Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was just on TV. A great movie, every time I see it (and every time, it ends like five minutes before I thought it did). But now I'm wondering how Jefferson Smith would view the current crop in Congress ( Read more... )

Finally got around to seeing Men In Black 3. It held my interest, and I enjoyed it. But I absolutely loved the character Griffin! Seeing all the possible futures, and narrating them as they happen or don't: he definitely struck a chord with me.

I was just doing a little work on Shh! It's a Secret, Daniel M. Kimmel's novel that I'm publishing. The story is about making a movie in Hollywood, a comic science fiction novel (trust me: you'll love it). Anyway, while I was working, the tv was on in the background, and Singin' in the Rain came on. That's a wonderful movie about... making movies ( Read more... )

Midnight in Paris
Written and Directed by Woody Allen
Starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, and Marion Cotillard

Warning: this post is spoilerific. If you haven't yet seen the movie Midnight in Paris, but intend to, you'd probably best skip this post. Second warning: this is not a full, regular review, but rather a discussion/question of one key ( Read more... )

Short Circuit is on in the background. It's been a long time since I've seen this movie, and I'm stunned by the parallels to The Big Bang Theory. From the Indian character who has trouble fitting in to American society, to the genius who has no understanding of girls, to the cute average girl who drags the geniuses to reality... Wow! And I was ( Read more... )

I'm working with the television on in the background: Back to the Future II. Do you realize that, in five years, hover conversions to make flying cars will be commonplace, the average home will have fax machines in every room, home hydrators will reduce the size of a take-home pizza to about four inches, and little kids will be zooming around on ( Read more... )

I'm listening to Zach Braff's Garden State while I'm editing today, I'm reminded of the nifty bits of surrealism he's thrown into the movie, not to rub our faces in the surreal, but just as little bits of background for an otherwise very realistic (but well told) story: Silent velcro, an unfurnished mansion, a randomly shaped swimming pool, an ( Read more... )

A bunch of my friends have been commenting on the new Sherlock Holmes movie, and I realized some of y'all don't regularly read SFScope.com, so I thought I'd include this link to my review of the movie, because you don't have to be a sf fan to like the film.

Listening to President Obama's news conference right now. He teased me, a moment ago, with what was almost a science fiction reference.

The topic is health care reform, and he started the point by saying "If we have a red pill and a blue pill," and I was waiting for a reference to The Matrix's "show you the truth or let you continue living the lie ( Read more... )

Back from the funeral (which, other than the reason for being there, was very nice: Kit's got some interesting and fun relatives), and I'm in-town for less than two days.

SFScope is back! We've got it migrated to the new host and working again (though we're still trying to figure out the problem with the banner ads, but all our advertisers will ( Read more... )