I just watched a bunch of trailers on Apple; I was going to write about a few of the best.  Problem is, there’s a lot that look pretty good.  And they all star Nicole Kidman (actually three of them do, but still...)  I always forget during the summer that the good movies come out after.  Most of these are small, some (1-18-08, I Am Legend) are not.

[...Read More...]

The trailer makes this look like a remake of Short Circuit. Little more than a rehashing of previous Pixar greatness with a very brief clip of the movie, this is by far the least exciting of the Pixar teasers (even counting Cars which was worrying.) The teasers for Monsters, Inc. and The Incredibles were so cool it’s hard to understand why a teaser as lazy as this one escaped.  Every Pixar movie scares me because my expectations are so high; I’d hate to be disappointed.

[Leave a comment!]

I have chosen my fifteen favorite movies.  I’ll be posting something about each of them, starting with these, the ones that didn’t make the list.

[...Read More...]

...for a six year old.  And my six year old loves it.  Which is the point, as it were.  Superman is the kind of hero you wanted to be when playing games as a kid. 

"Bang! Bang! You’re dead!"

"NO! I’m bullet proof, and anyways I’m faster than a speeding bullet!"

"AhhhHA! I’ve caught you!"

"NO! I flew away! And I have XRAY vision and laser eyes and I can hear everything."

"Well, I’m really strong and I just threw a car at you!"

"...but I’m stronger than steel!"

[...Read More...]

Loved it ***1/2

[Leave a comment!]