I saw "Live Free and Die Hard" tonight. All I can say is this movie sucked hard. Even with a "Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker", it blew. I really thought it would be better, but it had some of the most preposterous stunts, and it was not good at all. There was one perplexing scene where Bruce Willis is tucked inside a traffic tunnel with a helicopter hovering near the entrance. Of course, the Worst French Assassin Ever (only failed about 5 times to kill Willis) is hanging from the copter firing shots at Bruce. But Bruce is so far in the tunnel, that the guy must have been firing special gravity-defying, John McClane-seeking bullets. Dreadful.

Apple Guy is Bruce's sidekick and, of course, uses an Apple Computer. PC Guy probably couldn't handle the stunts or was suffering from blue screen. The highlight for me was the villain's henchwoman. A really sexy Asian chick, Maggie Q, who could not only hack your computer, but hack you with kicks and karate chops and the like. Too bad she was offed halfway through. The director Kevin Smith also had a fine turn as a hacker named the Warlock. But the franchise was further weakened by this effort. Wait for cable.

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You can check all the music from last weekend's festival at Glastonbury. These are full sets, too. Lots of rain there. The Who closed it out. I laughed that Bjork's performance had a strobing warning. Uh, it looks like lots of the crowd joined Iggy on stage for "No Fun". I mean lots.

Time picks 25 websites we can't live without. Kind of standard issue, but these are the ones you need.

It pays to be frustrated by the Sudoku. It staves off Alzheimer's.

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ESPN had a mock NBA Draft today. The Cavs have no pick. And there are also many free agents we can't afford.

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