Jun 23 2008
Kung Fu Panda is an animated film about a Panda who loves Kung Fu, where he finds himself having to learn it and save his community from his Master’s nemesis.
I recommend it for kids and adults. The story is simple but engaging, with laugh-out-loud moments. The action scenes are incredible: intense, fast, and [...]
Jun 14 2008
Duel — A big ominous ugly truck comes barrelling down the highway and makes life difficult for a lonely businessman in a car on his way to a meeting. It’s like Jaws on wheels. Directed for TV by Steven Speilberg in 1971, this 90-minute theatrical cut is nothing but entertainment. There’s no moral to [...]
Apr 17 2008
I didn’t watch any movies for the past two weeks. So I got nothing. Well, maybe not nothing…
I’ve been watching TV shows off DVDs instead (and playing video games). I come home from work and I don’t have the energy to do much of anything else. My evenings are split between playing classic arcade games [...]
Mar 31 2008
I haven’t watched many movies in the past couple weeks, but here are the ones I remembered to comment on. I recommend Death at a Funeral. It reminds a little of Faulty Towers.
Deep Water — I’m slowly losing my taste for films about people who do adventurous but stupid things (e.g., Grizzly Man, Into [...]
Mar 19 2008
I haven’t had much time to watch movies for the past two weeks. I enjoyed all these movies, though, including Woody Allen’s Small Time Crooks which will have to wait until next time.
The Bank Job — Not a great heist movie but good enough. It follows the basic formula and it works. There are [...]
Mar 03 2008
Some movies I watched over the past two weeks.
Sketches of Frank Gehry — A documentary directed by Sydney Pollack about Frank Gehry, an architect famous for designing buildings that look like things you’d see in an art gallery and wonder, “What the hell is this supposed to be?” It’s a straightforward telling of how [...]
Jan 09 2008
Starting now (and maybe ending now) and continuing every other Wednesday, I’m going to post a list of whatever movies I’ve recently seen, whether on DVD or in a theatre, with a brief commentary, a rating out of 4, and a link to a full review of each movie. It’s mostly for my own reference. [...]
May 14 2007
I saw Spider-man 3 yesterday. It’s long. Stuff of note:
Every character cries at least 3 times in the movie, with Peter Parker crying about 20, I think.
The action scenes are fast and confusing; you often can’t see tell what happens because the shots are too close-up or quick. I think the [...]
Dec 28 2005
King Kong (2005), directed by Peter Jackson.
Rating: (7/10)
This is a good movie. The first hour is spent setting the tone and developing the characters; it takes place during the 1930s, when The Depression was in full swing: alcohol was banned, poverty was rampant, and jobs were scarce. Once the King Kong shows up though, [...]
Jul 20 2005
I saw Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine last night, a documentary about the 1997 chess match between Garry Kasparov and IBM’s Deep Blue. Kasparov lost and then claimed IBM cheated. IBM’s behaviour was indeed suspicious. They had something like 30 grand masters as ‘consultants,’ but you have wonder if some of these guys were [...]
