My wife and I watched the movie Rent last week. I had little idea what this play/movie was about before hand, but I’d heard the buzz and was interested in seeing the guy from Law & Order in a musical. I’m glad I waited until it came out on DVD, but saddened that I sacrificed [...]
How do you measure a movie?
Filed under Reviews on February 13, 2007
Keywords: movies, Rent
Review: guess what movie I saw
Filed under Reviews on December 18, 2006
Keywords: Eragon, movies
A princess flees from an evil lord, having stolen a vital element of his plan for domination. She is overtaken by his minions, but is able to convey the prize away from harm at the last moment. The prize is discovered by a farm boy living with his uncle.
The farm boy is taken under wing [...]
I’ve seen stranger things
Filed under Reviews on November 13, 2006
Keywords: movies, Stranger Than Fiction, Wil Farrell
My wife and I went to see Stranger Than Fiction on Friday. I think this picture will do for Wil Farrell what The Truman Show did for Jim Carrey. While I found myself laughing at many of Farrell’s lines, this was not your typical Farrell comedy. I think it would have been even better if [...]
Review: Pirates of the Caribbean 2
Filed under Reviews on August 30, 2006
Keywords: Jack Sparrow, movies, Pirates of the Caribbean
Meh!
That was our reaction as my wife and I left the theater last night. I’d like to blame it on the fact that I was tired after a long day at work and a night of being up with sick kids (and being a little sick, myself), but the fact is that neither the story [...]
Kong rules
Filed under Reviews on January 3, 2006
Keywords: Jack Black, King Kong, movies, Naomi Watts, Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson does it again. The wife and I went to see King Kong yesterday. It was an afternoon well spent. My wife summed up the experience in one very appropriate word: exhausting. The movie takes you on a roller coaster that gives you just enough time to catch your breath before launching you [...]
