Posted on July 29, 2015
Sexy Evil Genius
I like it when a title tells me everything I can expect to see in the movie. For instance, if the title has the word “Transformers” in it, I know that the movie will have some kind of… Read More
Posted on July 23, 2015
Pixels
It’s too bad Adam Sandler got his hands on the Pixels property. His group is so lazy their movies are the cinematic equivalent of a shart.
Posted on July 20, 2015
Book Vs. Movie
Most of the time the book is better than the movie for the simple reason that a novel can transmit way more information than a movie. Sometimes, as in the case of David Lynch’s Dune and Kubrick’s The Shining,… Read More
Posted on July 16, 2015
Jupiter Ascending
In theory, I love the Wachowski brand of film making. When I’m watching their movies, I can actually visualize the two of them in a room together, hands framing imaginary shots, amping each other up over this or… Read More
Posted on July 13, 2015
Inherent Vice
I didn’t understand the book and I don’t get Pynchon (The Crying of Lot 49 was like one long drag of fingernails across a blackboard for me in college) and I’m not particularly fond of director Paul Thomas… Read More
Posted on July 12, 2015
Terminator Genisys Reviewed
For a fan of the franchise, especially one who saw the originals in the theater, the first half hour of this movie is worth the price of admission. Seeing shot for shot remakes of some of the opening… Read More
Posted on July 9, 2015
Meeting New People
I’ve been watching the PBS series First Peoples lately. What I find most interesting about it is that studies of our DNA shows that modern humans interbred with the Denisovan and Neanderthal branches of the family tree. The… Read More
Posted on July 8, 2015
Phone Etiquette
People who have dropped their phone into the toilet before have a very specific way of picking it up.