Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
I just returned from a midnight showing. What follows are my spoiler-free thoughts. Boy. They did it to me again. I have never been more disappointed walking out of a movie theatre than I was after sitting through Star Wars: Episode I back in 1999. It truly never occurred to me that E
Viewscreen on!
I love DVDs. Love ’em. I love the great resolution and the surround sound. I love watching all the behind-the-scenes special features and listening to the commentaries (which I often play while drawing Motion Pictures, among other projects). I love getting to enjoy g
“When first you start down that dark path… forever will it dominate your destiny…”
So…are you aware that there’s a new Star Wars movie being released in theatres this summer? http://www.starwars.com/video/view/000639.html It’s a computer animated film that takes place between Episodes II and III, during the Clone Wars. (Apparently there’s a C
Fortune and Glory
So I feel like I’ve come across as being rather down on the new Indiana Jones movie in my recent blog entries. But really – it’s the first new Indiana Jones movie in 19 years! How could I NOT be incredibly excited?? Am I a little dubious about The Kingdom of the Cr
Fight The Future Again
Oh man I am so pumped: http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/379767/the-x-files-i-want-to-believe/videos/xfilestrailer_050908.html
When Good Series Go Bad
I watched Alien Vs Predator: Requiem this weekend on DVD. Sigh. Has there ever been a franchise that started off as incredible, and then became so abysmal, as the Alien and Predator series? (A certain series about a family named Skywalker does come to mind, although I consider t
“One shall stand…one shall fall”
I don’t think I’m the only child of the eighties who was deeply affected by Transformers: The Movie. I’m not talking about the Michael Bay CGI effects-O-rama, but the animated spin-off of the Transformers TV show that hit the big screen in 1986. I actually never saw
Armor Wars
I saw Iron Man tonight. Wow. What follows is as spoiler-free as I could make it. But if you want to go into this flick totally devoid of any knowledge, why don’t you check back in after you see it and let’s see if we agree? OK, now, let me get right to it: […]
The Smaller Side of Summer
On April 29th I wrote about my anticipation for all of this summer’s big-budget movies. But a quick perusal of last weeks’ Entertainment Weekly summer movie preview contained info on a number of smaller movies coming out this summer that sound like they’re also worth
Summer (Movie) Lovin’ (OR How Die Hard IV is like The Godfather Part III)
I thought 2007 was a tremendous year for movies. Here are just a handful of terrific ’07 flicks that I saw: Eastern Promises, The Darjeeling Limited, Grindhouse, Knocked Up, Superbad, The Simpsons Movie, The Mist, Gone Baby Gone, Margot at the Wedding, 300, The Assassination of