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Double D’s Daily Dose: Movie Top 25: #22 – Tokyo Godfathers

Here’s the next movie on my top 25, #22 – Tokyo Godfathers. This is the first of two anime films on the list (you’ll find out what the other one is much later) and stands here to basically represent my...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Brief Reviews: The Avengers

Oh boy, what the hell can I possibly say about The Avengers that won’t already have been uttered by bright-faced fanboys as they make their way through the exit line at the local cinema? This is the...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: The Cranberries at the Sound Academy in Toronto,...

Well, the reason I didn’t update my blog yesterday was because I was in Toronto for a concert, so I figured I’d right a blog about it. It was a Cranberries concert. I actually talked a little about The...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Movie Top 25: #21 – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Now for the next entry in my top 25, #21: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Here we go again with another Lord of the Rings movie and then in a few more posts we’ll get yet another...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Updates

First off, here’s an update on my life and my upcoming mission trip. Yeah, I know you probably don’t care and no one likes to hear about someone else’s pet cause, but I don’t care. This is my blog, so...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: A Lame Acrostic Poem for Mother’s Day

Well, it’s mother’s day, a time to remind the one who pushed us out into this world that we love her. By the way, I love you Mom! Thanks for giving birth to me and then raising me. I know it wasn’t...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Why I Haven’t Updated My Blog in Two Days

Yeah, I know what you’re thinking … nothing, because likely no one is reading this, but I know what that made up guy that I made up to pretend someone reads my blog is thinking; “Oh my gosh, Double D,...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Brief Reviews – Dark Shadows

Well, I said in my post yesterday that you’d get a review for Dark Shadows and here it is. This is Tim Burton’s latest film and the first of two he’s got coming out this year, the next one being the...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Movie Top 25: #20 – 2001: A Space Odyssey

It’s going to be hard to say anything about this movie that hasn’t already been said. 2001 is a movie that has been examined and explored by everybody from casual viewers to established institutions of...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Update and Movie Top 25: #19 – The Godfather Part II

So, I had a really lazy weekend. I spent most of it playing Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time. Yeah, I know. That game came out like three years ago. I’m pretty behind when it comes to video...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Things We’ll Say in 2050, Vol. 2

I can’t believe Paula Abdul is still alive. Don’t worry, when you get to be my age they’ll just hook you up to whatever the hell’s keeping Paula Abdul alive. Remember when Lady Gaga’s home race came...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Where the Hell Have You Been?

Yeah, I’ve been away for a while and haven’t updated this podcast regularly like I said I would. Trust me, it wasn’t for lack of things to say. The problem is that I was so damn busy for the past ten...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Brief Reviews: Battleship

Hi, Double D here for another brief review, this time for a film that should have been reviewed two weeks ago. No one cares at this point, but I’ve got personal obligations to fill. Sue me. Anyway,...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: The Protomen & Powerglove at the Hoxton 05/23/12

Time for another concert review. I went up to my friend Mike Dodd’s place two weeks ago to spend some away time at his pad and pick up some review material. We decided to meet each other at a concert...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: The Women in my Life, Part 2: A Girl Hits on Me

Well, I teased yesterday that I would talk today about a girl hitting on me. It may seem like an insignificant event for most guys, but this pretty much changes everything for me. Girls NEVER hit on...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: You Got Aspergers

First off, I’ll give credit where credit is due. Here’s a YouTube link to MC Frontalot’s classic track of the same name off of his Secrets from the Future Album. I know I said like two blogs ago that I...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Brief Reviews: Men in Black 3

I love Men in Black. For me it was just one of those movies. I guess you had to be a 90’s kid or something. This was the 90’s equivalent of what Ghostbusters was in the 80’s and what Star Wars was in...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Giving Blood, Playing in a Worship Band and Sucking at...

So, I sort of set up in my schedule blog a week ago that I’d be doing some sort of “super-blog” where I discuss a few things going on in my life right now and maybe give one paragraph of my thoughts on...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Brief Reviews: Touch: Season One

I just love colons, don’t you? I actually decided to check out Touch after Mike “TFG1” Blanchard recommended it to me. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. “You actually listened to that guy?” Well,...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Blog 50!

It’s my 50th blog! Yay! Here’s an awesome 80′s song and a stupid picture of me to celebrate! Have a great Wednesday, everybody!

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Brief Reviews: The Dictator

So, I know this is way out of date. I’m pretty sure this movie isn’t even showing anywhere anymore, but I saw it and now I’m gonna review it. Deal with it. I actually had no real interest in seeing The...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Brief Reviews: Community: Season 3

It’s time for more Brief Reviews. Kind of seems like this is all I’m doing lately. That’s not so bad. I like reviewing stuff and keeping in that spirit, here’s my look back at the latest season of...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Wonder Woman Contest

So, we get a lot of stuff in our feedback e-mails, but I usually just ignore it. Yesterday, however, we actually received something genuinely interesting yesterday, so I’m re-posting it here. Check it...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Brief Reviews: Hatfields & McCoys

This’ll be my first brief review for a TV mini-series. Yay, a milestone, but not really. Anyway, Hatfields and McCoys was a History Channel mini-series that aired a week or so ago. It looked neat in...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Mario Marathon for Child’s Play Charity

Yay, more charities I get to help out! Here’s their info: Fifth Annual Mario Marathon Poised to Raise Thousands for Children’s Hospitals Worldwide LAFAYETTE, INDIANA – June 18, 2012 – On Friday, June...

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Moldova Update

For those of you who don’t know, I’ve been planning a mission trip to the Republic of Moldova to do construction for a month from July 19 – August 18. Well, the money I needed is in and I raised more...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Brief Reviews: Brave

Let’s admit it. I went into Brave not expecting that much. I had super high expectations when I first heard about it, then the trailer came out and I sort of just wrote it off as an absolutely awful...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Top 25: # 18 – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of...

It’s time for another top 25 movie and also another Lord of the Rings film. This will be the last one, I swear. I’ve said most of what there is to be said about The Lord of the Rings, but let’s say it...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Me, Mara Wilson, Mara Wilson, and I

So, I think I may have made another semi-famous person hate me. I am way too good at making people hate me. I mean there’s skills and then there’s natural abilities. This is closer to the latter. The...

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Double D’s Daily Dose: Change

I don’t usually write poems, but I felt inspired last night, so I wrote the following. It’s called Change. Luckily poetry is subjective, so you’re not allowed to tell me it sucks. Somewhere in the...

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TWIG Movie Madness Episode 7-Total Recall

Hello ladies and gentlemen and welcome to another exciting episode of Movie Madness right here on This Week in Geek. It’s the podcast that’s all about the silver screen with your hosts David “Double D”...

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Hey, I’m back!

Remember me? Double D? Yeah, I know, it’s been a while. I apologize for that. The fact is, I’ve been up to a lot lately and I’ve also had a lot of time to think about my blogs. Do I want to keep doing...

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TWIG Movie Madness Episode 8-Man w/ the golden gun

Movie Madness is finally back! That’s right, after a semi-hiatus, your best source for random movie discussions is back in full swing with David “Double D” Denis, Mike “The Birdman” Dodd and Andrew...

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James Bond 007 Best to Worst

I’m finally back with another blog. Yeah, it took a while, but I’ve been busy. Sue me. Anyways, I’ll keep the banter down on this one because it’s actually just a really long list. I just finished...

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Movie Madness episode 9 – You Only Live Twice

Hello guys and gals and thank you for clicking on the link that will allow you, lucky listener, to experience the latest episode of Movie Madness. This month we’ll be continuing our look at the...

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Movie Top 25: #18 – Mystic River

Hey guys, Double D again. Remember how I used to do reviews for the movies in my top 25 and I was gonna work my way up to #1? Well, I’m kicking off that series again. It’s been resurrected more times...

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Movie Madness episode 10:On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

It’s the final episode of 2012 for Movie Madness as we finish up our look at the forgotten films of James Bond and celebrate Christmas with Bonds most unabashedly Christmassy film, On Her Majesty’s...

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Movie Pros and Cons: The Empire Strikes Back Special Edition

Time for part two of my three part series on the Star Wars Special Editions. I’ll be looking at the changes that work, the changes that don’t and the changes that don’t matter. I’ll skip the more...

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Movie Pros and Cons: Return of the Jedi

Time for my final entry in my look at the changes, alterations and additions made to the Star Wars Special Editions as I look at Return of the Jedi. Again, I won’t get into changes that were already...

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Movie Pros and Cons: Star Wars Special Edition

Happy Life Day everyone! This is a blog post I’ve been meaning to write for a while, so I figured it would be a great way to get back into the spirit of writing recreationally. This will be the first...

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Dave’s Oscar Talk: 2013 Nominations

So, guess what? Guess what? The Oscar nominations were announced! I’m so excited, even though there are still a few nominees like Anna Karenina and The Sessions that I haven’t seen yet. Still, I...

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Movie Madness Episode 12-Anticipated films of 2013 PART 2

It’s a new week and that means a new episode of Movie Madness with your hosts Double D, Randrew and Scottydoo! This week is the second part of our two part series counting down our top 11 most...

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The Last Exit to Ponyville Compendium Blog: Introduction

I don’t really like My Little Pony that much. I mean, I like it. It’s good, but it’s not “Let’s form an obsessive cult based on this property!” good. I think I need to back-track a little. I’m still...

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Movie madness episode 13:Top 11 Movies of 2012

Hey guys and girls, it’s time for another episode of the all-new weekly Movie Madness! This week we’re excited to bring you part one in our two-part look back at the best films of 2012. Join Dave,...

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Movie Madness Episode 13: Top 11 Movies of 2012 Part 2

Hello again! You’ve come to the right place if you wanted another exciting episode of Movie Madness with Dave, Andrew and Scott. This week the intrepid gang delves into the past once again to bring you...

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Story-Time with Double D: The Melting Face!

It’s time for another new blog series I’m starting up called story-time with Double D. Let’s face it, my best years are mostly behind me, but also my shittiest years as well. Right now I’m in my mostly...

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Movie Madness Episode 18: Oz the Great and Powerful

We promised you Oz and here it is! Movie Madness returns with our first ever new movie episode. Once each month we’ll brave the loud children and mysteriously sticky carpets of our local theatres to...

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Storytime with Double D: Ashley’s Swear Spree

No one can swear like Ashley. I don’t see her much anymore, which is a little unfortunate, because there’s quite a few stories I could write about her. She’s an interesting person, but jeez could she...

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Scum Chapter 1: Scum is Lying Incapacitated on the Side of the Road

Well, here it is. It’s my 25th Birthday and I’m finally releasing the first chapter of my first novel, Scum. It’s been a very personal journey for me writing this book, which essentially chronicles a...

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Scum Chapter 2: Scum Meets a Family

Hello, David Denis again with the next chapter of the continuing saga of Scum. I hope you got something of a kick from chapter 1 and that this chapter is more of a punch in the gut that makes you lose...

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