I should not have stayed up late to watch Alias after the movies we rented last night, but it was so damn good that I can forgive them the last dozen or so crappy episodes. Good ol' Jack, killing people and reviving them just so he can kill them again. That's badass. Kill Bill … [Read more...] about Monday morning
Movies
on movies I saw this weekend…
Hellboy. Enh. I loved the blue flame effects, but the rest of the movie (cough*plot*cough) left me pretty cold. The trailers were good, though, and there were a lot of them. Spider-man 2, Van Helsing, Kill Bill 2, White Chicks, The Punisher, Soul Plane, Sky Captain and the World … [Read more...] about on movies I saw this weekend…
Just to liven things up
Thirteen Evil Things to do at a showing of The Passion: On your way out, ask other members of the audience if they have any idea whether there's a novelization of the movie. Mention that you hope that Neil Gaiman writes it. … [Read more...] about Just to liven things up
Writing links: first-person, Kushiel
Caitln Kiernan muses on the limitations of first-person writing. Spotted in the SFWA Bulletin: Mary Anne Mohanraj is looking for Kushiel-like books. Send her some; I'd like to read them. The last entry was #500. Woo. … [Read more...] about Writing links: first-person, Kushiel
Translations
We got home from seeing "Lost in Translation" to find a message on the machine from Michael's mom. "Hi. [mournfully] Call me…. I'm so depressing…. [cheerfully] Okay, bye!" … [Read more...] about Translations
Just in case
Just got back from seeing The Butterfly Effect. I'm noting this here so that if it turns out to fuck up my life as badly as it did my afternoon, I can go back through the archives and fix it. … [Read more...] about Just in case
Words of wisdom
- Neil Gaiman, on the troubles afflicting "The Passion" … [Read more...] about Words of wisdom
The father, the son, and the holy spigot
Mike Newell, director of Four Weddings and a Funeral, may direct Harry Potter 4. ("And we like the idea of a Harry Potter film opening with repeated use of four-letter expletives.") I haven't been keeping track of things, it seems—the article mentions that Prisoner of … [Read more...] about The father, the son, and the holy spigot
The Italian Job
Do not let anyone tell you that this movie is anything other than delightful. It's funny. It's fast. The plot is satisfying, with a minimum of the plot holes heist-caper flicks are prone to. If the second half is somewhat predictable, the first half makes up for it. And while I'm … [Read more...] about The Italian Job
House of Horrors
The SciFi Wire brings us several unwelcome tidbits today. First, there's going to be a Garfield movie. Has the strip been funny at all in the last 10 years? Will the movie be any different? I hadn't heard this before, but evidently they're making an animated series based on … [Read more...] about House of Horrors
