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. [...]
Nov 18 2007
Television I can do without. Movie sequels and remakes I can do without. But this is going to far: Writers’ Strike threatening Porn Industry.
“It’s getting terrible,” reported one porn consumer who refused to give his name. “I just saw Horny Nurses 14 and I have to tell you it was just a reshash [...]
Oct 22 2006
I recently used Excel for the first time in my life. I created a database for all my DVDs.
This is what it looks like as an old-fashioned web page. (Apparently, I could have made the page interactive, but that requires Internet Explorer. Screw that.) I also have some TV shows on DVD, but it takes [...]
Jun 25 2006
I don’t think too highly of the recent Pixar movie, Cars. I wasn’t too excited about The Incredibles either. Neither of these films come close to the what Pixar accomplished with Finding Nemo, which I think is one of the best movies ever made, period. Not being a kid, though, I might not be the [...]
Dec 31 2005
I saw 60 or so new movies this past year, half of them in a theatre and the other half at home. “New” means anything I hadn’t seen before, though most of them were from 2005. (I’ll provide a complete list in a later post.) I’m no movie critic, but for the hell of it, [...]
Dec 27 2005
This is an old article, but I just stumbled on it: Why aren’t there more ‘G’ movies?
John Colvin, a father of two, believes Hollywood needs to be more aware of an underserved audience. “They don’t make enough movies for me to take my wife and kids to,” he says.
I don’t go to movies often, but [...]
Aug 26 2004
Our expert panel votes for the top 10 sci-fi films:
Blade Runner (1982) Dir: Ridley Scott
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Dir: Stanley Kubrick
Star Wars (1977)/Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Alien (1979) Dir: Ridley Scott
Solaris (1972) Dir: Andrei Tarkovsky
Terminator (1984)/T2: Judgment day (1991) Dir: James Cameron
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Dir: Robert Wise
War of the Worlds (1953) [...]
May 26 2004
Books Made Into Movies:
Here, in alphabetical order, are some good books that have been made into acceptable films (or some good movies made from acceptable books). Lousy books made into lousy films we don’t do here.
