Posts Tagged ‘Movies and TV’

I haven’t been to a movie in a while but got the chance this past week. It was between Da Vinci Code and MI3. I had read the book quite a while a go but Kathy had not. My memory of the book was that it was quite convoluted and a little preachy yet still [...]

OK, this isn’t exactly a movie review but in the same vein since I get movies via DVD then via Netflix mostly. I think in the past I’ve mentioned a show that was discontinued called Wonderfalls. It was an odd but funny show about a pissy 20 something woman who suddenly got messages from inanimate [...]

Via Netflix, I got this movie. I’m generally a big sap for teen romantic comedies. Probably comes from fond memories of my teen years. I’ve seen a few of Hillary Duff’s shows, and liked them. They are rather formulaic but that’s been ok because the formula is strong with a little character development, a problem [...]

I was one of the folks that didn’t go and see Sin City out in the movie theaters and instead waited until now and got it via Netflix. Sin City was done in a very interesting black and white style with a smattering of color. For instance, you might see a woman wearing a red [...]

I got this movie through Netflix. I’m not sure how it came to my selection list as I’m always a little worried about foriegn films (actually a lot worried) and a little cautious about British films (just a little because there are many good ones too). Anyway, this is a Miramax/BBS film about a family [...]

Kathy and I saw this movie today. I’m a big fan of the first movie, Underworld. This movie continues exactly where the other one left off. It is well done and has great energy and fight scenes, just like the first movie. It is truly amazing that they can do these kind of affects of [...]

Out on the web, many of us got to see the previews many times which looked interesting and I thought well done. One the other side of the hype issue though, we also read about the lack of the pre-screening for reviewers which could be an indication of a bad movie. What should we think [...]

OK, all the reviews I’ve seen have said the movie was incredible and awesome. I thought the movie was fun and good but was not the best of the bunch. My real reason for this is that it felt rushed. I know that it had to because it was the most complicated of the stories [...]

Well, the previews made it seem better than it actually turned out to be but in the end it wasn’t a total loss. I guess that previews often set expectations too high and Chicken Little’s preview did just that. The animation was good. I thought there were a lot of story elements that the kids [...]

I just got Batman Begins on DVD. I really enjoyed watching the movie again. The story writers took an interesting tact on telling the Batman mythos from the comic books. While I have been an avid comic reader (and especially of Batman) throughout my life, I found nothing insulting or truly threatening in the telling [...]

OK, for those of you who don’t know about this movie it is based on a TV series called Firefly which got cancelled. Odd, isn’t it? Well, if you were lucky enough to catch the entire run of Firefly on the Sci Fi network you would seriously ask why the heck was this show cancelled. [...]