Hijinks Inc.

Author: Dave Sack

  • Hijinks Movie Reviews: The Book Of Eli

    I remember being completely underwhelmed by The Book Of Eli when I first saw the advertisements for it. Maybe I’m just not into post-apocalyptic movies, maybe I’m tired of the ‘last man alive’ type flicks… there just wasn’t much about this movie that grabbed me and made me want to sit down to watch it. But I had a number of people tell me that it was a pretty good movie, so I sat down and gave it a try recently and came away a bit surprised.

    Here’s the release details, courtesy of Wikipedia, we’ll jump into my thoughts after the jump. The Book Of Eli was released in theaters January 15, 2010, and hit the rental shelves on Blu-Ray and DVD June 15, 2010. Beware of spoilers! (more…)

  • Hijinks Movie Reviews: The Losers

    The summer of 2010 brought us two ragtag military team movies. Movie A: “A group of Iraq War veterans looks to clear their name with the U.S. military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed.” and Movie B: “After being betrayed and left for dead, members of a CIA black ops team root out those who targeted them for assassination.”

    Movie B happened to be The Losers, Movie A was The A-Team. While I’ve heard good things about The A-Team, I haven’t seen that one yet. The Losers theatrical release date was jockeyed around a bit, but ended up being April 23, 2010, and July 20, 2010 was it’s DVD and Blu-Ray release. We’ll get into it a bit more, with possible spoilers, after the break. (more…)

  • Hijinks Movie Reviews: It’s Complicated

    The one and only thing that grabbed my attention about It’s Complicated was the fact that Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin would be sharing the screen. These two have had some really funny moments in the past on SNL as they both go back and forth taking the lead for the most hosting gigs. While those big names did translate to a few good laughs, it wasn’t all good.

    As always, we’ll skim the top of  the details here and jump in a bit more after the jump, plot points brought to you courtesy of Wikipedia. It’s Complicated was released in theaters on December 25, 2009, and was then released on DVD and Blu-Ray on April 27, 2010. With big names aplenty (Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, Meryl Streep, and John Krasinski) you’d think they’d deliver some big laughs… well… (more…)

  • Hijinks Movie Reviews: The Expendables

    My wife received 2 pairs of free movie passes as a gift from her work awhile back, and I told him immediately after hearing about them that one of the movies we had to go watch was The Expendables. I was really excited about this movie, I mean, look at that list of names on the poster… it had to be awesome, right?

    Well, as it ended up, we didn’t use the tickets for this movie, I ended up going on a guy’s night out with my buddy Bob Sacamano because The Expendables was one of the $5 movies for the week. We got to the theater, found the seats closest to the middle of the theater, not too close, and with the requisite one seat buffer between us, we sat in expectation of all the awesomely mind blowing action we were about to see. Were our minds blown? You’ll have to stick with me through the break to find out. (more…)

  • The MMA Minute – Fighter Profile: Dan Severn

    Alright, let’s be upfront about this. That’s a picture of a very big man in very small underwear… and I apologize about that. But Dan Severn is another very big name in the history of MMA, and he needs to be discussed. And the man wore short shorts in the ring, so there aren’t many pictures of him. So, we’ll tactfully move on from the discussion about short shorts and talk about the career of the great Dan Severn.

    Severn was a very ‘to the point’ type of fighter. He wasn’t flashy, he didn’t do a ton of talking, he just got into the ring and used his world class wrestling skills to dominate almost all of the top fighters in his era. Even though he was a top fighter, since he was so business-like and not flashy, there isn’t much history to share like our previous two fighters. Still, he made a huge mark on the world of MMA, being  the first to really effectively utilize his wrestling skills as a primary skill set in the ring. He still competes in some lower class organizations and is one of only a few professional fighters to eclipse the 100 career fight mark, currently holding 94 wins. (more…)