Posts for "reviews"
Lucy
Posted on August 31, 2014Bad movie. Horrible science. Decent token action, but nowhere near enough. Basically, if we start using more than 10% of our brain (sigh) we…
Guardians of the Galaxy
Posted on August 04, 2014Fun movie! Some of the plotting was wonky and glossed over things that didn’t make any sense, but the characters were strong and…
Edge of Tomorrow
Posted on June 08, 2014I’ve been calling this one “the new Tom Cruise” movie, because that title really doesn’t stick. “The Movie Where Tom Cruise Dies Over and…
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Posted on June 08, 2014Decent movie. There were bits that were inspired, like the slow-motion battle sequence. The future stuff didn’t really add much, and a lot…
Redshirts
Posted on January 28, 2013I was totally going to do a critical reading of John Scalzi’s book Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas, but I ended up racing through the…
The Avengers
Posted on October 20, 2012“That’s my secret, Captain: I’m always angry.” That alone would redeem a lesser movie. But The Avengers is actually very good movie. It even…
The Three Musketeers (2011)
Posted on October 28, 2011Today work took everyone to the theatre to watch the new version of The Three Musketeers. I really enjoyed it! It wasn’t great — 2D…