for heroes with problems and problems with heroes
If you loved Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk and want to see another super-powered thrill ride, Hancock is not the movie for you. While previews and commercials may have made this movie seem like a funny action film about an alcoholic superhero, the truth is that this [...]
for making me care about a lonely robot… and maybe the planet too.
Every time I see a Pixar movie, I find myself saying, “They have done it again.” I am almost waiting for them to release a film that isn’t great… but don’t get me wrong, I love the great.
WALL-E is the story of a [...]
for missing it… by that much.
I don’t want to mislead you with that little snippet above. This movie didn’t really miss it. It nailed it, but it just wasn’t perfect… and that’s okay.
If you never saw the old TV show, you should. Get Smart was always great, in the same way that [...]
Back in March I read a book called The Looking Glass Wars. I enjoyed it enough to pick up the sequel, Seeing Redd.
We are back in Wonderland, and its been… well, some short period of time since the end of the first book. The book uses “lunar cycles” to measure time, but its unclear if [...]
for never really slowing down and HULK SMASH!!!!
Long ago, there was another Hulk movie. When I heard about it, I was excited, I like the Hulk. I was very sad when I saw it and it was a slow dramatic mess that essentially shat all over most of the source material.
So, when I [...]
The third book in the Dresden Files series, Grave Peril, is more of the same of the previous two books… and that’s no bad thing in my opinion. The first book was a bad wizard, the second was werewolves, and this time around Harry tangles with ghosts and vampires.
Well done, Mr. Butcher. Well done.
for brilliant colors and sadness
The story is simple, and sad. A man in the hospital with a spinal injury begins to tell a fantastic story to a young girl, who is at the same hospital with a broken arm, in an effort to coerce her to bring him pills so that he can [...]
for being actually scary instead of just bloody shocking
The creepiest line in the film is spoiled in the trailer, and yet is no less effective when delivered. One of the victims asks of their tormentors, “Why are you doing this to us?” and one of the masked people responds, “Because you were home.”
The idea that [...]
for not sucking, but being far from awesome
This movie could have been so much better. The fact that this one was originally going to be titled “Indiana Jones and the Saucer Men from Mars” should set your expectations properly for this film. It wasn’t horrible, but it is, in my opinion, the worst Indy film, [...]
for being good and fun, but not spectacular
I actually saw The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian on Monday at a screening, but since it opened yesterday, I figured I’d go ahead and put up a review. Keeping in mind that on my ratings scale a 7 means “average, not bad but also not good”, I’m [...]
Watchmen (Absolute Edition) by Alan Moore
Tremor by Craig Dirgo