Last week when I reviewed Ant-Man and the Wasp I debated putting a ranking in but couldn’t decide what criteria to use. I’m not a fan of ranking scales that place everything almost exclusively in a narrow window. A lot of places use a five-point scale, stars of letter grades, and almost Read more…
I made it out to see Ant-Man and the Wasp recently. Went with the whole family and made it through the entire movie without my son needing a bathroom break. Yay! Quick take: Worth seeing Obvious spoiler warning. This movie was a breath of fresh air for the MCU. After Read more…
How do you decide if you like something? Do you just roll with whatever subjective feeling you have at the time (ie first impression) or do you think about your experience later and analyze why you should or should not like something? Now that’s a pretty broad question. Objectively I Read more…
The movie industry loves a remake. Many fans decry the practice, yet the movies make money so apparently we aren’t that opposed to them. A friend of mine asked on Facebook recently why this practice is okay for movies but not books? He was wondering why we can’t have a Read more…
I’ve been looking for an excuse to get out of the house for a few hours by myself. Normally, I do this by going to a movie. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been anything out that I felt like spending $10 on. But this weekend I discovered that the cheap theater (can’t Read more…
I recently saw some Youtube videos that posed the questions, “What if the Star Wars prequels were actually good?” Us geeks could debate forever the merits of the prequels. Many fans loath them. Some, like me, accept them for what they are and can find some good still in them. Read more…
Books and movies are often linked. For many blockbusters, a book will be written to be released with the movie. Many popular books get made into movies (note to movie studios reading this, Aristeia would make a great set of movies). Whenever this happens, you will hear people say either Read more…
Unlike most people who call themselves Geeks, I have never read the Hobbit. I only read Lord of the Rings right before the movies came out. And then only because the chick I was dating loved them (we’re married now so it worked out). While the story was good, I’m Read more…
Last week I made a post about some old school movies I still haven’t seen. One of the commenters included a list of his top ten movies. Not only did this remind me a few more movies I need to add to my To Watch list (Blade Runner, Godfather part Read more…
Had the chance to go see the Hunger Games last week. I had heard many good things and my wife had gotten to see it one day when a theater did a take your baby to the movies showing. I went into the movie only knowing the basic premise, that Read more…