What I'm looking forward to the most this year is the World Cup. And Iron Man 2.

So there is a new 2 disc DVD release of Back to The Future. I already have the trilogy DVD set, so I don't care, right? Well, maybe not. See, this new version has some different special features, the most noteworthy being the footage from the BttF ride! I rode on that a long time ago, and I would totally dig being able to watch it again, but I don' ( Read more... )

Leading up to Halloween, I watched a lot of horror/suspense/whatever movies as my way of getting into the holiday spirit. Candy helped, too ( Read more... )

So I have this memory of watching a movie on TV sometime in the late 80s or early 90s, and there's this scene that has stuck in my head, and I want to figure out what it is. The scene takes place in a mausoleum, and a woman is attacked by corpses. I don't think they were actually animated corpses like zombies, rather they were all eerily hovering ( Read more... )

I don't know if anyone will be both available and interested (hooray for making last minute plans), but I am going to get lunch at Great Wall of China downtown tomorrow. I've been in the mood for both Chinese and buffet, and it's the only place in Davis for that. So, anybody interested? I'd say around 11.30 ( Read more... )

Have you heard about this movie 2012? It's about the end of the world or whatever, basically a big dumb disaster movie. As far as I can tell, it's based on the Mayan calender ending then, and all this other hooplah that the credulous think means that the world will end in 2012. Aside from the fact that it's based on world ending flim-flam, I hate ( Read more... )

Is anyone doing the midnight Harry Potter thing? I have Wednesday off, so I am pondering whether I want to do it. In my advanced age, I'm not sure if I can handle staying up so late. I'm not even sure if there are still seats available ( Read more... )

Just to clarify, I do not recommend going to see Transformers 2. If you are on the fence about it, may I suggest that you go read the following articles from Rob at Topless Robot?
The first is a general review of the movie and why it is so terrible. The second is a more detailed look at the plot and its problems, in handy FAQ form. Both contain ( Read more... )

Hey, I saw Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen today! Thanks to AJ for the ticket, an early birthday gift. Here are some of my musings on it.

( Spoilers ahoy! )

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