John Campea leaves The Movie Blog

Posted by Brendan on Monday, December 14, 2009 at 8:54 am 

As you might already know, for the past few years I have been a loyal reader of John Campea’s The Movie Blog. The site started as a small movie opinion and news blog, but through the creativity and effort of its contributors grew into a community with a steady podcast, video reviews, and enough [...]

Odd sympatico ad

Posted by Brendan on Friday, December 4, 2009 at 12:30 pm 

I came across this odd banner for Sympatico Autos when browsing this morning. What always surprises me about these kinds of ads is how little self-awareness these companies must have. I mean, really? No one in MSN/Sympatico’s advertising team has the clarity of mind to notice the cliché they’re headed towards?
Advertising is a reality [...]

John Campea’s “The Movie Blog”: Model for blogging success?

Posted by Brendan on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 7:31 pm 

A little bit after finishing high school in about 2003 my brother sent me a link to a small little blog that discussed upcoming movies, reviews and anything else relating to the world of film. At first it was just a link here or there but after a while I found myself coming back [...]

On Twitter, God has 32,525 Followers.

Posted by Brendan on Monday, November 9, 2009 at 1:02 pm 

That’s right, on Twitter, God has 32,525 followers. I am not one of them. You would think he would have more, no? I mean the guy who created the world (err- universe?) has fewer followers than that douchey guy from the Hills.
Also, to all you Jehovah’s Witnesses out there, I would [...]

Vloggers – The new ‘talking heads’

Posted by Brendan on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 7:04 am 

The term ‘talking heads’ used to refer to the stationary upper torsos of news anchors and pundits that would deliver unto us the news of the day as well as political opinions. This term is often used to generalize and satire this group for their mundane qualities.  Just think of how many different news anchors [...]