I’m a big fan of both The Godfather movie and the Getting Things Done process of personal productivity that David Allen has created. One of the things that Allen says is that GTD is really a combination of techniques we…
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Movies
Quick movie reviews: Joe catches up, courtesy of Air Canada
Having 24 hours of travel time to kill journeying to the other end of the world does have some benefits. For one, it gave me the chance to catch up with many films I have not had a chance to…
Movies
Quick review – Zombieland is the world’s first feel-good zombie movie
Zombieland did what I never thought possible – present a bleak future world where zombies rule and only a few scattered survivors remain… In a film that is one of the most optimistic upbeat movies I’ve seen all year. Lightning,…
Movies
Retro Movie Review: 1996’s The Phantom
Ah, Billy Zane… You were THIS CLOSE, man. This close to being a movie star, that is… The Phantom was your one chance, your big break… and then the movie bombed. And I still wonder why. Now, granted, it’s not…
Movies, Neglected Cinema
Retro movie review – Who Knows what evil lurks in the heart of men? The 1994 Shadow movie does…
I decided, on a lark, to rewatch the 1994 The Shadow movie, starring (Emmy winner) Alec Baldwin, to see if the years since had been kind. When it came out I was (gulp) 15 and it was the third of…
Movies
Great article: 50 greatest movie trailers of all time
IFC has posted an article (with video, of course) listing what they consider the 50 greatest movie trailers of all time. I disagree with the placement of some of them, but the list is pretty darn good… and the top…
Geek, Movies
Tim Burton’s Batman, now 20 years old today…
”I’ve seen the future and it Will Be. I’ve seen the future, and it Works.” Here’s news to make you feel old: Tim Burtons Batman was released 20 years ago today, June 23rd 1989. Let me repeat that: 20 years…
Geek, Movies, Neglected Cinema
Retro Movie Review: Popeye
I am watching the DVD of Popeye, the oft-maligned film that Robert Altman made in the early 80s, and I am smiling. The movie, flaws and all, works for me. While I am no big Altman or Robin Williams fan,…
Disney, Movies
Review: Pixar’s UP
Well, since I spent a couple of hundred words writing about Mega Shark versus Giant Octopus the other day, I owe UP at least as much “ink”… so here it goes. My initial reaction was simple: the movie’s a masterpiece.…
Geek, Movies
Happy anniversary Star Wars! Thanks for the memories (good and bad)…
Today is the 32nd anniversary of the release of Star Wars (no, not Episode IV – they added that later)… and this past week was the 10th anniversary of Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Upon noting these milestones, I started…
Movies
The most ridiculous movie poster, EVER: You Only Live Twice
I collect movie posters, and I have seen some extremely silly ones in my time, but there is one poster that is the silliest, most ridiculous one ever created to promote a major motion picture – the poster for the…
Movies, Trek
Review: JJ Abrams’ Star Trek
Over the past week I read several early takes, from critics I respect, about how good the new Star Trek movie is. And I got really nervous. You see, I’m a Star Trek fan – at a certain point in…
Movies
The most ridiculous movie poster, EVER: You Only Live Twice
I collect movie posters, and I have seen some extremely silly ones in my time, but there is one poster that is the silliest, most ridiculous one ever created to promote a major motion picture – the poster for the…
Movies, Neglected Cinema
Retro movie review: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, unrated version
I recently bought the complete boxed set of all five Planet of the Apes movies on blu-ray, for a couple of reasons: one, I’m a fan of the series and wanted to upgrade from the DVDs I owned; and two,…
Movies
REVIEW: Monsters v. Aliens… in 3D!
I posted an update in my Facebook profile just before I took my three sons to see Monsters v. Aliens that I hoped that none of the characters in the movie had a paddle ball (which is the cliche’ when…
Movies
More (and final) thoughts on Watchmen…
I read with some interest an article from Nikki Finke on the Watchmen movie – in it she kind of mirrors my opinion of the movie, in that it was TOO literal a translation of the book, and that it…