I read some reviews of the movie that were bad, and the reasons that were given were things that fell away for me as I watched the movie. The accuracy of the technology or the science at play? Sure, verisimilitude Read more…
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How I wanted this to be a great film; how I wanted it to steal back some of the ground that the second movie lost for the sequel; how I wish that I could report that it succeeded. But it Read more…
I have never been as in love with the idea Of Superman as other super heroes – he always struck me as being a little boring. Christopher Reeve elevated him into something I never really found in the comics, but Read more…
I thought this was going to be more involving than it was. It was easy to watch and the low-key acting was easy enough to believe, but it was basically something with the feel of a television movie. Solid yet Read more…
From what I had heard about this movie, I was expecting something a lot worse than what I sat down to watch, and while it is not an amazing film by any stretch of the imagination, it is no way Read more…
I don\’t like Walter White – he isn\’t any kind of hero to me. I like Jesse though, he retains a quality throughout that makes him likable, and I think it is his struggle to remain human, and his semi-victory Read more…
I think I have used this term here before – a meringue movie; meaning a movie that is pretty to look at, but which has no substance. This seemed to me to be such a movie, and I am frustrated Read more…
Anyway, as will often happen, I was filling out a wishlist on Amazon, and I recalled the book, hunted it down, and decided to buy it. I am so glad that I did. For me this book sits alongside One Flew Read more…
I really enjoyed this film – it was an easy seduction from the moment that I saw the trailer. It could have failed though, as many long and lyrical films do, to hold my interest for its length. I am Read more…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTetpEr74xc&w=560&h=315] What a great premise and what a great cast – this looks like it will be really entertaining.