Tag Archive for 'Movies'

Lego Indiana Jones

So we’ve watched the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull movie (which I still say is an outrageuosly long title for a movie).  Before that we refreshed our Indy knowledge rewatching Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.  [Have [...]

The Kingdom - movie review

I have to admit that I can’t remember when The Kingdom came out in theaters or if I’d even heard of it at all before I read the back of the DVD box at the local rental shop.  I thought it sounded interesting so Muse picked it up yesterday for the weekly $10 Tuesday rental [...]

Indiana Jones and the what?

Warning: contains some minor spoilers but seriously, have you seen the previews?
Muse and I went to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull [omg could that title be any longer] at the theater in Tung Chung last Sunday.  We laughed our butts off, usually for the expected reasons, for the first half [...]

Happy Birthday Buddha

It’s Monday and I’m sitting at home still un-showered and working on comics.  Today is a public holiday here in Hong Kong.  It’s Buddha’s birthday!  Who am I to argue?  Sadly though, public holidays are a double-edged sword.  Sure you get the day off, but unless you feel like pushing through crowds of people everywhere [...]

I Am Legend book review

Here’s something I didn’t know when I bought the book I Am Legend: it’s a short story collection.  I Am Legend is only the first 159 pages and then the rest of the book is all additional short stories by Richard Matheson.  Nowhere on the front or back of the book does it say that.  [...]

Last few nails…

And now we see the last few nails in the coffin for HD DVD.  I had mentioned a few days ago that the format war was over but the news over the past couple of days is just rubbing salt in the wounds.  Retail leviathan Wal-Mart has announced that it will no longer carry HD [...]

Bummer, Blu-Ray wins

Well, the format war between HD DVD and Blu-Ray DVD for HD format dominance was basically over when Warner Brothers announced that they would stop producing HD DVD versions of their movies as of the summer of 2008.  Considering that Warner Brothers makes up a ton of DVD sales this is pretty much the death [...]

Review: Stranger than Fiction

Muse and I watched the Will Ferrell movie Stranger than Fiction last night. Considering it didn’t do very well in theaters even though it had a great cast, I thought I’d put my two cents in for the DVD rental crowd. To sum it up quickly, if you’re looking for an original movie [...]

Monsters & movies

I’ve been wanting to see Cloverfield but I’m a little hesitant because of the “shaky handycam” style of shooting that the film uses. Comparing the movie to the Blair Witch Project certainly doesn’t help my enthusiasm either since that was one of the worst movies ever made. I’m fairly certain that Plan 9 [...]

New Batman movie will be postponed

The first thing I see in my e-mail this morning when I wake up?  Actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his New York City apartment yesterday.  The same Heath Ledger that starred in Brokeback Mountain and was cast as The Joker in the upcoming Batman movie The Dark Knight.
Filming was already well under way [...]