I have few adequate words to describe the brilliance of Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom. It is, undeniably, a Wes Anderson film, with all the stock quirks inherent in his style. But it is more than his other films, folding in a sweetness and a heart that elevates it far above the rest. It is fanciful, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Movies
Light on Darkness
It’s been a good few days to be a geek as two storied franchises finally finally finally released some decent trailers and lifted the veil of secrecy just a bit. We start with Star Trek Into Darkness, the long-awaited follow-up to the J.J. Abrams-helmed reboot. This being a J.J. Abrams thing, the lid has been … Continue reading
Rat: Our Favorite Food
I’ve blogged about some real barrel-of-crap films this last year. The Warrior’s Way and Real Steel come all-too-swiftly to mind, and Sleeping Beauty isn’t far behind. Of course, with all those movies, I didn’t quite know what I was getting myself into. This time, I went in with my eyes wide open. You’ll soon realize … Continue reading
A Waste of Good Scotch
Skyfall is a great movie and an excellent return to form for the Bond franchise. Unfortunately, one terrible scene and one flippant line mar what is otherwise one of the best Bond films. I’ll get to that. It has been almost six years since the “Bond Reboot” and the casting of Daniel Craig as 007 … Continue reading
Time for Safety
In the mid-2000s, this classified ad exploded across the internet, creating yet another meme for the pile with the lolcats and Trollface. Of course, the ad IS in fact a joke, written not by this world’s Dr. Emmett Brown, but by the buddy of the editor of Backwoods Home Magazine. The surprising thing is, … Continue reading
Geeks Grieve This Halloween
So tonight, kids in cute costumes are out gathering candy while adults in slutty outfits are elsewhere, gathering candy of an entirely different sort. Me, I’m at home, typing this. I have nowhere to go, so I never got a costume together, and I never got a costume together, so I have nowhere to go. … Continue reading
Floating Quarters
When I first saw a trailer for Looper, I was pretty damn impressed. Just the concept was interesting: hitmen hired specially to kill and dispose of marks from the future, and one of those hitmen forced to confront his older self. Add in a cast like Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, and Emily Blunt, and you … Continue reading