The latest Star Trek movie may well be one of the best action movies I've ever seen.

Or is that just the Imax talking?

Decadence is ignoring the sunny, 63-degree January weather to stay inside and watch three Harry Potter Movies (we watched the first two last weekend). Last year we watched the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The next movie starts at 5pm and will be accompanied by roasted chestnuts and drinking chocolate.

I'm filling in the spaces between installments ( Read more... )

Last night I saw U2 3D at the Imax. It features U2. And it's in 3D.

If you are a U2 fan, you'll want to see this one. Its last show time at the Austin Imax is Saturday, July 12. The show is not a documentary (like the recent Rolling Stones movie)--it's a film of a concert in a stadium in Buenos Aires.

The lead singer, Bono, was a little full of ( Read more... )

[Spoiler alert: the following talks about the ending of the movie.]

Lyn and I saw Juno this evening. It's a hip little movie ( Read more... )

At the aforementioned party, the subject of Firefly came up. Someone said he hadn't watched but decided he didn't like it because everyone kept telling him how great it was. If everyone liked it, he figured it couldn't be very good. (I admit I might not be fully capturing the subtlety of his position.)

I was surprised by the strength of my ( Read more... )

The movie Space Balls came up in conversation at a party this ( Read more... )

We watched the movie Lucky # Slevin this evening. The story ( Read more... )

Last evening I was able to realize one of my lifelong dreams--to lie flat on my back and watch a movie projected on the ceiling. This was at a friend's birthday party. We watched 3:10 to Yuma, a western starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. It's a good movie, if you like westerns.

There is one drawback to this setup it turns out. After an ( Read more... )

Did you know that in France they have socialized transportation ( Read more... )

Woohoo! I made it to IMDB. I now have a finite Bacon number.