Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Friday, September 24, 2010

Hottie of the Week: Nigel Bennett

Nigel may not be one of the flashiest guys out there in terms of his exposure to the public eye, but he's pretty amazing. He's been in everything from Forever Knight to Road to Avonlea and fit in everywhere he went.

For any other Forever Knight fans who may be lingering out there, you probably first picture Nigel as Lucien Lacroix. I will say right here and now that him reading The Jabberwocky in "Curiouser and Curiouser" is easily one of the sexiest things ever. Yummy! I've also always been kind of taken with Lacroix's brief, ill-fated romance with Nick's sister Fleur.

Lesser known may be his wonderful turn as Prince on Lexx in the series' third and fourth seasons. He's always delicious as a villain, and this is no exception. You can look back on the blog to find more gushing from me about Lexx. Meanwhile, explore Nigel's strange and wonderful body of work... or at least listen to it because the man has an amazing voice.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

The oncoming storm

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Wordless Wednesday


Bluebonnet 01, originally uploaded by wildemoon.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

So freaking cute

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Friday, September 17, 2010

Hottie of the Week: Brett Scallions

Brett is a little slice of rock goodness that should require no introduction but probably does. Brett is the former and current lead singer of Fuel. Yes, both. You see, he left Fuel awhile back to tour as lead singer for Riders on the Storm (the remaining members of The Doors). Sidenote: I made the screen caps to the left. Go me!

He also undertook a couple of different band projects as a bassist (The X's and Circus Diablo) and singer. Then he and some friends started touring under the header Refueled. By then, Fuel with a semi-adequate replacement singer who tried way too hard to be Brett had pretty much run out of steam.

Now Brett's band is touring as Fuel out and proud and I'm just waiting for them to get to Texas because I miss me some sexy Brett goodness strutting around the stage. But, um, don't tell his wife. I think she could be the crap out of me. I run a list dedicated to Brett here and also the Fuelies group on DeviantArt here.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Monday, September 13, 2010

Wedding Bells

In a little less than a month, Wes and I will be married. I'm surprised and excited all at the same time. It's funny because it won't really CHANGE anything (we own a house, we have puppies, we're in love), but it will change something. Some little indefinable thing.

We're keeping things simple and hitting the Justice of the Peace on Friday the 8th, then having dinner with friends and family the next day. Then? We go off on our honeymoon and get some quality time together. We aren't registering anywhere or asking friends to buy us anything. If you'd like to contribute, we ask that you make a donation to our Honeyfund - or you can just get in touch with me for my PayPal email and you can send it my way directly. We already have a household set up and while we'd love to touch some things up around the house, coming home from our honeymoon without a bunch of debt would be an even bigger gift!

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Sick Nurses

Yes, more Asian horror. This time it's a supernatural Thai horror flick about some sexy nurses and a screwed up doctor who kill people and sell their bodies on the black market.

I always appreciate a horror film that doesn't have a lot of pretensions. Sick Nurses gets right down to business and starts in on the action right away. Rather than an hour of preamble before anything happens, any backstory needed is shown through flashbacks between gory bursts of revenge.

The imagery for the vengeful spirit hits on some of the usual cliches (yep, the hair), but I have to say that the make-up and overall look were unusual. Every culture has its crutches, so it's nice when a film that chooses to use them tries to at least tweak the visual or delivery.

Naturally there are love triangles and dark secrets and all that good stuff. And in this case? The spirit in question isn't just a put upon victim who is killing off the people who wronged her. Okay, she IS that... but she also smirks and leers and seems to be enjoying the HELL out of tormenting the ditzy, oversexed chicks who screwed her over. The extra little bit of bite in the form of humor on the part of the spirit and the movie itself definitely bumps this one up as something different from the norm and very entertaining. Death by hair, cat's literally getting your tongue, and killer embalmed embryos - this film truly does have it all ;)

It's strange, violent, almost slapsticky at times, and I definitely recommend it to the horror fans out there.

Friday, September 10, 2010

Hottie of the Week: Ewan McGregor

I don't think I really need to explain Ewan McGregor being hot. Instead I'll say go watch Shallow Grave, Velvet Goldmine, or even the Star Wars prequels (trust me, he's a redeeming enough quality to make multiple viewings worthwhile). And then? I shall leave you with pictures because there's now WAY I'm narrowing down my choices this week. You even get bonus shirtless Jonathan Rhys Meyers in one of them. You're WELCOME.




Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Friday, September 3, 2010

Hottie of the Week: Max Beesley

Max Beesley is a gorgeous British actor who you may never have heard of. Right now's the time to change that. Start by going out right now and renting Tom Jones. Funny, dramatic, absolutely awesome BBC miniseries... and Max is in it. As if that isn't enough!

More recently he's starred in the BBC series Bodies, Hotel Babylon (very funny show - I totally recommend it), and Survivors. Okay and, yes, he was in Glitter with Mariah Carey, but it wasn't his fault it was a sucktastic film.

What, acting isn't enough? Max is also a pretty rockin' musician who has toured at times with his buddy Robbie Williams (ALSO awesome). If cute and British gets you going the way it does me, you're not going to be disappointed. I also run a mailing list for Max fans right here if you're interested!