Shin Godzilla
I finally got around to watching Shin Godzilla today. It’s a weird film, but it’s definitely worth watching. I started hearing interesting stuff about it last year, including good reviews […]
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The Last Jedi and the tired old nerd
I really want to see Last Jedi this weekend, but I’m kind of sick, so I don’t want to sit through a loud, two and a half hour movie. (Also, […]
Moustache on the Orient Express
From Film Comment’s review of Murder on the Orient Express: Poirot’s whiskers are more like a moustache within a moustache, or one set of whiskers grafted onto another. It could […]
Labor Day
Things I did this weekend: Watched four bad movies, with RiffTrax commentary. Finished reading a very nerdy Star Trek novel. Read a few random comic books. Backed up my desktop […]
Happy Birthday Akira Kurosawa
Since I need to post something for Kurosawa’s birthday, in any year when I remember it (or I’m reminded about it): Akira Kurosawa’s List of His 100 Favorite Movies
Doctor Strange
One of the nice things that usually happens whenever Marvel or DC release a new superhero movie is that they reprint some old comics featuring that particular hero. Also, Comixology […]
Civil War
I went to see Civil War yesterday afternoon. (I took a half-day off from work.) I enjoyed it a lot. I like that the Marvel film universe has matured to […]
Old School Kung Fu Fest
http://metrograph.com/series/series/12/6th-old-school-kung-fu-fest This is definitely what I’d be doing this weekend, if I didn’t have a cold…
Kurosawa on TCM
Earlier this week, TCM had a little marathon of Akira Kurosawa movies. I caught them all with a WishList search that I set up when I first got my TiVo […]
Pee-wee’s Big Comeback
I just finished reading a long NY Times Magazine article about Pee-wee Herman, and his new movie. I was a big fan of Pee-wee’s Playhouse, back when it was running […]