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Hollywood Trash Heap: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

Nicholas L. Honeck February 28, 2012 1

My childhood conversations with God mostly amounted to me asking Him, in my head, to move something if He was real. Surely nothing ever moved, but that didn’t stop my continued instance that He

Hollywood Trash Heap: Cocktail (1988)

Nicholas L. Honeck February 22, 2012 0

While all the other high-schoolers were drinking like fish, young Nick Honeck was “sober since ’82.” It isn’t just that I’d never been drunk, I’d never even willingly took a drink of alcohol until

Hollywood Trash Heap: Leonard Part 6 (1987)

Nicholas L. Honeck February 11, 2012 0

I met one of my best friends, Matt, in a writing class. This wasn’t a college class, it was a class we both elected to take as professional in our free time. He was

Hollywood Trash Heap: Under the Cherry Moon (1986)

Nicholas L. Honeck January 30, 2012 0

In the summer of 2010, I performed my first wedding services as an officiant. I got ordained online by the Universal Life Church. People always ask me what I had to do, I just

Hollywood Trash Heap: Howard the Duck (1986)

Nicholas L. Honeck January 19, 2012 1

The first trip I ever took as a professional was to a conference in Bloomington, Minn. My hotel was just a sprawling parking lot away from the Mall of America. I’d been to the

Discontent: Not a review of Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows

Gabby Nicasio January 16, 2012 0

A couple notes: I’m talking about Guy Ritchie’s latest Sherlock Holmes film. Things I don’t care about in the world include the recent BBC Sherlock, and anything else Stephen Moffat does with his life.

Hollywood Trash Heap: Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

Nicholas L. Honeck January 12, 2012 0

I’ve always told people I like cats more than dogs. This probably isn’t true. What I mean is that I think cats are more interesting than dogs. For the most part, the motives of

So You Want To Watch Star Trek: DS9? – Season 4

Gabby Nicasio January 3, 2012 6

A Triumphant Return! Oh, Internet, I can’t begin to tell you of the horrors I’ve navigated in order to return to you. Well I can, but I’d rather not. I can summarize: they were horrible.