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[No spoilers that you wouldn't get from watching the trailers.] When your body moves, your brain coordinates the images from your eyes with balance information from your inner ear to give you a consistent picture of the world. This works fine in the natural world, but our modern world presents your brain with situations it's not ready for. On an airplane, your eyes … [Read more...] about Cloverfield – Review

This was the best action movie I've seen in a long time. I was not a fan of the Transformers TV series (or comic book, or toy line), so I can't tell you if the movie is faithful to the franchise. From what I understand, the mythos is pretty confused and has changed many times, so the movie probably isn't far off from whatever Transformers fans are expecting. In the first few … [Read more...] about Transformers – Review

Now that 24 is over, what will we do for mindless action? This. … [Read more...] about Guess Who’s Back?

I saw the movie 300 last night. I knew it had been produced by some of the same people who made Sin City, and the previews showed it clearly applied a similarly gritty, visceral visual style to the violence. That worried me. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind violence in films—heck, I love a good action movie—but there has to be more to the film than blood and … [Read more...] about 300 – Review

As this movie preview ended, I realized that my mouth was literally just hanging open in dumbfounded amazement. You've never seen anything like this. (Hat tip: Sour N Sweet) … [Read more...] about Uhhh…O-Kaaaay…