Movies

I saw X-Men: First Class on Saturday, and I know some other reviewers don't agree, but I thought it was the best superhero movie I've seen in a long time. I've not seen any of director Matthew Vaughn's other movies, but on the strength of this one, I think I'll have to. It's that good. It was well-written too, which is a bit of a surprise since there are six credited writers, … [Read more...] about X-Men: First Class – Review

I went to see the movie Skyline yesterday. I should have known better. The distributor has been advertising it like crazy, but as the release date approached, they didn't preview it for movie critics. That usually means they're trying to hide how much their movie sucks. And with a Metacritic score of 28 and 10% on the Tomatometer, the signs were not promising. Still, there … [Read more...] about Skyline – Review

Well, the Academy Awards were last night, and I'm sure all the trendy ironic folks will be making the usual comments about Hollywood self-congratulation, but I mostly enjoyed it. I like movies, and I think good filmmaking deserves to be honored. I do have one nit to pick, however, with the movie montage they showed as part of their salute to horror movies. Less than halfway … [Read more...] about The Horrors of Oscar Night

I saw Avatar yesterday, and it was a pretty darned good movie. If you think you might like this kind of thing, just go see it. As with James Cameron's earlier film Titanic, the star of this film is the magnificent setting and the way it is presented. The lush world of Pandora is beautiful, the CGI that creates the aliens is every bit as good as everyone else says, and the 3D … [Read more...] about Avatar – A Review, or Maybe a Metareview

I hate it when movie theaters put a message on the screen where they threaten to prosecute us for using a recording device. I understand they want to prevent people from copying movies, and I don't plan on any bootlegging, but I don't like doing business with places that treat me like a criminal. Since a taping incident doesn't hurt a theater directly very much, I wondered if … [Read more...] about Muvico Must Hate Its Customers