The One With Aldacron

I really, really, really wanted to like The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. For one, it was Heath Ledger’s last film. For another, it’s written and directed by Terry Gilliam. Although he has a bad reputation among movie studios for massive delays and running over budget, his films are usually brilliantly whacky and very enjoyable (Time [...]

Being a fan of Robert Downey, Jr., I really wanted to see the new Sherlock Holmes movie. Being a fan of the Sherlock Holmes stories, I wasn’t sure I wanted to see it at all. The first issue I had was that Robert Downey, Jr. is no Sherlock Holmes. The second issue was that the [...]

The wife and I caught two movies on Sunday. One that I wanted to see and one that she wanted to see. She liked both, but I only liked one of them. A Christmas Carol I’ve been wanting to see this one since I first heard about it. I’ve always loved the version with George [...]

Over three years ago, I read the book. This past Tuesday, the wife and I saw The Time Traveler’s Wife movie. It’s very rare for me to see a movie version of a book I’ve read, since my experience going in the reverse order is that the books are usually better than the movies. But [...]

I’ve been waiting for this one. I’m a big Tarantino fan and was really looking forward to seeing a WWII story through his eyes. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but there’s no doubt that this is a Tarantino flick. The sudden deaths, the unexpected twists, the camera work, the music, the lines… his fingerprints [...]

I no longer have to teach on Sundays (for now), but I still can’t go hiking since I have a late morning workout with my trainer every Sunday. When hiking at a mountain within easy reach from Seoul on a Sunday, if you can’t go early in the morning you may as well forget it. [...]

A few days ago I was at a DVD shop looking for something to pick up as a prize for one of the kids I teach. In a section with several titles selling at 3 for 10,000 won, I spied a familiar picture. Several years ago, there was a movie poster that caught my eye [...]

The wife and I saw Surrogates last Sunday. I was hoping that afterward I’d be able to post here telling everyone how awesome it was. But it’s pretty meh. It’s not a bad film, really, but it’s just lacking the magic. Nearly every turn of the plot is predictable. There were a couple of points [...]

Last week, I was wandering through one of the DVD shops I frequent and stumbled across Clash of the Titans. I snatched it up immediately. It’s one of a few movies that I saw repeatedly in the early 80s on cable ( a couple of others being Dragonslayer and Zorro, the Gay Blade ). Cable [...]

As a lifelong Conan fan (books, comics, and movies), I thought this bit of info, that Arnold still has the sword from the movie, was just too cool. I’m not sure which movie I’ve seen more times, Conan the Barbarian or the original Star Wars (both over 100 by now). But Conan will always be [...]