Angel's Anime Rating Guide

I finally got to see The Man Who Came To Dinner in its entirety... A legendary Broadway tour de force comes to the screen with Monty Woolley's central performance in The Man Who Came to Dinner. And it's a turn well worth immortalizing. All goatish beard, snapping teeth, and plummy-voiced put-downs, Woolley fully inhabits the role of Sheridan Whiteside, a celebrated author and radio celebrity who gets waylaid by a cracked hip during a visit to small-town Ohio. Bossing the helpless homeowners and bewildered staff from his wheelchair, he quickly fills his hosts' house with his projects (including four penguins) and famous visitors (Ann Sheridan as a self-centered diva, Jimmy Durante as a comedian based on Harpo Marx). Bette Davis goes for a quieter role than usual as Whiteside's assistant; she falls for a local newspaperman, drippily played by Richard Travis. They all revolve around the seated figure of Woolley, his hands drumming on his armrests, his teeth bared as tho...

Yesterday, I spent some time watching Ruin Explorers ... Get ready for the hottest fantasy adventure of the year and you won't need any magic cards or dungeon dice! The RUIN EXPLORERS are here and they're willing to do just about anything to make a buck! Move over Merlin! Back off Bilbo! When lovely young adventurers Fam and Ihrie take on a dangerous assignment to recover a fabled weapon of unbelievable power, an entire civilization is about to turn over on its foundations! If Fam can just stay focused for more than three seconds and if Ihrie can only get rid of that annoying curse, they might live long enough to squander the fabulous wealth they've been promised! It's a sizzling tale of cryptic conundrums, buried treasure, gorgeous girls in varying states of distress and undress, great prophecies and even bigger profit margins! Make plenty of room on your shelves for RUIN EXPLORERS, or be prepared to become just another relic of the past! Volume 1 If Fam can just...