Tag Archives: Movies

Three screens of awesome!

I popped over to the FSM message boards just to see what was going on, and someone posted this slice of nostalgia: How cool is that! I assume that the Charlie Brown movie is Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown, … Continue reading

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Keep it secret, keep it safe

Huzzah!! Details here. I can not wait.

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Find that program and have him de-rezzed!

The first real indication I had as a kid that geek culture could be a lonely thing was when the movie TRON came out. I thought TRON was amazing; I loved it. I was just starting to become a minor-league … Continue reading

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“DANCING! Everything else is bullshit!”

It’s always fun to take trips down memory lane and investigate the objects of our nostalgia, isn’t it? Once in a great while we’ll look into something we deeply loved when we were young and find that it’s every bit … Continue reading

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Sunday Burst of Weirdness Linkage

I don’t have much by way of weirdness for this week, but I do have some linkage to offload at clearance prices, so here we go! :: The “Cultural Anniversary” thing is gearing up for the 40th Anniversary of the … Continue reading

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“Leave the gun. Grab the canoli.”

I figured, a while ago, that it was high time I eliminated a particularly large gap in my movie watching career. I’ve long indicated that stories about the Mob and organized crime in general aren’t my cup of tea, to … Continue reading

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“Eight astronauts strapped to the back of a bomb. My bomb.”

A friend of mine sent me a copy of a science fiction movie from a couple of years ago called Sunshine, which I’d never heard of before. And it’s really a very good film. The plot isn’t terribly complex: at … Continue reading

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Opening hailing frequencies, Captain

UPDATED below. Seldom have I been more conflicted over a movie than I am over Star Trek. I mean, wow, am I of two minds on this movie. It’s as if the film has managed to split me right down … Continue reading

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Sabrina

You would think that I, having nursed a terrible crush on Audrey Hepburn for years and having admired Humphrey Bogart for even longer, would have seen the original Sabrina by now. And, until a few weeks ago, you would have … Continue reading

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“You only have one life to live. So make it chicken shit, or chicken salad!”

I’m not sure if I’ve ever held forth on the movie Cousins before in this space, but I recently watched it again and wanted to flesh out my thoughts on it a bit. Cousins is a remake of a French … Continue reading

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