I wasn’t as impressed by Dallas Buyers Club (Dallas Buyer’s Club? Dallas Buyers’ Club?) as the critics… I found its overall story rather drab in the telling… not as compelling as it wanted to be. Don’t get me wrong, the … Continue reading
300: Rise of an Empire is a side-story and a sequel to the original 300… telling a concurrent naval engagement that happened at the same time as the Battle of Thermopylae (as depicted quite accurately *snort* in 300)… and then … Continue reading
Odd Thomas is the new movie by Stephen (The Mummy) Sommers based on the first book in the Dean Koontz Odd Thomas series of novels. It stars Anton Yelchin who, while not being a mainstream actor, is up-and-coming – he … Continue reading
The Knights of Badassdom is a much-delayed geek life comedy about LARPers (Live Action Roleplayers) who accidentally summon a real demon during one of their weekend gaming sessions and then have to fight the forces of darkness for real. It … Continue reading
Stalingrad is a Russian-made, Russian/German language (with subtitles) World War II movie that’s more-or-less about the Battle of Stalingrad. I say more-or-less because, for a movie named after the city / battle, it’s almost entirely focused on a smaller battle … Continue reading
Non-Stop is the newest Liam Neeson modestly-budgeted, drops-early-in-the-year, makes-a-lot-of-money for-its-budget, and is some-level-of-quality-without-being-a-great-movie for 2014. Previous movies in this sub-genre of one would be Taken, Taken 2, The Grey, and Unknown. All of these are some level of modest good … Continue reading
Saw 3 Days to Kill, the new Kevin Costner spy-with-a-daughter flick. Is it a spy movie or a family comedy? Yes. I’m sure this isn’t going to do well, but I was surprised – shocked – at how much I … Continue reading
So someone got the chocolate of Gladiator in my peanut butter of Titanic and out spilled Pompeii… a disaster flick with gladiators, a rich girl who falls in love with a poor boy (ok, a slave/gladiator) while her unwanted rich … Continue reading
Saw the remake of About Last Night… a romantic comedy with no hooks or gimmicks… just a relationship movie with ups and downs. It’s not a bad movie and these are fairly mature adults with adult issues (and adult language). … Continue reading
So I took my imaginary Canadian girlfriend to see Endless Love, the new romance flick released just in time for Valentine’s Day. It’s a remake of an 80s flick I didn’t see. It stars the least convincing 18 year old … Continue reading