Never read the (1400 page!) book, never saw a non-singing movie version, never seen the musical stage play, and never seen a filmed version of it as a musical – but saw Les Miserables today (all 2 hrs and 30 … Continue reading
Saw The Impossible – the apparently true story of a family on vacation when the 2004 tsunami hit – and how they survived and the human spirit and courage was exalted and such. Very good movie – very scary movie … Continue reading
Saw the flick Silver Linings Playbook – with Bradley Cooper, sexy, sexy Jennifer Lawrence, and Robert DeNiro today… and it’s a great, very very quirky little… romance? comedy? romantic comedy? Dramady? I dunno – but since it was so damn … Continue reading
So Django Unchained may be my favorite movie of the year… kind of gobsmacked about that but there ya go. It’s a violent (red mist! Jeesh) western/action flick with an awesome soundtrack… it’s the revenge fantasy that Inglorious Basterds wished … Continue reading
Saw the new Judd Apatow comedy This is 40… the not-really-a-sequel to Knocked Up. It’s a long, long, shambling mess of a comedy that’s rather funny at time, never really bored me, but just kept going and going and going … Continue reading
Also saw Tom Cruise’s new action flick Jack Reacher… and its a surprisingly well-written, clever and funny action movie that’s basically a lite-weight piffle. Fun while it lasts, but not something I’ll remember in a couple of weeks. Still, it … Continue reading
<deep breath> OK, saw The Hobbit (part 1) today… and, while I can honestly say I was never bored, the movie went on way too long. It gives me a new understanding to people who had little patience for the … Continue reading
They remade Red Dawn – N. Koreans invade Spokane, Washington (and the NW in general) and only a bunch of teens (and a US marine on break – played by Thor) must fight back… and it’s pretty average to stupid. … Continue reading
Saw Life of Pi – the boy on a boat with a tiger movie. It’s a beautiful movie with great acting and a pretty impressive CG tiger… that doesn’t ultimately work for me. I wish the movie had sucked me … Continue reading
Saw Spielberg’s Lincoln movie – a 2 1/2 movie that has maybe 1 action scene and is otherwise endless conversations, monologues, debates, and hardcore, balls-deep voting. And it’s pretty awesome. Any movie that can develop genuine suspense and fascination over … Continue reading