Post-Apocalyptic Double Header
Monday, January 18th, 2010 Posted in Movies | 2 Comments »So yesterday I splurged and blew some Christmas money on a post-apocalypitc double header. I went to see The Book of Eli in the afternoon and The Road in the evening, both post-apocalyptic movies released recently. I enjoyed both of ...
Adoption is not Horror
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in Adoption, Movies | No Comments »You may have heard about a creepy new horror flick from Warner Bros. called Orphan. I'm not a fan of horror flicks in general, but this one seemed kind of dumb and insensitive. Really? An adopted child is going to ...
Harry Potter & The Half-Hearted Movie
Thursday, July 16th, 2009 Posted in Books, Movies | 5 Comments »OK, need to get this off my chest. Here comes the fan-boy movie rant, complete with spoilers and incoherence. You might want to just move along. We went to see the new Harry Potter flick last night, Harry Potter and the ...
The Movie Taken & Human Trafficking
Friday, January 30th, 2009 Posted in Movies, Society | 7 Comments »I landed a review gig this week for the movie Taken. I was more excited about the opportunity for paying work and didn't care much what movie it was. I hadn't heard anything about the flick, and the basic premise ...
Reactions to the Movie Waitress: Abuse & Marriage
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 Posted in Movies, Society | 3 Comments »I watched the movie Waitress this afternoon, primarily because it stars Nathan Fillion (I like him in just about whatever he's in: Serenity/Firefly, Buffy, the short-lived Drive and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, among others). The movie was good, though it ...
20 Years After Poster Switch
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 Posted in Movies | 1 Comment »Yesterday I stumbled across a free rental coupon for Redbox, the $1/day rental machine in McDonald's. I'm a sucker for a free movie, so I started browsing the available movies and came across this: 20 Years After. It's a post-apocalyptic ...
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome is Beyond Bizarre
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in Movies | 1 Comment »I've been thinking about writing a post-apocalyptic fiction novel for National Novel Writing Month, so a couple nights ago I sat down and watched Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. Now I chose that movie not because it's the best example of ...
The Top 100 Movies/TV Shows/Music/Books I Don’t Enjoy
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in Books, Movies, Music, TV | 5 Comments »Entertainment Weekly released lists of the top 100 movies, TV shows, albums and books of the last 25 years. It's kind of interesting to check out the lists and see how many of the top picks I've seen/listened to/read: Movies: 42/100 TV ...
Prince Caspian: The Book vs. The Movie
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Books, Movies | 2 Comments »On Saturday night I saw the movie Prince Caspian and yesterday I finished rereading the book. Much like the movie version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, I felt like Prince Caspian the movie was so-so. After Peter ...
Back to the Future’s Future is Too Futuristic
Friday, December 28th, 2007 Posted in Movies | No Comments »Time for a little more geekery about Back to the Future. While watching part two I couldn't help but notice that the filmmaker's vision of 2015--a mere seven years away--was incredibly advanced. Granted the movie was made in the late ...
