Checked out Tales of Halloween on iTunes streaming (new release, limited theatrical). This is an anthology of Halloween-themed horror shorts. I wish I could say I liked it – there are ten movies so there’s plenty of chances to find a … Continue reading
Saw an early (well, Thursday evening) showing of the new Steven Spielberg / Tom Hanks movie Bridge of Spies. It’s based on the true story of the trial of a Soviet spy (defended by Hanks as the American lawyer), the … Continue reading
The Lego documentary cleverly called A Lego Brickumentary is good. Not great, but good. It has a bunch of stories about Lego and some are far more interesting than others. Like the scientist responsible for the NSAS Pathfinder robot on … Continue reading
So, Pan is the new movie prequel to Peter Pan starring some kid (sorry kid, you didn’t make an impression), Hugh Jackman overdoing it as Blackbeard the pirate, Garret Hedland as James Hook (who is doing some combination of Han … Continue reading
Decided to check out Hotel Transylvania 2 and my opinion hardly matters… it’s only vaguely a movie that adults unaccompanied by a minor can appreciate on its own merits. It wasn’t terrible, just like the first movie but wasn’t what … Continue reading
Caught Sicario, the new US/Mexico drug war movie starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, and Benicio Del Toro. This movie is getting fantastic reviews and a lot of that praise is deserved. The basic plot is that Emily Blunt is an … Continue reading
Checked out The Walk, the true story about a crazy French high-wire walker (played by Joseph Gordon Levitt) who, in 1974, strings a wire between the towers of the World Trade Center and walks it. Illegally. This is a good … Continue reading
To all the 80s action movie fans out there, I rented a movie (via iTunes) called Electric Boogaloo… no, not Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo but a documentary about Cannon Pictures/Golun Globus which, among many other movies, made Breakin’ 2. Basically … Continue reading
Caught a Thursday showing of the new Matt Damon movie The Martian, about an astronaut marooned on Mars with only his mastery of potato farming and science to save him. This is a very good movie based on an even … Continue reading