Movies
So, how many of these scenes do you recognized? Hat tip to John August. ..bruce w..
It’s interesting how easily “Groundhog Day” could well have been done as drama/horror. Hat tip to Sippican Cottage. ..bruce w..
I didn’t have plans to go see “The Book of Eli”, even though the trailer made it look like “Fallout 3: The Movie” (I happen to be a big fan of “Fallout 3“). But then I read some early reviews that indicated that “Eli” might indeed be worth seeing, so my sweet wife Sandra and [...]
Continue reading about “The Book of Eli”: a brief review (w/spoilers)
I saw “Avatar” (in 3-D) yesterday afternoon and saw “Sherlock Holmes” this afternoon. I’ll be going back to see “Sherlock Holmes” again, probably within a week; “Avatar” will have to wait for DVD, if then. “Avatar” is worth seeing once on the large screen, in 3-D, just for the sheer visual spectacle and technical brilliance. [...]
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xkcd hits it again. Click on the comic to see the original (larger) version. ..bruce w..
Fake movie trailer mashups are among my favorite videos on the ‘net. This one imagines a 1951 version of “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, staring Charlton Heston as Indiana Jones. Quite well done. with some great footage. ..bruce w..
The original “Star Trek” series started on NBC the same month I started my freshman year at Grossmont High. It ran two and a half seasons before dying, but eventually spawned a long list of movies and four successive TV series (ST: The Next Generation, ST: Deep Space Nine, ST: Voyager, and Enterprise) — not [...]
Continue reading about “Star Trek” (2009): a brief review (w/spoilers)
OVERNIGHT LINK (note the singular) ITEM: The Onion has become so much better than Saturday Night Live at video humor: Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As ‘Fun, Watchable’ Well, that’s probably it for the day. I have work to do. ..bruce w..
AFTERNOON LINKS! Yes, there are actual afternoon links! ITEM: Maybe it’s because he paid all his taxes — actor Kal Penn (of the “House” TV series and the “Harold and Kumar” movies) joins the White House staff. ITEM: President Obama visits Baghdad. Good for him, and I mean that in all sincerity. My son Jon [...]
MORNING LINKS — a few updates of interest. MAJOR ITEM (bumped from overnight links): My co-blogger Bruce Henderson applies his intelligence background to the forthcoming North Korean launch and whether Japan will intercept it. Go read the article. ITEM: Hope and No Change: there’s a group that wants to repeal the 22nd Amendment so that [...]