Conversation overheard in the office today. Both of these women were entirely serious:

WOMAN 1: "Have you heard of that new movie coming out soon... Twilight 4?"
WOMAN 2: "Oh yeah. It sounded like a documentary."

I was watching some of Kill Bill, Volume 2 yesterday. And I had a realization. ( Zomg spoilerz )

For the first time in a long time, there is a movie I am really excited about seeing.

...Even despite the fact that Ewan McGregor's accent is in need of more practice. They should've had him use his normal voice, I think.

The interesting things one can learn in a dictionary: Houston may take a faintly terrifying turn in the future, but somehow, I doubt this. Wiktionary's current example sentence for the word "rakish": ... the rakish Dennis Quaid, a Houston native who is moving to Texas in a couple of years and wants it to become "the new Hollywood." (Houston ( Read more... )

Wow, I forgot just how TERRIBLE old James Bond movies are.

Just got back from Austin, visiting The Kitty. If you are in Austin and upset that I didn't see you, bear this in mind: I woke up sick the first day there. After that, I only left the ranch for a meal and DayQuil. I really need to start getting on this allergy therapy thing (which is supposed to help me stay healthy by keeping my immune system out ( Read more... )

Sometimes, The Maternal Unit surprises even me. Right now, The Name of the Rose is on.

TMU: "I read the novel when it was popular. Sean Connery's good in it, and the film itself is pretty well done, but it doesn't do the book justice."
Sfida: "Well, that is the usual case."
TMU: "There's just a certain...richness the book had that the film just ( Read more... )

So, this movie parody writer that Pontus got me on to has a book out. It's been out for some time, but curiously, not in America, despite the fact that the author is American, and she wrote the book here. I seethed. For some reason, I was under the impression that I couldn't just up and buy it from some other Amazon (UK, in this instance). But now ( Read more... )

...the Fifth of November, the gunpowder, treason, and plot. I see no reason why Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot.

"...unless you're American, or never got taught any history, or both, in which case I see no reason why gunpowder treason should even ring a bell."

Not one of the 3.4 frillion movie channels has V for Vendetta on. Epic fail.

Ugh, the forty-eight hours between last Thursday evening and the following Saturday evening would just not end. Why, you ask?

Back in January, at the Houston Auto Show, I spent a long time looking at the Mazda Miata, and thought to myself: "I'm young, single, no family on the immediate horizon...WHY DIDN'T I GET ONE OF THESE?!" I'd been ( Read more... )