Went to see Her, the new romantic sci-fi drama comedy (or something) from Spike Jonze… the weirdly neat guy who made Being John Malkovitch and Where the Wild Things Are (and the Christopher Walken-infused video Weapon of Choice and the … Continue reading
Catching Fire (Hunger Games, part 2) is in almost every way a better – and better made – movie than the first. They are clearly working with a bigger budget and a better script that gives more moments for the … Continue reading
Caught the romantic comedy / Groundhog Day riff About Time – about some weedy little British guy who can travel into his own past and fix the mistakes of his life. He uses it to steal Rachel McAdams from her … Continue reading
Saw Thor: The Dark World… a movie that happened. It was an acceptable story with acceptable action and a slightly creative action climax and then a roll-your-dice random ending. It’s best trait is a pretty decent sense of humor (and … Continue reading
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
Saw the new movie Gravity, the new Sandra Bullock / George Clooney disaster/survival in space movie and it’s fantastic. Best movie of the year (so far). Unbelievable shots and FX mix with great acting, terrifying and thrilling moments all based … Continue reading
I stumbled upon this at a local used book store in Lebanon, OH (Chapters – pretty nice little place) and had to buy it. I was always a bigger reader than my brother, but he had a whole horde of … Continue reading
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
Saw The World’s End, the new sci-fi pub crawl movie that’s a spiritual successor to Shawn of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. With great affection, I have to say I didn’t really love this movie. It’s got a lot going … Continue reading
Saw a late showing of the new Matt Damon sci-fi flick Elysium… a movie I was looking forward to as it was the follow-up to the director’s previous movie District 9 (which I didn’t think was as amazing as some … Continue reading