Checked out the limited release, art-house science fiction film Midnight Special. This is a film about a child with ill-defined psychic or paranormal powers on the run from the religious cult who worship him and the combined forces of the … Continue reading
Also checked out Hardcore Henry, the new first-person perspective action flick co-starring weirdo Sharlto Copely doing an admirable insane job in an insane movie. Basic premise: Henry wakes up with no memory and no voice… nor all of his arms … Continue reading
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice is the sequel to Man of Steel and a setup for a series of Justice League movies. It stars Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Women, and Jesse … Continue reading
Went to see Avengers: Age of Ultron and I’ll declare that the movie is good. It’s good, but not great. It’s a little long and seems to have more flab than it should… though to the credit, some of this … Continue reading
Insurgent is the second movie in the progressively inferior Divergent series of movies/books. And if that sentence suggests that I’m not going to give Insurgent this huge raving review, you would be right. Insurgent picks up where Divergent left off … Continue reading
Netflix has a new “movie” called Parallels… a sci-fi flick about a building that sends its occupants (four attractive 20 somethings) to alternate earths/realities. Is a high concept with limited scope as far as this movie goes… they jump (or, … Continue reading
Went to see an early showing of Divergent, the latest adapted-from-a-YA-novel flick starring (yeesh) Shaileene Woodley, Jai Courtney, Kate Winslett, Ashley Judd, Zoe Kravitz, Miles Teller, Tony Goldwynn, Maggie Q, and a few other actors whose faces you know but … Continue reading
I thoroughly enjoyed Fortune’s Pawn, book 1 in this pulpy sci-fi series… but this second book in the series doesn’t hold up quite as well. There are segments in it that are every bit as fun and engaging as that … Continue reading
I don’t have a distinct memory or nostalgia for Mr. Peabody and Sherman from the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon… I imagine I saw it way back when (it seems inevitable) but it didn’t make an impact on me… and I’m … Continue reading
Back when I was 16 or so, I saw RoboCop twice on the same day… the first time it blew me away… the second time was sharing it with a friend. I’d never done that before. My point being: I … Continue reading