Went to see the new indie comedy/drama The Way Way Back – it’s a wonderful, fun, and funny slice ‘o life, coming-of-age type movie about an awkward 14 year old boy on summer vacation with his mom and her dbag … Continue reading
Late showing of the Brad Pitt vs. zombies movie World War Z – a big spectacle of a zombie apocalypse flick loosely based on a really good novel. It has sparkles of that novels ideas and that’s cool – but … Continue reading
Midnight showing of the new Superman flick Man of Steel. I can quibble that the opening hour or so doesn’t have the heart I think it wants to have and comic purists might hate the changes to the mythos, but … Continue reading
Saw Iron Man 3 today and it’s pretty great. Surprising how little the trailers have spoiled – there’s huge portions of the plot that have yet to be spoiled and some real surprises to boot. Also, much more of a … Continue reading
So someone went and made a Die Hard film but didn’t cast Bruce Willis and it was pretty great… Olympus Has Fallen is basically a new Die Hard film that puts to shame the actual Die Hard movie that came … Continue reading
Dragged myself out to see the suspense film The Call – starring Halley Barry and a shockingly 16 year old Abigail (Little Miss Sunshine) Breslin (when did she grow up?). It’s about a 911 operator trying to help a kidnapped … 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
Skyfall – the new Bond flick was a very solid, very intelligent, thoughtful movie with great action set pieces but even better pacing, dialog, and suspense. A terrific movie. Though I will admit that it has thematic issues – it wants … Continue reading
Saw The Perks of Being a Wallflower which is based on an amazing book from about 10-12 years ago (young adult coming-of-age type novel). As a movie, it makes a fantastic book. As a book, it makes a pretty good … Continue reading