Darths & Droids for Best Graphic Story
This is a recommendation to nominate the webcomic Darths & Droids for the Best Graphic Story Hugo award. I wrote... (More...)
This is a recommendation to nominate the webcomic Darths & Droids for the Best Graphic Story Hugo award. I wrote... (More...)
I've been trying to find the very interesting movie Conversation(s) With Other Women on Blu-ray for a while. This post... (More...)
If you're looking for an intertwining-plot-threads fun sweet romantic comedy to watch on Valentine's Day, you could do worse than... (More...)
(Can you tell I still don't speak French?) I finally went to see the movie of Les Miz the other... (More...)
I first saw the 1995 movie Unstrung Heroes in late 1996, and I liked it a lot. I bought it... (More...)
I watched 70 movies in 2012: 49 that I hadn't seen before, 21 that I had (though usually not in... (More...)
I've been watching a lot of movies lately, and have taken a look at a few new-to-me TV shows. Since... (More...)
Finally saw Avengers the other day. Enjoyed it quite a bit—liked it significantly more than any of the precursor movies... (More...)
There are a bunch of movies (both forthcoming and currently out) that I want to see this year, though I'm... (More...)
Wow, it’s apparently been two weeks since I posted here. FOGcon was good. It was great to get some time... (More...)
A couple weeks ago, I somehow happened across a mention of a 2005 movie I had never heard of: Imagine... (More...)
After watching The Artist a couple weeks back, I went looking at reviews, and found one—generally negative, but with some... (More...)
I watched 41 movies in 2011, including 8 that I had seen before. (I rarely rewatch movies, but I've been... (More...)
Some years back, I bought or was given the VHS version of the 1985 HBO special broadcast of Whoopi Goldberg's... (More...)
Saw Drive on Tuesday night. What a mistake that was. I ended up writing a rather long discussion of it,... (More...)
I go to one or two movies a month in theatres these days. Most of the time, I go to... (More...)
Finally saw Captain America tonight, and enjoyed it quite a bit. Not by any means a Great Film. But fun,... (More...)
I've had the 2004 movie The Terminal out from Netflix for a long time; finally decided last night to watch... (More...)
The NY Philharmonic recently did a production of Sondheim's Company starring Neil Patrick Harris (also featuring Stephen Colbert, Jon Cryer,... (More...)
Suddenly it seems like there are many Things going on around here: This weekend in Vallejo: NorCal Pirate Festival. Entertainers,... (More...)
I have been meaning for years to link to TV Tropes, a wiki that provides a vast and entertaining and... (More...)
I've been reading and watching the Hugo nominees, and just got to the 15-minute-long movie The Lost Thing, based on... (More...)
Saw Thor last night. Overall, mostly enjoyed it. Not brilliant, and not even as much fun as the Iron Man... (More...)
My favorite movie that I watched in 2010 (and there was some tough competition!) was Tangled, which I saw in... (More...)
I haven't been posting much lately, have I? In particular, it looks like I haven't posted any life updates here... (More...)
Some time ago, I saw a preview for the 2007 movie P.S. I Love You. It looked like it was... (More...)
Stephanie and I went to see Rango on Saturday night, and we enjoyed the heck out of it. It's an... (More...)
I know people have been pointing out for years that a lot of new movies that come out are based... (More...)
Back in March, I watched the original Pink Panther movie, and didn't like it much. But it did include a... (More...)
Having seen nothing about this movie other than the poster, which didn't interest me, I wasn't planning on seeing it.... (More...)
Friday evening, Kam and I went to see Despicable Me, and we enjoyed the heck out of it. It was... (More...)
Finally got around to seeing Inception on Friday afternoon. Although the previews looked promising, I went into it with somewhat... (More...)
Saw a preview for G-Force a while back, and it looked like it might be fun. Later, someone (perhaps Twig?)... (More...)
The previews for Knight and Day looked like fun, and I like both Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, so I... (More...)
When last we left me, it was a week ago and I had stayed home sick from work. Thursday was... (More...)
I saw a preview a while back of the animated kids' movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and it... (More...)
Every so often I get it into my head to watch some of the classic Westerns that I've never seen,... (More...)
I read Tuck Everlasting sometime in the early '90s, I think, and loved it. (I suspect I might not have... (More...)
I've been on a sudden movie-watching spree for the past week or two, after several months of averaging about one... (More...)
The latest video making the rounds: "The Fastest and Funniest LEGO Star Wars story ever told," covering the entire original... (More...)
After the wedding yesterday, I was heading home when I realized that it might be a good time to finally... (More...)
I got the 1981 movie Reds from Netflix back in November, but it was well over three hours long, on... (More...)
As many of y'all may recall, a year ago I committed the sacrilege of disliking Inkheart (the book). One of... (More...)
If you've seen Mean Girls and you like Disney stuff at all, you must go watch this two-minute mini-remake of... (More...)
Kam and I watched She's the Man last night. And loved it. For those who haven't heard of it (as... (More...)
Miggy's Disney-songs tournament proceeds apace. Do you care which Disney song gets declared the best of all time? Then go... (More...)
Ellen Oh, a Korean-American writer, is one of many people who've blogged about the shameful whitewashing of the cast of... (More...)
I recently learned about another modern movie that takes a Shakespeare play and reworks it to set it in a... (More...)
The opportunity of a Western is that it takes issues of our culture—conflict, racial conflict, economic injustice, what is... (More...)
Here's what I've been watching: Watched the first two episodes of Glee 'cause everyone's talking about it; interesting and often... (More...)
I've now seen three episodes of FlashForward. So far, I'd say it's an interesting show; not brilliant, but intriguing. (I... (More...)
Happened across a passing reference this morning to Sendak having come out last year (at age 80); looked it up... (More...)
Saw previews for Push some months back, and it looked intriguing: guys with telekinesis fighting each other. I came away... (More...)
Nice line from an article about Steven Soderbergh's films: [...] nearly every heist movie—predicated on an elaborate and improbable plan... (More...)
I thought I'd been hearing good things about the new movie 9, and I certainly liked the look of it... (More...)
Various friends have seen and liked Ponyo lately, but it was barely on my radar. And I must confess that... (More...)
Finally saw Juno tonight. It's fabulous: charming, funny, sweet, smart, and with just a bit of an edge. It has... (More...)
Ten years ago, Oni Press published a graphic novel called Whiteout, written by Greg Rucka and drawn by Steve Lieber.... (More...)
Quick recap of last week: Saturday night: Returned from Acadia to Boston. Sunday: Hung out at Michael & Lisa's. (Thanks... (More...)
Just happened across the news that John Hughes has died of a heart attack at age 59. I never saw... (More...)
Saw Mrs. Henderson Presents with Twig last night. Quite good, very much worth watching. Judi Dench is fabulous as always.... (More...)
Some mini-reviews of movies and DVDs I've watched lately. (More...)
I recently saw Natalie Portman live (well, on a screen, but in realtime, from a nearby location). Which gave me... (More...)
Excellent open letter to Pixar from Linda Holmes, asking for a movie featuring a girl who is not a princess.... (More...)
Just saw Up. Lovely movie. Thoroughly charming. Contains a zeppelin. Made me cry, made me laugh. Too sleepy (and have... (More...)
In conventional romance novels, you can always tell who the female main character is supposed to (and going to) end... (More...)
Saw Watchmen on Friday. No time for full discussion, but here's the short version of my reaction: Despite some flaws,... (More...)
A few months back, I saw previews for an animated movie called Igor. It looked like fun: the premise was... (More...)
I'm tempted to attend the Thursday midnight showing of Watchmen. The theatre a five-minute drive from my house is showing... (More...)
I'd like to see a John Hughes-style high school comedy set in a universe in which it's the smart kids... (More...)
We went to see Coraline tonight. I probably wouldn't have gotten around to it this weekend on my own, but... (More...)
I know at least two people who thought that the Coraline movie was directed by Tim Burton; it's an easy... (More...)
The list of Oscar nominees was released a couple days ago. Among the nominees for best animated short film is... (More...)
Just learned that Henry Selick (Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach) is directing a movie based on Coraline... (More...)
I wasn't planning to see this movie, but somehow over the past couple days it started sounding more and more... (More...)
I'd been seeing somewhat intriguing previews for this new animated movie The Tale of Despereaux, so it was already on... (More...)
Finally got around to watching Transamerica, which I've had out from Netflix for months. I kept thinking I might see... (More...)
After Xmas dinner this evening, Kam and I decided to watch something silly and fluffy, and it just so happened... (More...)
Tough choice between things to do in the South Bay Area next Friday evening (nine days from now): Talisman A... (More...)
I just happened across a site called Blindspots, featuring movie reviews that grade movies on the basis of how accessible... (More...)
Happened across an interview titled "Roger Moore: I'm the worst Bond, apparently" at the Telegraph just now, while looking for... (More...)
Friday evening, Kam and I watched National Treasure 2. It was fun and silly; perhaps not quite as much fun... (More...)
The Watchmen trailer is out, and it's gorgeous. A few tiny false notes, and a few smallish things that make... (More...)
As I mentioned the other day, I saw the movie Jumper back in March. Back when we saw it, all... (More...)
Went to the late showing of Prince Caspian last night, 'cause I figured it may not be in theatres much... (More...)
Having finally watched Das Boot recently, I'm now a step closer to having seen the top 75 of the IMDB's... (More...)
The other night, Twig and I were trying to decide what movie to watch, and I remembered that we'd talked... (More...)
Somehow I seem to have failed to link to Canadian animator Richard Condie's 1985 short film "The Big Snit," one... (More...)
Finally saw the movie of The Jane Austen Book Club. For some reason, I had gotten the impression that it... (More...)
About six and a half hours from now, I'm heading for the airport, whence I'll fly to Chicago for a... (More...)
tacityhydra just mentioned the Mo Movie Measure in passing; I was going to post this comment in response to that... (More...)
Two questions re movies in the '80s: 1. Summer of '96 (I think), I decided to introduce Repo Man to... (More...)
Kam and I saw the movie of The Golden Compass tonight. There may be some minor spoilers in this entry.... (More...)
They've started shooting the Watchmen movie! For a March, 2009 release! A blog entry on the official site shows some... (More...)
The two things that everyone mentioned about The Triplets of Belleville back when it came out were that the movie... (More...)
Last night I was in the mood to watch a movie. The only one of my Netflix movies that I... (More...)
A couple of people have remarked on my silence of late--I've posted only five journal entries in the past two... (More...)
At the last movie I saw in a theatre (one of this summer's part-three installments--maybe Spider-Man 3?), I saw a... (More...)
I never did get around to writing here about the tall ships. I would still like to, but the chances... (More...)
One quick note about the commentary on Howl's Moving Castle: A bunch of people in the supplemental materials on the... (More...)
I liked it quite a bit. (More...)
I once again find myself struck with blogging paralysis--too many things I want to write about, not enough time to... (More...)
I have no interest in seeing Snakes on a Plane, but I've been amused and/or interested by some articles related... (More...)
It's been a while since I've posted a collection of videos, and the links keep rolling in. So here's a... (More...)
The following is a spoiler, of a sort; kind of a meta-spoiler. But I nonetheless claim that almost everyone will enjoy Superman Returns more if they know this than if they don't know it; knowing this will help you set your expectations appropriately (and most of you probably know it already anyway). However, I know some people won't want to know it, in which case don't read the rest of this entry.
(More...)Kam and I saw The Da Vinci Code a couple weeks ago. A few thoughts and comments: I haven't read... (More...)
I coulda sworn that I posted at some point about parkour, the French sport/skill involving urban running, jumping, climbing, and... (More...)
Kam and I finally saw Fantastic Four. It was, pretty much as expected, fun fluff. Better than Daredevil (which I... (More...)
(This is another case where I wrote most of the entry months ago but didn't get around to posting it... (More...)
Studio Ghibli has released a second trailer for Gedo Senki, a.k.a. Tales from Earthsea. You may have to right-click that... (More...)
Peter W. pointed to the Five-Minute "Battlestar Galactica: The Miniseries" comic. Sort of in the style of the old Fotonovels,... (More...)
And after all that fuss about how I was going to flood y'all with entries, I ended up not posting... (More...)
Links to a bunch of cool online video items, for your delectation and enjoyment. Some of these require Flash; some... (More...)
The other day the song "Somewhere That's Green" (from Little Shop of Horrors, though I have the movie soundtrack rather... (More...)
Some items that may or may not add up to more than the sum of their parts: Okay, so there's... (More...)
Finally got around to seeing the new King Kong. As usual, this won't be so much a review as a... (More...)
Something I see quite often in both submissions and published fiction (including movies) is plots that hinge on people taking... (More...)
While checking the quote in that last entry, I stumbled into a forum thread on The misconceptions you had about... (More...)
Here are some of the things I've done in the past week, in no particular order: finally washed some dishes... (More...)
I'm continuing to re-read the Narnia books. Will have more to say about that sooner or later, but for now,... (More...)
Last month, Nick pointed to the teaser trailer for what he called Jesus Christ, Superman, for reasons that will become... (More...)
It's been Jed's movie week. Narnia last weekend; Æon Flux Monday night; Brokeback Mountain last night (review to come later).... (More...)
The Narnia movie was splendid. I went into it with very high hopes and a lot of trepidation. The hopes... (More...)
Watched the new movie of Æon Flux after work this evening. The first third or so was every bit as... (More...)
Assorted comics and comics-related items, plus a few cat and lizard photos, and some other stuff. Nifty comic strip in... (More...)
I've been hearing for years about It Should Happen to You: directed by George (My Fair Lady, Philadelphia Story) Cukor,... (More...)
A couple years ago, I found out that there were plans for a live-action movie of one of my favorite... (More...)
Been meaning to post about these for weeks. Aeon Flux! Starring Charlize Theron, a welcome addition to the hot female... (More...)
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