Nineteen vids! A wealth of enjoyment! ( Read more... )

( one decent, one execrable, no spoilers )

Somewhere or other we acquired a boxed set of 50 "classic" sci-fi movies on DVD. We figured it was a treasure trove of really bad movies, and we were right! Laser Mission is actually one of the more recent flicks included, but oh, it's BAD. It's also fun - it's the kind of bad movie that's good with popcorn and laughter ( Read more... )

( Over-the-top Pinky Violence, ho! )

Taking a short break from grading to catch up on describing some movies we've watched over the last few weeks!

( no spoilers )

Two delightful movies!

We watched Kung Fu Panda Monday night (with pate!); I thought it would be funny, but I liked it even better than I expected. I really, really liked what was written on the dragon scroll.

We watched Kiki's Delivery Service last night (with escargots). We've loved several of Miyazaki's movies, so we were not at all surprised ( Read more... )

Fluffy popcorn flick, lots of chases, special effects, etc. One major source of frustration: the whole movie seems to be building up to a big martial-arts confrontation between Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh, which is really a dream battle for aficionadoes. There is one, and it's gorgeous, but it lasts about two minutes. Bah!

Here he comes, here comes Speed Racer
he's a demon on wheels!
( no spoilers, just nattering )

( We paid 99 cents for this movie and I think it was worth it. :-) )

Rented and watched Batman Begins earlier this week in case we go see the Dark Knight in the theater. It had ninjas! I didn't really get emotionally engaged with the characters, but it was fun to watch. And there were ninjas! I was kinda distracted by trying to figure out if the girl was Katie Holmes (she was) and trying to divorce enjoying her ( Read more... )