I went to see "Jumper" because it is based on a book by a Texas writer, Steven Gould, who I met a time or two at local conventions, and he was fun on panels. "Jumper" is a story of a guy who puts his powers of teleportation to a "good use" by teleporting into bank vaults, robbing them and setting himself up with a life of leisure. He continues to ( Read more... )

On Christmas day we went to see "Atonement", based on Ian McEwan's novel by the same title. It's a World War II-era drama ( Read more... )

A couple of days ago I saw "The Golden Compass", based on Philip Pullman's book by the same title, the first one in "His Dark Materials" trilogy. We read and discussed this book at the Science And Religion In Fiction book club, and I'll write a report sometime soon; in this post I will mention some differences between the movie and the book. Of ( Read more... )

Last Saturday Steve and I we went to see Michael Moore's movie "Sicko". I'm sure other reviewers have said what I'm about to say, but I'll add a "me too". "Sicko" is at its best when it shows how the health care system in the US is perverted by insurance companies, that hold all the power. It is based on a perverse system of incentives, because ( Read more... )

I found a movie yesterday I wanted to see: "The Lives of Others", a drama set in the former East Germany in the mid-80s. (IMDB tagline: "Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets ( Read more... )

Well, not a review in the proper sense. Just some notes ( Read more... )

Steve's mother is visiting us since last weekend, and she is kindly letting Steve and I to go out in the evening as often as we want to, while she takes care of Erika. So last weekend we did something as exotic as going to the movies. If one sees at most two movies a year, it's hard to decide which movies are worthy of that honor. So I make like a ( Read more... )

Last night, Steve and I saw the new James Bond flick.

By the way, I have an emotional resistance to watching movies. Here's why. ( It is completely irrelevant to my opinion of 'Casino Royale' and can be skipped without consequences. :-) )

On Sunday, Steve and I continued a "going out binge", i.e. enjoyed opportunities to get out of the house while we have someone (his mother) to watch the baby. So we went to see "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy". 5 minutes into the movie the credits rolled, the dolphins sang "so long and thanks for all the fish" and left the planet Earth, and ( Read more... )