Conan the Destroyer
Remember when I said to see Conan the Barbarian? Do not see Conan the Destroyer. You know that feeling you get, when you happen upon a skunk with its tail raised and pointed at you? 1. This movie...
View ArticleMovie: The Big Lebowski
I was thinking that I was the last guy on the planet to see this movie, when at dinner tonight I mentioned to my buddy that I was going to watch it. His response? The big what? This is a Coen brothers...
View ArticleMovie: Eagle Eye
Oh, did you have plans for this weekend? They just changed. Go see Eagle Eye. It is the best film I have seen this summer. Seriously. Is it playing at the IMAX near you? OMG, go see that! I will be the...
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Movie: Bubba Ho-tep
With the passing of Paul Newman, I was struggling with deciding what movie to watch today. A Newman classic, maybe? That’d be easy — I have a few with me, like the Hustler. I ultimately decided on...
View ArticleExtra Bonus Movie: Doom
I had no plans to watch a movie this afternoon. I’d already watched one (late last night) and blogged about it for today, and was planning on closing up some odds and ends before heading out tonight to...
View ArticleMovie: Juno
There are still some things I need to do. At some point, I’ll need to compile the Top Ten and Bottom Ten lists of movies I have seen this summer. Juno, I strongly suspect, will be in that Top Ten list....
View ArticleMovie: Miracle at St. Anna
Wow. This movie fails in so many different ways. Which is too bad — I was hoping it would be good. There was no miracle at St. Anna. There was a massacre, but I think that’s different. The four US...
View ArticleMovie: Street Kings
Not a great movie. On a scale of 1 to 10, Street Kings is a solid 5. Not bad, not good, but there are so many other good movies out there worth seeing stead. Keanu Reeves, Hugh Laurie and Forest...
View ArticleMovie: Untraceable
This movie was not meant for me. 1. It’s just plain cruel. I’m not a big fan of unnecessary cruelty. I’m not a big fan of cruelty, period. This is a movie with a bad man who captures, tortures, and...
View ArticleMovie: 10,000 BC
I’d like to tell you that I liked this movie, but I didn’t. Skip this one. 10,000 BC is a fantastic tale. Too fantastic. Our hero leads his people and their effort to track down an enemy on horseback...
View ArticleMovie: Appaloosa
I snuck off today, with the boys, to see Appaloosa. Friday afternoon, my last one here in Augusta, and we went to see a Western. On opening day. At a matinee. Just awesome. And, it turns out, we made a...
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Movie: Sid & Nancy
I hadn’t even turned 10 when Sid Vicious died. 2/2/79. And I am really unsure why I even remember that date. The Sex Pistols were punk rock. I don’t know how else to describe them. They weren’t all...
View ArticleMovie: Donnie Darko
The guy who loaned me The Big Lebowski told me that I needed to see Donnie Darko. I had never even heard of it. Said it was a cult classic. Wow. It’s wild. Cult classic is the right. It’s deep. It’s...
View ArticleMovie: The Chronicles of Narnia
Now I’m bummed that I did not read this when I was a kid. How did that happen? And I’m also bummed that I am seemingly the last American to see this film. How did that happen, too? The movie is based...
View ArticleMovie: Ruthless People
Forgive me if I get a bit nostalgic this week, as I finish out my summer of movies effort. Today was our last graded event. I have my last brief. Well, I gave it twice, but still, it’s done. I settled...
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Movie: Down and Out in Beverly Hills
That, my friends, is the face of Down & Out in Beverly Hills. Nick Nolte, actor and probably-rich guy, picked up for DUI in 2002. Even the mightiest have their issues. Fitting, I suppose. In this...
View Article100 Movies in 100 Days
That’s that. 100 movies in 100 days. Well, 101 movies in 100 days, but it’s really not worth counting. Top 5: 5. Juno 4. Big Lebowski 3. Traitor 2. Iron Man 1. Eagle Eye Bottom 5: 5. Revenge of the...
View ArticleLuke Skywalker: So, why is that?
Luke Skywalker is a self-professed Jedi Knight. So, why is that? Because he has a light saber? If you watch the movies, Jedis are always losing their light sabers. It’s something of a galactic...
View ArticlePacific Rim: What Went Wrong
Do I need to say it? Spoiler Alert. The kids and I snuck out the see Pacific Rim this weekend. And, after some good sleep and a chance to think about it, I’ve come to realize that Toro cheated us all....
View ArticleThe Martian, Movie and Book
We’re just back from the family outing to go see the Matt Damon movie, The Martian. Because it has Matt Damon in it, I am suppose to say that it sucks and that I hated it, but because it’s based on the...
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