So, watched The Interview on Xbox video after Sony (which is a weird statement if you follow the video game world) did a surprise release of this now-infamous Seth Rogan/Dave Franco comedy across Google, YouTube, and their own streaming website … Continue reading
Finally dragged myself out to see the Penguins of Madagascar for some reason… the spin-off movie from the Madagascar movies that I don’t particularly find to be all that good. And this one is… not at all that good either. … Continue reading
Saw the movie Top Five which is a Chris Rock movie most people haven’t heard about… but surprisingly wound up getting very good reviews. So I gave it a shot and it’s not bad… it’s a rambling, shambling movie about … Continue reading
So caught the new Reese Witherspoon movie Wild, based on the real life memoir of Cheryl Stayed who hiked the Pacific Crest Trail in the 90s. This movie is getting some pretty great reviews and it’s a good movie, though … Continue reading
Caught on video the well-reviewed Kristen Wiig / Bill Hader drama/comedy The Skeleton Twins… a film about a couple messed up, distant, but loving fraternal twins who are vaguely suicidal, mostly unhappy, and they reunite after ten years of living … Continue reading
It’s almost beside the point if I post my opinion of The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies since, if you’ve seen parts 1 and 2, you’ll just have to go see part 3. If you didn’t, you won’t. Part … Continue reading
Exodus: Gods and Kings is a dreary retelling of the Exodus bible story that only picks up when we start getting our Plagues of Egypt on. This movie has a pacing and story building problem. It opens with the barest … Continue reading
The Pyramid is a new movie at the theaters that you probably haven’t heard about…. I certainly hadn’t heard about it until it showed up at the theater this weekend and I see a disturbing number of movie trailers. No … Continue reading
The Babadook is a small indie horror movie from Australia that’s in limited theatrical release right now and on iTunes rental (just in time for… Thanksgiving!). This film is one of the most unsettling movies I’ve seen in some time. … Continue reading
The new Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything opened a little wider this weekend and I caught it. It’s the life story – largely focused on his romance and marriage – of Hawking and his wife Jane. It’s an … Continue reading