A first-run theater where all shows are just $4.75 !?! Even Juno and Thank You For Smoking won’t keep me away from that!
Archive for the ‘Entertainments’ Category
Ten Second Movie Review: Up in the Air
Posted in Entertainments on January 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ten Second Movie Review: Sherlock Holmes
Posted in Entertainments on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I know I saw it. And Robert Downey Jr. was in it, so he must have been great.
Ten Second Movie Review: The Proposal
Posted in Entertainments on August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The two votes of my mother and wife outweigh my one vote for Harry Potter.
Doors
Posted in Entertainments on August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was thinking about Silver Spoons on Tuesday. You know, Silver Spoons starring Ricky Schroeder and Alfonso from Fresh Prince, not to mention the fabulously dreamy Kate who was even dreamier on Buck Rogers. Anyway what came to mind was that stately Spoon Manor was a sprawling castle from the looks of it on the [...]
Ten Second Movie Review: Star Trek
Posted in Entertainments on May 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Start to finish thrill ride. And it’s good to see the Orions have been emancipated.
Ten Second Movie Review: Juno
Posted in Entertainments on May 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Funny, heart-warming, delightful. Except all of the parts with Juno, which were insufferable.
Movie Review Review: Cloverfield More Like Crapperfield
Posted in Entertainments on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sorry to report my deep disappointment in the reviews for the latest blockbuster film by J.J. Abrams and some other guys I’ve never heard of. Ever since mysteriously untitled posters and deliciously cryptic teaser trailers started to generate excitement I’ve been eagerly awaiting the chance to read the critic’s appraisals of the disaster epic [...]
What I Think Will Happen On Lost
Posted in Entertainments on May 25, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Last night my wife and I huddled around the computer monitor to tune in the season finale of Lost. Here’s what I thought. I was somewhat disappointed with Jack’s beard. Besides looking like one of those fake ones that hook behind the ears, it gave it away that it was a post-island future, diminishing the [...]
The Lips and Me
Posted in Entertainments on April 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I dreamed that I was the drummer for the musical ensemble The Flaming Lips. This came as quite a surprise to me even in the dream since I learned about my position in the band just before going on stage. I was a huge Lips-head in high school and still enjoy their music, [...]
Bye Bye Miss Stairway to Heaven
Posted in Entertainments on April 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We used to have quite a good oldies radio station here playing mostly music from the 1960s and some from the 70s, but nothing to upset your pacemaker, just nice and easy. This music was before my time, but after I turned twenty five or so I didn’t want to hear the newfangled hipping and [...]
