Detroit has a crime problem and there appears to be one solution: tear down the crime-ridden core and build a new city in its place… and you can do this by using one of them there robocops or wall off … Continue reading
I read Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn a few months back and found it a solid book with a unique setting, world, and magic system. It was a little too long for its plot but, in the end analysis, that length worked … Continue reading
Transcendence is the new Johnny Depp-gets-uploaded-into-a-computer movie… you know… that kind of movie. It’s a flick that wants to be daring and bold, intelligent and thought-provoking… and maybe it would be if it was actually any of that and not … Continue reading
The Raid 2 is the sequel to the Singapore-made The Raid: Redemption (a movie with no redemption but plenty or raid… this new one doesn’t have a raid or much redemption). The Raid is a simple setup (police raid a … Continue reading
Went to see the new scary flick Oculus – a movie about an evil mirror (it’s a sub-genre!). It stars Karen Gillen (Amy Pond/Dr. Who) and Katie Sackhoff (Starbuck/BSG) among others and has the basic premise that a brother and … Continue reading
Saw Wes Anderson’s new Wes Anderson film – The Grand Budapest Hotel. I usually like Wes Anderson’s quirky movies about quirky people with quirky editing and music… Royal Tenenbaums, Moonrise Kingdom, and Fantastic Mr. Fox especially. But Grand Budapest is … Continue reading
Worst Ideas Ever is a review of bad ideas (such as New Coke) told in a humorous way. This wasn’t just a bad book about bad ideas, it was a complete waste of time. A cursory – very simplistic – … Continue reading
So, Captain America: The Winter Soldier is out – the direct sequel to Captain America and pretty much a sequel to The Avengers (all these movies are tied together but this one is closer to Avengers than Thor and Iron … Continue reading
Also took a chance and went to see God’s Not Dead – a religious film that they didn’t bother to advertise to me but is near the top of the box office for the past three weeks. Unlike many “Christian” … Continue reading