Jesus is a Friend of Mine!

What are you doing for New Year's Eve? Nothing!!! well don't worry, you will always have a friend named Jesus. If you feeling lonely this New Year's Eve, just turn up this righteous jam and sing a long!

Trilogy Week #8 - Christmas Chaos

Merry Christmas Everybody! As this is the most stressful time of the year, What better than to watch some Chaotic Christmas Classics. For most people Christmas isn't all sweet angels and chubby cherubs. It's a time for maxed out credit cards, whiny kids, and shitty Christmas gifts you can't wait to throw away after your annoying relatives leave. So try not to pull out too much hair this holiday season. Hopefully these movies will help medicate your weary tired souls, until next Christmas.

Top Five Christmas Commercials

This week is my top five favorite Christmas commercials. Everyone remembers their holiday favorites, and I'm sure some of them won't be on this list. But that's because this is my top 5 list and not yours. And mines better.

#5

So you probably don't remember this one. It was on the air for only a year or two. But it as everything you need in a commercial: Norm MacDonald, Steve Buscemi, Stop Motion, bathing gingerbread women..... um.... yeah.

#4
Now I've never seen this commercial until this year, but it is instantly on my top 5. There aren't a lot of commercials that make me laugh out loud. And this is one of the few. enjoy! 

#3
This one is a childhood classic. This commercial makes me feel like a 10 year old again, It continues to make me giggle with glee, when I see this one. to bad they don't play it anymore. boo.

#2
Everyone should remember this one, because it still airs every year. We've all grown up with this commercial. When I saw this for the first time it blew my mind. Their's a kid in the snowman?!..... wait..... how did he do that?..... how did his branch arms turn into real arms?.... ow! my brain hurts. 

#1
Yeah, M&M's. Short and sweet. This commercial surprised the world, when we found out that giant talking M&M's were real.

What's Your Top 5?
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Happy Chanukah!

Today is the first day of Chanukah. So gather up all your jewish friends, and sing some Chanukah Hymes

Trilogy Week #7 - Not Christmas

Now for three films that have nothing to do with Jesus, Santa Claus, reindeer with red noses, or gay elves. But these three awesome films take place on Christmas. Now for the true meaning of Christmas: guns, boobs, violence, explosions, murder, profanity.... "...these are a few of my favorite things..."

Top Five Christmas Songs

Something new! Each week I'm going to share a top five. My family members wrote down some top five questions on a piece of paper, and each week i'm going to pull a random one and share with you. They will be completely random. But this week is all about Christmas, so the randomness starts the first week of January.


#5
Great Song that sounds like it should be in a action film. It sounds so epic and keeps building. In Home Alone when you here this song start you know the shit is about go down!

#4
Not very well known. In fact the only times I've heard this song is during the Muppet's Family Christmas special, and The Christmas Toy special. But it's still a great song. when you see the Muppets sing it, it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy.

#3

I love Sinatra. His voice sounds so haunting and mysterious. Hearing this song just makes a flood holiday memories fill my head.

#2
Nat King Cole is awesome. His smooth soothing voice just makes your eyes water with love and calmness. It makes me want to sit in front of fireplace with a fuzzy blanket, and a hot mug a hot chocolate.

#1
My favorite Christmas song, from my favorite Christmas special. This song has so many childhood memories in it for me. Around this time of year, when I hear it on TV or the radio, I get really excited. It's so laid back and cool, I can see the Vince Guaraldi Trio playing it just for me in my mind.

What's Your Top 5?
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I'm Getting Nuttin' For Christmas

This is for all you snot-nosed kids!

Trilogy Week #6 - Black and White Christmas

This week it's three holiday black and white classics. Believe it or not I've never seen these movies until now. So these reviews have no nostalgia in them for me at all. So will I get caught up into the spirit of these Christmas classics? The short answer... no.

Trilogy Week #5 - Celebrating Rankin & Bass

This whole month will be Christmas movies. Starting with some of the most favorite Christmas specials. Again these were reviewed by Jonny and I. This week we're taking a look at one of the most influential cartoon companies, Rankin/Bass. Best known for its seasonal TV specials, particularly its work in stop-motion animation. And here are three of my favorites, enjoy.

Holiday Treats from NPR

There's nothing more festive for the holidays than somw chocolaty treats!

The True Meaning of Christmas.... kinda

this is for all my up-tight conservative friends.

Trilogy Week #4 Arny Week

I recently bought True Lies and Total Recall on dvd. And to my astonishment my brother Jonny had never seen them. I was so amazed that I said, "ok the next movie trilogy will be three Arnold Schwarzenegger movies you haven't seen and you write a review of them. So here is True Lies, Total Recall, and The Running Man.

Leftovers Samich!

What to do with your Thanksgiving Day leftovers. You could just re-heat them in the microwave... or you could make a delicious leftovers sandwich. I make this every year, and it is one of my favorite sandwiches of all time.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!, here's another clip from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles for you to enjoy while you're eating some turkey (or tofurkey for my vegetarian friends). 

Trilogy Week #3 Thanksgiving Movies

So I'm still learning how to do this blog thing, and today I figured out how to do line breaks. this is my first line break wow! so each of these trilogies have a theme that runs through them, if you haven't figured that out yet. the two previous weeks were #1 college movies, and #2 returned veterans movies. So here the first reviews (two of these movies are written by John Hughes, guess which ones) :

Title: Dutch
Year: 1991
Director: Peter Faiman
Cast: Ed O'Neill, Ethan Embry, JoBeth Williams, Christopher McDonald
Rated: PG-13 


My Review: Ed O'Neill hasn't been in a lot of movies, and that's a shame. Because the two movies I know he's in, he is hilarious. Which are Wayne's World, and this movie. This movie is a classic road trip movie in my eyes. It's very underrated. To me this was one of those bargain big diamonds, that I love finding. This movie is very similar in tone to Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, but John Hughes does a good job making these movies different. Both funny in their own rights. If you're a John Hughes fan, this is a must see. 7 out of 10

Trilogy Week #2 - The Deer Hunter

Title:  The Deer Hunter

Year: 1978

Director: Michael Cimino

Cast: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Savage, Meryl Streep, John Cazale

Rated: R

My Review: Starts off very slow before the get to Vietnam. the scenes in Vietnam are the most fantastic parts of the movie. But when they get back home it gets slow and boring agian. Very fly on the wall film, which gets old fast. 4 out of 10

Trilogy Week #2 - Born on the Fourth of July

Title: Born of the Fourth of July

Year: 1989

Director: Oliver Stone

Cast: Tom Cruise, Raymond J. Barry, Willem Dafoe

Rated: R

My Review: Oliver Stone loves his symbolism and tries to be known as an artistic director, but when he does it, it seems so obvious and out of place. Tom Cruise does a great job playing the tortured soul. The movie doesn't do a good job showing Tom Cruise's decision to become an activist, it seems to just happen, as if they were running short on time. But it does a good job portraying the post-dramatic stress disorder of returned veterans. 5 out of 10. 

Trilogy Week #2 - First Blood

Title: First Blood

Year: 1982

Director: Ted Kotcheff

Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy, Richard Crenna

Rated: R

My Review: This movie is awesome. The action scenes are great. Makes me want to see Rambo take on the predator. This is a must see if you like action movies. The police brutality against Rambo is a little over the top and unbelievable, but when Rambo turns the tables on them it's very satisfying. And Brian Dennehy does a great job as the ignorant jerk sheriff. 9-10. k-bye.

Jonny's Picks

My little brother Jonny is studying animation, and multimedia at the Art Institute. So I asked him to pick three of his favorite short films. you can see his stuff at http://www.insane-ideas.deviantart.com

Peter and the Wolf

Peter & The Wolf (Avitar style animation) - watch more funny videos

Second Wind

Second Wind from Ian Worrel on Vimeo.

Azureus Rising

AZUREUS RISING from David Weinstein on Vimeo.

Drunk History Collection

Happy 11-11-11 everybody! Oh, and it's veteran's day. so for today let's take a look back at our founding fathers, in some good 'ol drunk history. p.s. NSFW

BREAKING NEWS!!! Conan Pushes Envelopes!!!

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

a funny video made by Jenny Slate from SNL.

he's adorably pathetic.

Insanity Sauce!

These are three of the craziest videos I've ever seen. This is why my blog is called sonic brain explosion.

The Willowz

The Willowz are one of my favorite bands, and these are my favorite Willowz music videos. the first one is directed by one of my favorite directors Michel Gondry. I love the DIY ascetic that all there videos have. It shows that you don't need to have millions of dollars to make a great video (and most of them suck anyways). You just need to have creative people making something they enjoy making.

walk straight
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Brule's Rules, with Dr. Steve Brule

For your health!

Trilogy Week #1 - Accepted

Title: Accepted

Year: 2006

Director: Steve Pink

Cast: Justin Long, Jonah Hill, Blake Lively, Adam Herschman, Columbus Short, Maria Thayer, and Lewis Black

Rated: PG-13

My Review: It's almost a Revenge of the Nerds remake. But instead of Nerds trying to fit in, you have misfits that didn't get accepted into any colleges. The characters in this movie are great. My favorite character is Glen (Adam Herschman). You also have Jonah Hill at his fattest, Justin Long's unexplained clumsiness, and the always angry Uncle Ben Lewis (Lewis Black). The story is pretty original, but does have it's formulaic moments. 7 out of 10. k-bye.

Trilogy Week #1 - National Lampoon's Van Wilder

Title: National Lampoon's Van Wilder

Year: 2002

Director: Walt Becker

Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Kal Penn

Rated: R

My Review: This movie is not for everyone. If you don't like crude humor, you will hate this movie.  It can go over the top fast (especially in the eclair scene) .Ryan Reynolds carries this movie, if he was not in it, the movie would not work. In fact the scenes that are the weakest, are the scenes that he's not in. Tara Reid does a horrible acting job, (even thought is was pre-hitting rock bottom)  This is Kal Penn's movie debut. And it's got some cool cameo appearances from  Curtis Armstrong (Booger - Revenge of the Nerds), Tim Matheson (Otter - Animal House), and Paul Gleason (Principal Vernon - Breakfast Club ) 6 out of 10. k-bye.

Trilogy Week #1 - Revenge of the Nerds

Title: Revenge of the Nerds

Year: 1984

Director: Jeff Kanew

Cast: Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Curtis Armstrong, Ted McGinley

Rated: R

My Review: A funny over exaggeration of jocks and nerds. Still holds up great. Ironically the way people dress in this movie, if it was released today, the jocks look like the nerds, and the nerds look like hipsters. 9 out of 10. k-bye.

Welcome to my blog

this is my first blog post... wow this is weird...um...ok, I got to think of something cool to say for my first post...um...a...wow that didn't work. k-bye!