Movies
Evan Rachel Wood in Running with Scissors
Watched Running with Scissors last night with J since she just read the book. Particularly intrigued by Evan Rachel Wood since she reminded of some girls in junior high. The 70s production design was right on. I couldn’t figure out where I had seen her before then I read she was Mickey Rourke’s daughter in … Continue reading
Star Trek II
“Is that Kirstie Alley?!” asked J when the kids and I were watching Star Trek II over the weekend. Now the kids will know what I mean when I tell them I’m going to “Wrath of Khan” them if they don’t listen to me. Can’t believe that movie’s almost 25 years old. E asked if … Continue reading
Watched David Lynch’s Dune
Watched Lynch’s Dune again last night. A was getting into it too, but the practices of the Harkonnens were pretty sordid and gross. My question is if the spice is only found on Arrakis and essential to folding space and interstellar travel, how did people get to Arrakis in the first place?Trey’s hair was excellently … Continue reading
Low-tech sets on Star Trek TOS
I’ve been watching some of the first episodes of Star Trek TOS on Netflix, and it’s amazing to see the difference between the sets of a 60s tv show and the razzle dazzle CGI effects of the present day movie reboot. On TOS (The Original Series) episodes, the viewscreens around the captain’s deck are made … Continue reading
Watching Transformers the Movie with a 6-year old
Watching Transformers the Movie with E on HD-DVD, the only item that might raise some hackles with moms is how they have a 1-minute conversation about masturbation after Sam Witwicky lets his parents into his locked room. Suffice it to say, the term “masturbation” went over E’s 6-year old head. He made a funny comment … Continue reading
Season Finale of The Sarah Connor Chronicles
The season finale of season 2 of The Sarah Connor Chronicles had two memorable scenes for me which involved John Connor. The first scene was John’s intimate scene with Cameron. The setup of Cameron taking off her top and bra so that John can find out more about her played with the cliches of coming … Continue reading
Watched Cloverfield through XBox Live download
I watched Cloverfield via an XBox Live download yesterday. The cost was 320 points for a normal download and 480 points for a HD download (at $20 for 1600 points this comes out to $4 for the normal download and $5 for the HD download). I decided to pay for the less expensive version since … Continue reading
Music and Lyrics
Jennifer and I watched Music and Lyrics last weekend, and I found it a nice, sweet romantic comedy which tied things up pretty well. This is in contrast to Hitch which I saw on the hotel cable in Palm Springs. I feel it just got too talky at the end. I think Music and Lyrics … Continue reading
Death Proof – that was Buellton, California, not Lebanon, Tennessee
Talkatalkatalk – no one does it better than Quentin Tarantino. In addition to the inimitable banter of his characters, the over the top action, especially the last 30 seconds of the movie, left me with the biggest smile in a long time. Whether it was the short grass, rolling hills or just the color of … Continue reading
New “Terminator” Trilogy Planned
New “Terminator” Trilogy Planned (May 10th 2007) After much talk and posturing over the future of “The Terminator” franchise in recent years, something surprising has happened – producers Mario Kassar and Andy Vajna have given up their baby. The Halcyon Co. has acquired the franchise rights to the popular “The Terminator” movie series and intend … Continue reading