Oct
31
Ender’s Game
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
Tag Archives: Mid 80s
Oct
13
Enough Said
Caught two romantic movies this Sunday… first was Julia Louis Dreyfuss / James Gandolfini’s new mature romantic comedy (with a generic title) Enough Said. A smart, intelligent, and adult (as in, for adults, not “adult”) comedy with a slightly sitcommy … Continue reading
Oct
13
Romeo and Juliet (2013)
The OTHER romantic flick I saw this Sunday was this utterly predictable romantic teen drama… I SO knew where this was going from minute one and I was NOT disappointed. It was called, get this, “Romeo and Juliet”… yeah, another … Continue reading
Oct
12
Zero Charisma
Saw a new digital indie film (via iTunes streaming) called Zero Charisma. A low-budget affair about tabletop RPG gamers. And a funny thing happened along the way to it being a generic, stereotype of nerd culture… it turned out to … Continue reading
Oct
12
Captain Phillips
And I saw the Tom-Hanks-Is-Harassed-by-Pirates-In-A-Movie-With-a-Bad-Title Captain Phillips. This is about the tanker that got hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. And it’s good. I’m not sure it was as good as all the reviews are saying or even that Tom Hanks’ … Continue reading
Sep
28
Don Jon
So Joseph Gordon-Levitt wrote and directed a movie (Don Jon – out this weekend) starring a buffed-up version of himself as a goddamn sexual tyranasaur (Predator reference) who makes out with (and dry humps) Scarlett Johansen. But it wasn’t just … Continue reading
Sep
07
Riddick
So… saw Riddick… the direct sequel to the very good Pitch Black and a lip-service sequel to Chronicles of Riddick (the actual sequel to Pitch Black). After the Riddick franchise went off the rails with the overstuffed, over-ambitious, and doesn’t-feel-like-a-sequel Chronicles, … Continue reading
Aug
25
Blue Jasmine
Went to see the new Woody Allen movie Blue Jasmine… starring Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, and Andrew Dice Clay (!!!!). It’s a fairly serious drama about a terrible woman coming unraveled after her slimy corporate criminal of a husband (think … Continue reading
Aug
15
Kick-Ass 2
Given my (possibly inexplicable) love for the regular-guy-superhero movie Kick-Ass, I was nervous (but hopeful) about the sequel (cleverly called Kick-Ass 2) because, while it has the same cast, it has a new director and the first movie was so … Continue reading
Aug
08
Butler, The (2013)
Saw (Lee Daniel’s) The Butler, a very well-acted movie about the civil rights movement and race from the mid 50s through 2008 that incidentally is about a black butler in the White House from Eisenhower through Reagan. It’s got a … Continue reading