HTC isn’t doing too well in the smartphone wars. All that I have read says that their premium smart phone, the HTC One is a gorgeous, well-thought out device. That being said, with Apple and Samsung sucking up all the oxygen it’s hard for other smartphone makers to find some air to breathe. HTC seems […]
Neil Blomkamp’s “Elysium” is somewhat of a novelty these days: A science fiction film that has something not only to say about where we are as a species, but where we are going. Though, before I begin, I need to get something off my chest. Some critics, who actually get paid for their work, have […]
Not quite my cup of tea, but for those that grew up with Jim Henson’s creations (or have children that they want to introduce to them), Why not?
“Beneath The Sea,” episode 13, is pretty entertaining. It’s somewhat Scully-centered (her father dies, and she has occasional incidents that are vaguely paranormal in nature) and dovetails nicely with the case they’re working on. It involves a serial killer, Luther Lee Boggs (the always awesome Brad Dourif) who happens to be sitting on death row in […]
When I heard about George Clooney’s latest directorial vehicle, “The Monuments Men,” I wasn’t too interested. First, ‘Monuments’ is plural, as opposed to singular, which sounds a bit odd to me. Then, there are no space ships, giant robots or aliens, so it wasn’t exactly on my radar. Till I saw the trailer. Clooney’s take […]
Mark Sheppard has some serious acting chops! Normally don’t spotlight a particular actor, but his performance is here is pretty exceptional. I originally saw this episode quite a few years ago, so I forgot about him till the reboot of “Battlestar: Galactica.” When I next saw him, he was playing a very ambitious demon in […]
Funny, on first hearing the title of Ridley Scott’s follow-up to “Prometheus,” it never occurred to me that it referred to a lawyer. Prior to this trailer I imagined it was about a high school athletics coach or something. And whoever cuts trailers for Scott deserves some sort of recognition because they always manage to […]
Now this I like! Many of the beats are the same from the earlier trailer, but everything looks more personal, more intense. The relationship between Thor and Loki is also given more attention, which is always a good thing. There’s humor present as well, though mainly of the relationship-type (though Thor’s response after defeating the […]
What is it about identical twins – as opposed to fraternal – that makes them so creepy (I mean the type that doesn’t seem to understand that, despite looking alike, that they are two separate individuals)? These twins – that seem to exist only exist only in movies, like David Cronenberg’s excellent “Dead Ringers,” – […]
Whether or not Gavin Hood’s “Ender’s Game” succeeds or not, I think that, as a director, he gets a bad rap. Sure, he directed the execrable “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” – though he also had a hand in the surprisingly entertaining series “Breakout Kings,” currently on Netfilx, as well as the Academy Award winning film “Tsotsi” […]
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