Of Dice and Men is a fine book. It’s ok. It doesn’t do much explicitly wrong. It just doesn’t do what it does explicitly right… or, more to the point, in-depth. Part of this is my fault, I suppose. My … Continue reading
Buddy Cop movie Ride Along starring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube is a fairly mediocre comedy… but not a total disaster. Your tolerance for this flick is probably going to be based on how funny you find the Ruby Rhod … Continue reading
And for something slightly different from I, Frankenstein, I also saw the movie Nebraska… up for a couple of academy awards. Bruce Dern (who I haven’t seen in a long time) plays an old guy who is convinced he’s won … Continue reading
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is another movie based on Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan character previously played by Alec Baldwin (Hunt for Red October), Harrison Ford (Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger), and Ben Affleck (The Sum of All Fears). … Continue reading
Saw the movie Lone Survivor, the true story of a not-so-successful military action in Afghanistan (spoiler alert: one guy lives). This movie strives for what I can only assume is a strong sense of realism in its depiction of the … Continue reading
When Kevin Sorbo and Hercules: The Legendary Journey is a more accurate representation of the Hercules myth than the new The Legend of Hercules movie, then you know something has gone horribly wrong. Kevin Lutz (who?) stars as “Hercules”… a … Continue reading
Went to see Her, the new romantic sci-fi drama comedy (or something) from Spike Jonze… the weirdly neat guy who made Being John Malkovitch and Where the Wild Things Are (and the Christopher Walken-infused video Weapon of Choice and the … Continue reading
A book about the “golden age of hijacking” is a fascinating topic set in an era I knew a little bit about but the sheer excessive amount I didn’t know was impressive. I was certainly aware that terrorists and thieves … Continue reading
Best movie of 2014 so far is Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones. Also, the worst movie of the year. So far. Har. Anyway… this is yet another sequel to the found footage haunted house series… and is only vaguely related … Continue reading