Choke: A Wort Report Review
James Wortman Chuck Palahniuk is a writer with a voice, this much is clear. Each of his novels, peppered with brutally detailed and sometimes nauseating passages, can be described as a nihilistic…
September 2008
Taking Theaters by Force?
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed project leader Haden Blackman told the Los Angeles Times’ Hero Complex blog that a film adaptation of the multiplatform action game just might happen. “Oh,…
The Force Unleashed: A Wort Report Review
Set in between the third and fourth episodes of the film saga, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is a game worth playing for fans —even those who were turned away…
Burn After Reading: A Wort Report Short
The latest effort from Academy Award-winning writers/directors Joel and Ethan Coen is very good. It’s not great, and I would never rank it with their finer efforts such as Fargo,…
Castle Crashers: A Wort Report Review
Financially, times are tough even for gamers. No matter how enticing a newly-released title may be, shelling out $60 on a video game can seem downright frivolous in our flagging…
Armcannon: Legvacuum
A few weekends ago, real-life friend and frequent Wort Report commenter Andrew Metzger thankfully introduced me to Armcannon, a Buffalo, NY-based rock group that specializes in putting its own unique…
They’re Ready to Believe You!
The long-rumored third installment in the Ghostbusters series may soon begin development. Variety reports that Sony Pictures has asked co-executive producers of NBC’s The Office Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky…
Super Mario RPG Hits Wii Virtual Console
One of the quirkiest role-playing games ever released is now available for purchase via the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console. For a measly 800 Wii Points, you too can be the…
Brett Ratner’s Guitar Hero?
In a disturbing bit of news from MTV’s Multiplayer blog, Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, X-Men: The Last Stand) says he wants to helm a film adaptation of the Guitar Hero…
Box Office Disaster
And there was much rejoicing in the streets. Reuters reports that the latest Jason Friedberg/Aaron Setzer comedic misfire Disaster Movie earned a paltry $6.2 million at North American theaters this…