Seriously. Go see it. It's good.

No, it's not A Princess of Mars: The Movie. But it's a lot closer to that than I thought it was going to be. The story is strong, the characterization is believable, and I really like the way the movie develops the relationship between John and Tars Tarkas ( Read more... )

1. The Mask of Zorro - ***1/2 (out of 5)
   Sweetie had never seen this one, so we watched it at my place. Still very fun, even after several viewings and more than a decade.
   
   
2. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - ***1/2
   A good, solid action flick, with a great twist on the classic Holmes story. Both Sweetie and I liked it very much.

So, in 2011, I watched ( Read more... )

1. Changing Lanes - **** (out of 5 ( Read more... )

1. The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader - ***1/2 (out of 5)
   Considering that Prince Caspian was a tad disappointing after The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, I expected this one to be worse yet, but I was pleasantly surprised.
   
   
2. Puss in Boots - ***1/2
   This one was just fun. Not quite as good as Shrek or Shrek II, but still very ( Read more... )

Is there anyone else who hates, hates, HATES the combat and movement controls in Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as much as I do?

• Who the fuck came up with the lame-ass idea of making the character turn only when the camera turns? In almost every other game I've ever played, moving the left stick turns the character in that direction, even if the camera ( Read more... )

1. Red - ***1/2 (out of five)
   I'd been meaning to see this for a while, and I finally got it from Netflix, so my sweetie and I watched it over the weekend. It was fun, and a lot sillier than we expected. But overall, a decent movie.
   
   
2. The ExpendablesAnother one I'd been meaning to see, so I streamed it last night. Oddly enough, this movie was rather ( Read more... )

1. Maléna - **1/2 (out of five)
   Depressing. Somewhat misogynistic, but appropriate for the time period (WWII). Even so, despite excellent acting and great cinematography, I found it very uncomfortable to watch.

1. My Cousin Vinny - ***1/2 (out of 5 ( Read more... )

Yeah, yeah, I know. Back in this review of the original inFamous, I said I wasn't interested in playing inFamous 2. But at Gam3rCon, I met Mark Kramer (formerly of the Canton Mudders), and he said that he'd played both and thought that inFamous 2 actually had a better story. This intrigued me, considering the crap-ass Chris Clairmont ending of the ( Read more... )

Over the weekend, my sweetie and I watched four movies. Two of them were movies she'd been bugging me to see for a long time, and the other two were ones neither of us had seen before.

1. The Wizard of Speed and Time - ***1/2 (out of 5 ( Read more... )