It was field day for my older kids today, so they got out of school early. I couldn’t let them waste the day, right? I took off and we went and caught a matinée. This is a great movie. Not just a great comic book movie… its a great movie. I won’t spoil it. Oh, […]
I saw Spiderman 3 with my kids tonight. I didn’t quite know what to expect because the reviews have been mixed. I figured the kids would enjoy it but that I’d be disappointed. I wasn’t. It is true that this third movie is not be quite the masterpiece that the last one was. The scene […]
Somehow a rumor got started that Gillian Anderson had ruled out involvement in any future X-Files project. Well, she felt compelled to address this rumor and those gossip hound(s) that started it at her blog: I want to address the recent confusion around whether or not I enjoyed working on the X-Files… I don’t even […]
Let me get the movie review part out of the way. The Prestige is great! Go see it. 5 out of 5 stars. What I really want to do is talk about the movie – with spoilers. Trust me – you don’t want this movie spoiled. Imagine having The Sixth Sense explained in advance. Come […]
In the last couple of weeks I’ve seen two very different movies that I’d highly recommend to anyone who enjoys the topics we cover at The Speculist: The Astronaut Farmer, and The Prestige. The Astronaut Farmer (which just opened in theaters) is the family film of these two. This is the sort of dream-affirming film […]
The movie Rocky Balboa is great. If you have any appreciation of the series you won’t be let down. The love story of Rocky and Adrian really needed this final chapter. [MILD SPOILER] It says something about Talia Shire’s wonderful portrayal of Adrian that her absence is so… brutal… in a bittersweet way. So yeah, […]
I’m being forced off-topic in order to make this public service announcement – please don’t buy the 2006 live action version of “Year Without a Santa Claus.” It comes out today on DVD after premiering last night on television. It is just awful. Everything about it screams that it was done cheap. The script is […]
I went to a midnight showing of Batman Begins last night. Simply put, it was one of the finest action adventures movies I’ve ever seen. Don’t miss it. It’s presently pulling 83% positive reviews on the Tomato meter. The 17% that didn’t like it apparently didn’t go see the movie I saw. Maybe they rented […]