Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance:  I don’t know what star rating best applies, so I’ll say 3 out of 5

Johnny Blaze: This thing... There's no conscience, just hunger. The Rider's gonna come out. And when he does, he'll destroy whoever's got it coming.

Let’s start off with an obscure reference – The tagline for the mid-90s comic book film, The Phantom was “Slam Evil”.  In Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Johnny Blaze, aka The Rider, doesn’t just slam evil, he literally sucks it in, chews on it, spits it out, then gives you the finger, as he drives off on his Hellcycle.  Let it be said right now, if you’re seeking a film full of constant clarity and touches of nuance, this sequel to (the inferior) Ghost Rider will not be for you.  However, if you want a film that has Nic Cage dialed to 11 and pissing fire, Idris Elba as a drunken French priest going on shooting rampages, and the Highlander himself – Christopher Lambert as a tattooed monk with a long scimitar, then this new Ghost Rider film, from the directing duo behind the Crank films, is one you may want to check out.

The Walking Dead is back, so let’s talk about Nebraska, or as I’m calling it – Hershel Flips Out, Shane and T-Dog Flip Bodies, and Lori Flips Cars.  I like to put in my thoughts in an e-mail for the guys to read on WDTV, but since the e-mails kept getting longer, I figured an actual mini-review with a bit more depth would be cool, so let’s try this out. [Note, it’s a mini-review and I did enough to communicate my points, but still scrambled to put this together in a short amount of time, with less regard for my grammar.]