Entries Tagged as 'movies'

Batman

July 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Everybody’s talking about Heath Ledger’s Joker, and for good reason. He’s literally scary-good. I can’t remember a movie character to which you are so hopelessly riveted every second he’s on the screen.
But it isn’t just Ledger’s Joker, it’s Joker’s movie; the filmmakers give him more cool stuff to do and 10 times as many good lines as […]

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Boom, etc.

June 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Took the kids to see “Live Free or Die Hard,” last night. We had fun and you will too, if you remember to leave your credulity in the car.
Plot summary: Evil computer geeks shut down the country’s infrastructure and try to drain its financial resources. Bruce Willis stops them, destroying much of said infrastructure in the […]

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Enough

June 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Blah, blah Sopranos blah, blah…  Tony, yadda, yadda, yadda…. what’s with the Journey? blah, blah… closure  blah, blah, blah…. freakin onion rings, yadda, yadda, yadda… what the….  blah, blah…wait…. THAT WAS IT?! I thought my cable went out….. blah, blah, blah…. can’t wait for the movie….
Can we maybe get on with our lives now?

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Tags: TV · media · movies

Piracy

June 5th, 2007 · No Comments

Saw the new Johnny Depp “Pirates,” thing Monday, on a date with my wife. Didn’t hate it. It was a pleasant enough evening and, really, if you’re parents, any time you can get out of the house by yourselves…
So what follows is less complaint than sincere wonder.
The movie is a weird and remarkable thing, three hours long, […]

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