A month and a half after it came out, I finally got around to seeing Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and hey, that movie was really good! Which is news to no one at this point since everyone else has already seen it, but I wanted to note it here anyway.

I also saw Godzilla, which...is not as good. It's also not bad, especially when the big ( Read more... )

- A friend of mine wanted to see The Monuments Men, and wow, is that ever a bunch of talented actors stuck in a completely lifeless movie. There's no momentum or tension, just a bunch of maudlin war movie cliches strung together.

- I think I have comic book movie fatigue. Neither the Captain America nor the Spider-Man sequel trailers elicit the ( Read more... )

So, I'm assuming many of you have already seen it and therefore this is old news, but Catching Fire was really, really good! My only real criticism is that I don't think either of the male leads are capable of holding the screen next to Jennifer Lawrence. I like Peeta a lot in the books, but Josh Hutcherson does nothing for me (admittedly, I'm at ( Read more... )

Iron Man 3 is such a vast improvement over Iron Man 2 that they don't even seem like part of the same movie franchise. ( Beware of Spoilers! )

A belated Happy New Year to everyone! I hope 2013 is treating all of you well so far.

My DVR and I are in a fight right now because it didn't record the season premiere of Justified last night. And FX, in their infinite wisdom, isn't rerunning it until after the second episode airs next week. Which from a programming standpoint, makes NO SENSE, ( Read more... )

I went to see Argo this afternoon, which I thought was very good. Even knowing basically how it all ended in real life, I was still on the edge of my seat. Fantastic directing and editing, and great turns by all the actors (looking at IMDB I see that Clea Duvall plays one of the people Ben Affleck's character is trying to smuggle out of Iran. I ( Read more... )

My review of Total Recall: Colin Farrell is handsome. Kate Beckinsale has beeyootiful hair. Things blew up. Three days after seeing the movie, these are the only impressions of it that I have ( Read more... )

I saw The Avengers yesterday, and in honor of it being Joss's first big-budget movie I shelled out for the 3D RPX screen experience, which was so loud that my head felt jangly for hours afterwards. I think this means I'm old now? Anyway, that's not a criticism, just a warning for other old people ( Read more... )

So, I was mostly very happy with the adaptation of The Hunger Games. First of all, Jennifer Lawrence was great, and I apologize for ever doubting in casting her as Katniss. My doubt was always more about her age than her acting skills, but the filmmakers did a good job of making her look younger than she does in real life and I thought she was very ( Read more... )

I went to the movies and saw Fright Night last night, and it was good fun! A few non-spoilery comments ( Read more... )