And caught Monsters University, Pixar’s new sequel/prequel to Monsters, Inc… (the 2nd or 3rd best Pixar flick in my book). This isn’t as good as Monsters, Inc. but it’s thankfully a solid, fun, and funny movie with some good laugh-out-loud … Continue reading
Saw Star Trek: Into Darkness…. your average movie movie goer and the more casual (or more forgiving) Trek fans should enjoy this flick for the popcorn-eating, gee-whiz spectacle it’s trying to be. It looks great, it’s funny, well acted, and … Continue reading
Saw Pain and Gain – the Mark Whalberg/Dwayne Johnson dumb-criminals-do-dumb-crimes movie… directed by Michael (Transformers) Bay… and it’s actually quite watchable and funny. Based on a true story – three muscle-bound, roided (and Jesus’ed) up weightlifters decide to be criminals… … Continue reading
Went to see the new Tom Cruise sci-fi flick Oblivion and found it to be a reasonably smart, very good looking movie with a fine plot and some nice twists… and plot/logic holes it largely managed to fill in on … Continue reading
Evil Dead remake is hard-core gore all the way… either that sells you or it doesn’t. Surprisingly good – and dead serious – horror splatfest… this is no sequel to the hilarious and hallucinogenic Evil Dead 2 or Army of … Continue reading
Went to see Oz, The Great and Powerful and… it’s pretty darn good. Good, if a little scary, I bet, for the family (a few heaving bosoms may not be “appropriate” but I’m not complaining). It’s sweet and charming and … Continue reading
Saw the new Stephen Soderberg film Side Effects… a movie I knew so little about I didn’t realize it was a Steven Soderberg film. Which is great since this movie really works … and it works best when you have … Continue reading
So finally got to see Zero Dark Thirty (the hunt for Bin Ladin movie) – and was a little disappointed. The first 30 minutes is the All Singing, All Torturing movie, the next 1 hr and a half is an … 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
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