Detective; Tony Adams … Agent Russo; Michael Allen … Institute Director; Shamika Baker … Living Dead Girl; Jello Biafra … Mayor Anton Sinclaire; Scott Britton … F.B.I agent; and others.The film’s name defines the [...]

Ugly Betty (NR: 2006-Present) Starring: America Ferrera … Betty Suarez; Eric Mabius … Daniel Meade; Michael Urie … Marc St. James; Vanessa Williams … Wilhelmina Slater; Tony Plana … Ignacio Suarez; Ana Ortiz … Hilda Suarez; and many others. Its a comedy sit-com based on the Columbian tele-novela “Yo Soy Betty La Fea” about a [...]

Bart Got a Room (PG-13: 2008) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472050/. Director: Brian Hecker. Starring: William H. Macy … Ernie Stein; Cheryl Hines … Beth Stein; Steven Kaplan … Danny Stein (as Steven J. Kaplan); Alia Shawkat … Camille; Chad Jamian Williams … Bart Beeber; and many others. Its another one of those coming-to-age movies about nerds, the prom, [...]

Encino Man(PG: 1992)Directed by Les Mayfield. Starring: Sean Astin, Brendan Fraser, Pauly Shore, and many more.One of those fun comedies transitioning from the 80′s on into the 90′s still with the comic flair that one enjoyed of the 80′s. The hip Pauly Shore, teamed together with Sean Astin, dig up a crazy frozen Cro-Magnon man [...]

Hairspray(PG: 2007)Director: Adam Shankman. Starring: John Travolta; Michelle Pffeifer; and many others. A fun musical in the style of Grease and Dance TV days … It’s 1962 and the dream of a high school girl with big hair and big dreams comes true as she dances in the spotlight on the Corny Collins DanceTV show. [...]

Lies and Alibis(R: 2006)Directed by Matt Checkowski/Kurt Mattila. Starring: Jerry O’Connell, Jon Polito, and many more. A cut-throat tale of Ray Elliott’s (Steve Coogan) alibi service. A former grifter, he decided the world needed a service for cheating spouses in providing alibis so they don’t get caught by their mates. In this day and age [...]

The Lather Effect(2006: NR)Director: Sarah Kelly. Starring: Tate Donovan, Ione Skye, and many more. A great 80′s Nostalgia flick as a group of high-school friends in their mid-30′s reunite for an out-of-control ‘Come as you were’ weekend. Definitely brings me back to my 80′s. Connie Britton, Tate Donovan, William Mapother, Ione Skye, and Eric Stolz [...]

National Lampoon’s Going the Distance(R: 2004)Director: Mark Griffiths. Starring: Christopher Jacot … Nick; Joanne Kelly … Sasha; Shawn Roberts … Tyler; and many others. Another coming of age flick from National Lampoon in the bawdy tradition of American Pie and Eurotrip. A bunch of high school students jump into a RV for a trip across [...]

National Lampoon Presents Repli-Kate(R: 2003)Directed by Frank Longo. Starring: Ali Landry, James Roday, Desmondd Askew, and many more. National Lampoon’s version of Weird Science in a grown up laboratory achievement at cloning instead of strapping bras to the top of one’s head. But still the same concept, science geeks who are morons when it comes [...]

National Lampoon’s Holiday Reunion (2004: PG-13)Director: Neal Israel. Starring: Bryan Cranston, Judge Reinhold, and many more. Another National Lampoon classic comedy spoof much in the humor and influence of “Vacation” but without Chevy Chase, replaced with Judge Reinhold. Your normal ‘too rich to touch the frying pan’ L.A. family decides to go on a vacation [...]

Gotcha (PG-13: 1985) Directed by Jeff Kanew. Starring: Anthony Edwards, Linda Fiorentino, Jsu Garcia, and many others. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089222/ Is a cult-classic 80′s flick about Jonathan Moore played by Anthony Edwards and his torrid-losing-virginity-affair with Sasha Banneckek (Linda Fiorentino) deep in spy espionage from Berlin to the U.S. A Comic thriller engulfing the T.A.G. (The Assassination [...]

Bride Wars * (PG-13: 2009) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0901476/ Director: Gary Winick. Starring: Kate Hudson … Liv, Anne Hathaway … Emma, Bryan Greenberg … Nate, Chris Pratt … Fletcher, Steve Howey … Daniel, Candice Bergen … Marion St. Claire, Kristen Johnston … Deb, and many more. Two childhood girl friends grow up with hopes in their heart to [...]

Tokyo Zombies (R: 2005) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451954/Japanese with English sub-titles Directed by: Sakichi Satô. Starring: Tadanobu Asano … Fujio; Sho Aikawa … Mitsuo (as Shô Aikawa); Erika Okuda … Yoko; Arata Furuta … Ishihara; Hina Matsuoka … Fumiyo, and many more. A comical pair who spend their free time wrestling, accidentally have part in their bosses heart [...]

The Gamers 2: Dorkness Rising (NR: 2008 ) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0447166/ Director: Matt Vancil. Starring: Nathan Rice … Lodge / Sir Osric, Brian Lewis … Cass / Rennard / Brother Silence, Carol Roscoe … Joanna / Daphne, Christian Doyle … Gary / Fastidian / Luster, Scott C. Brown … Leo / Turk / Flynn the Fine, Jennifer [...]

Waittress (PG-13: 2007) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473308/ Director: Adrienne Shelly. Starring: Keri Russell … Jenna Hunterson, Nathan Fillion … Dr. Pomatter, Cheryl Hines … Becky, Jeremy Sisto … Earl Hunterson, Andy Griffith … Old Joe, Adrienne Shelly … Dawn, and many more. It’s a story about an abused housewife/waittress named Jenna (played by Keri Russell) and her destructive [...]

Charlie Bartlett (R: 2007) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423977/ Director: Jon Poll. Starring: Anton Yelchin … Charlie Bartlett, Robert Downey Jr. … Principal Nathan Gardner, Hope Davis … Marilyn Bartlett, Kat Dennings … Susan Gardner, Tyler Hilton … Murphey Bivens, Mark Rendall … Kip Crombwell, and many more. It’s a story of a struggling rich youth who gets kicked [...]

Trailer Park of Terror (R: 2008) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0892109/ Director: Steven Goldmann. Starring: Nichole Hiltz … Norma, rest of cast listed alphabetically: Trace Adkins … The Man, Priscilla Barnes … Jean, Stefanie Black … Tiffany, Jeanette Brox … Bridget, Madonna Cacciatore … Trucker, Ryan Carnes … Alex, and many more. Rated R for strong sadistic horror violence [...]

Ghost Town (PG-13: 2008) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0995039/ Director: David Koepp. Starring: Greg Kinnear … Frank Herlihy, Jordan Carlos … Young Husband, Dequina Moore … Young Wife, Joseph Badalucco Jr. … Accident Bystander #1 (as Joe Badalucco), Brian Hutchison … Accident Bystander #2, Tyree Michael Simpson … Sneezy Cop (as Tyre Simpson), Julia K. Murney … Sneezy Lady, [...]

Yes, Man (PG-13, 2008) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068680/ Director:Peyton Reed; Starring: Jim Carrey … Carl Allen; Zooey Deschanel … Allison; Bradley Cooper … Peter; John Michael Higgins … Nick; Rhys Darby … Norman; Danny Masterson … Rooney; and many more. Its the story about a divorced 40′ish La-dweller named Carl Allen (played by Jim Carrey) who works as [...]

Rainbows over Rennaissance Faire Colorado 2008 Renaissance Fairehttp://www.coloradorenaissance.com/(303) 688-6010 / Toll Free (877) 259-3328 or 409-F South Wilcox Street, * Castle Rock, CO 80104 An enchanting festival ground that hosts a fabulous annual Renaissance Faire, nestled in a wooded region just between Colorado Springs and Denver. This year makes their 32nd season. The festival grounds [...]