Guy Ritchie is not the sort of director who stays with an established formula for success. Instead of copying the characters and themes from one film wholesale and pasting them into another, he takes his ideas as a foundation upon which to build something new. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels established his knack for… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Revolver
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IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Stardust
Casseroles are great things for cooks, especially if they’re derived from a previous meal. Take my mother’s famous turkey casserole. Born out of financial hardship, it takes the remainder of a hearty and somewhat pricey turkey dinner from the holidays, mixes various ingredients together into a simple glass casserole dish, and the resulting meal doesn’t… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Stardust
Movie Review: District 9
I’m not going to beat around the bush with this: Go. See. District. 9. Starring Shartlo Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Vanessa Haywood, David James, Mandla Gaduka and Hlengiwe Madlala. Directed by Neill Blomkamp, produced by Peter Jackson.
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Ronin
There is a conceit among several movers and shakers in the entertainment industry, that people are perfectly happy paying their hard-earned money for dumb entertainment. With completely straight faces, they put features on the screen that are little more than vehicles for a string of unrealistic shootouts linked by insincere acting, bouncing breasts, or both.… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Ronin
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Doubt
It’s a beautiful Friday outside in Doylestown, and before I dive back into a pile of legitimate work, let’s discuss a movie my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed viewing this week. The movie in question is Doubt, starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams. Plays that become movies don’t have pulse-pounding action or… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Doubt
Movie Review: Defiance
I was hoping to have reviews of current movies ready to go for the next couple of weeks, specifically “Up” and “District 9”, both of which I’m quite eager to see. Unfortunately, the same financial stranglehold that keeps my wife & I from going to BlizzCon or Cape May or even Philadelphia for a day… Continue reading Movie Review: Defiance
On the Tube: Burn Notice
For a long time, television has brought us a plethora of police & detective procedural shows. From Dragnet to Law & Order, Columbo to Monk, we’ve often spent hours at a sitting looking into the lives of the men and women who enforce the law. It’s a rare show that instead deals with the world… Continue reading On the Tube: Burn Notice
On The Tube: House
“I cure illnesses,” Doctor Gregory House claims as he pops a handful of vicodin. “Not patients.” Out of all of the television doctors I’ve seen, I can’t think of a single one who approaches House. Not only is he brilliant, he’s manically brilliant, to the point that Sherlock Holmes seems quite sane and well-balanced by… Continue reading On The Tube: House
Movie Review: Watchmen
Considering how tight money is for me at the moment, I neither bought new comics today nor the Director’s Cut of Watchmen last night. However, from the annuls of my LiveJournal, I’ve plucked the review of the film and am reposting it with a couple revisions to clear up some confusion. So, without further ado,
Faith, Power and Glory
Those who have FAITH Through it have POWER And they shall know GLORY Unto the end…
