For the most part I’ve been completely neutral about the new Spider-Man movie. Sure having my ear close to all of the comic geek gossip so I’ve heard all of the complaints and hoopla about rebooting the series with a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Let me tell me tell you what I was expecting from the Amazing Spider-Man… Nothing… Zip… nada… Certainly I was expecting good adrenaline rush, fight scenes and special effects but you can get those in a Michael Bay film. I’ll[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I finally got around to seeing Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph. I was expecting good things for the most part. While I may not have liked the works of Disney’s Digital Animation studio quite as much as I like the works[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been a fan of the fantasy adventure Journey to the West for a very long time. I remember several children’s books about the adventures of Monkey fondly. And when I became aware of the entire story as well as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I finally got around to seeing Man of Steel, after listening to my friends either love or hate it – but be too polite to actually tell me any spoilers. I’d been looking forward to it; the trailers looked promising,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week I thought I’d do something from a movie I like. Babe was a sweet, solid, wholesome movie that is the perfect choice for a nice family night. It’s sequel, Babe: Pig in the City, is something else altogether;[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been a fan of Wu Cheng’en‘s Journey to the West since I had a picture book about Monkey’s early adventures as a kid. From there it was only a matter of time before I read the synopses to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I recently started a new custom. It consisted of being frustrated about waiting lists for certain DVDs at the Library and Scarecrow Videos the greatest video rental store in the West coast needing all the love it can get. It[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well before I start this week’s double feature review I have to confess this one is going to be slightly incomplete. The DVD of my first film on my list Mamoru Oshii’s Avalon was scratched so I was only able[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I confess my childhood interest in Godzilla is mixed. I don’t think I could call myself a fan. For various reasons including my mostly limiting my television viewing to PBS and a general wimpiness when it came to horror films[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
