Mar 30

Bad Words

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Joel Hilke

Went to the new Jason Bateman comedy Bad Words… it’s the one about the adult who finds a loophole to enter a spelling bee. The movie is wrong in the way that Bad Santa and, to a lesser extent, Bad … Continue reading →

Mar 29

Noah

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Joel Hilke

When to see Noah, the biblical disaster movie about a homicidal, genocidal guy who builds an ark with the help of Transformers, defends it from an evil army of evil evil guys, and then gets depressed and hammered. Transformers? Yes, … Continue reading →

Mar 29

Sabotage

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Joel Hilke

Caught Arnold Schwartzenegger’s new DEA/Cop flick Sabotage (“Hey, we need a title for this movie that makes people want to see?” “Why bother?” “Good point! Let’s call it Sabotage!”). Just as in his last post-governor movie (The Last Stand), Arnold … Continue reading →

Mar 27

Vondish Ambassador by Lawrence Watt-Evans

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Joel Hilke

There hasn’t been a bad book in the loosely interconnected Ethshar novels but this was ultimately probably the least of them. Not that it didn’t have the usual curious blend of grounded reality and well thought-out fantasy that Lawrence Watt-Evans … Continue reading →

Mar 21

Divergent

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Joel Hilke

Went to see an early showing of Divergent, the latest adapted-from-a-YA-novel flick starring (yeesh) Shaileene Woodley, Jai Courtney, Kate Winslett, Ashley Judd, Zoe Kravitz, Miles Teller, Tony Goldwynn, Maggie Q, and a few other actors whose faces you know but … Continue reading →

Mar 15

Veronica Mars (2014)

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Joel Hilke

So the tv show Veronica Mars was a something I watched an enjoyed more for the presence and voice of the main character Veronica Mars than for the murder mysteries she was tasked to solve each season. It was a … Continue reading →

Mar 15

Need for Speed

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Joel Hilke

Need for Speed is the new driving/street racing movie that’s both a vehicle for Electronic Arts and for Aaron Paul (from Breaking Bad). I’m sure they are hoping Aaron Paul’s stint on Breaking Bad will drive people to the theaters…. … Continue reading →

Mar 14

Honor’s Knight by Rachel Bach

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Joel Hilke

I thoroughly enjoyed Fortune’s Pawn, book 1 in this pulpy sci-fi series… but this second book in the series doesn’t hold up quite as well. There are segments in it that are every bit as fun and engaging as that … Continue reading →

Mar 08

Mr. Peabody and Sherman

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Joel Hilke

I don’t have a distinct memory or nostalgia for Mr. Peabody and Sherman from the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon… I imagine I saw it way back when (it seems inevitable) but it didn’t make an impact on me… and I’m … Continue reading →