Catching Fire (Hunger Games, part 2) is in almost every way a better – and better made – movie than the first. They are clearly working with a bigger budget and a better script that gives more moments for the … Continue reading
Saw the new Vince Vaughn sweet, good-natured comedy Delivery Man which has the bad habit of not being funny… though it does manage to be fairly sweet, I suppose. It’s a good enough movie as long as you aren’t looking … Continue reading
It was a regular Harry Potter reunion at the movies today – saw the latest film version of Great Expectations directed by Mike Newell (… and the Goblet of Fire director) and starring Voldemort, Hagrid, and Bellatrix (Ralph Fienes, Robbey … Continue reading
Went to see the new lost-at-sea movie All Is Lost starring Robert Redford and absolutely no one else. He’s sailing solo across the Indian Ocean in a small yacht when his boat is hulled and starts taking on water… and … Continue reading
Also caught the feel-good movie of the year – 12 Years a Slave… starring Chiowetel Edjifoer (I have no idea if I spelled that right), Michael Fassbender (boo hiss), Paul Dano (boo hiss), Paul Giamati (boo hiss), and a bunch … Continue reading
Caught the romantic comedy / Groundhog Day riff About Time – about some weedy little British guy who can travel into his own past and fix the mistakes of his life. He uses it to steal Rachel McAdams from her … Continue reading
Saw Thor: The Dark World… a movie that happened. It was an acceptable story with acceptable action and a slightly creative action climax and then a roll-your-dice random ending. It’s best trait is a pretty decent sense of humor (and … Continue reading
Saw Last Vegas – the new comedy starring Robert DeNiro, Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Kevin Kline, and Mary Steenburgen (with Red Foo and 50 Cent in random cameos). Four old friends go to Vegas for one of their weddings and … Continue reading
Was gonna go this weekend… but I had to go to the early Thursday 8pm showing of Ender’s Game. Had to. Ender’s Game, the book, is perhaps my favorite novel – read it the first time at 16 or so, … Continue reading
Bad Grandpa… what you get out of this Jackass movie will depend on your ability to go with it and laugh at juvenile humor. I didn’t particularly like it… not because it wasn’t funny… but because its desire to (for … Continue reading