Wanted is a profoundly silly movie. It’s not worth a full review. Here’s what’s good about it — elaborate, exciting stunt and special effect sequences. And Angelina Jolie is firey hot. Here’s what’s not good about it — it requires… Continue Reading
Today’s big intellectual stimulation was a thorough dissection of Taxi Driver, the 1973 Robert De Niro – Martin Scorcese movie. De Niro’s character, Travis Bickle, is a mass of irreconcilable contradictions, driven past the edge of psychosis by the demons… Continue Reading
Ira Isaacs is a filmmaker. Chances are excellent that you would never, ever, ever want to watch his films. I sure don’t. Isaacs makes sexualized fetish films, often depicting bestiality and defecation. For the record: YUCK. The Feds are prosecuting… Continue Reading
You NAPP Readers have picked the next big superhero movie. Despite a late-poll surge from Thor, you generally seem to want a movie about Green Lantern. According to Daily Variety, this has actually been in the works for about eighteen… Continue Reading
Seriously, Pierce Brosnan signing ABBA songs? Someone thought this was a good idea. They can’t possibly have been right about that. The movie theaters are all full of the extended previews for this thing, and Meryl Strep seriously can’t sing.… Continue Reading
Sometimes, it’s helpful to take note of the mood of the reviewer when considering the review. For what it’s worth, I saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull with sharp abdominal pain left over from what I… Continue Reading
Better than PC versus Mac: Oh, you know it’s on now.
The tests this morning proved that most of my allergy therapy back in Tennessee did me a lot of good. I do not show up as having a significant allergic reaction to pollens, grasses, and other plants up here —… Continue Reading
The Wife sometimes surprises me with her movie choices; yesterday she decided that Iron Man looked good and I didn’t hesitate to suggest we catch a matinée. I wasn’t at all unhappy with her agreement to my plan, it was… Continue Reading
No bell-bottom sightings at this time, but I’m starting to see more similarities than differences. Consider: The dollar is weak. Monopoly-money weak. We’re in a lingering, indecisive, expensive, and still-dangerous tail end of a protracted foreign war, in which the… Continue Reading