Entries Tagged as 'movies'

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Pride and Predator: Jane Austen/alien mashup to be produced by Elton John

Elton John’s Rocket Pictures hopes to make the first Jane Austen adaptation to which men will drag their girlfriends. Will Clark is set to direct “Pride and Predator,” which veers from the traditional period costume drama when an alien crash lands and begins to butcher the mannered protags, who suddenly have more than marriage and [...]

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Coraline on Valentine’s day

Two hot dates on Valentines day! Woo! Only marred by a cough I contraced the day before. Fortunately, both dates were cool about it, and decided not to bail, even though I offered to reschedule. Had brunch at St. Michael’s Alley in Palo Alto. I had a salmon scramble. Delicious, but a little pricey. Conversation [...]

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Hud’s First Pass

Via roissy

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Ragdolls

9 Nine Shane Acker Short Animationby FrFKmeron Via variax

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Quantum of Beefcake

Spoilers and NSFW beefcake below!

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

The Fall

Stars Lee Pace (“Pushing Daisies”) and directed by Tarsem Singh (directed “The Cell”). I adore Pushing Daisies, and The Cell has some of the most visually stunning imagery I’ve ever seen, and this looks to be similarly beautiful. ( Although the reviews suggest it has plotting problems similar to those of “The Cell”.)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Wall-E, Herbivore, Salsa, Places in the Heart

WALL-E is superb. Go see it! ****POSSIBLE MILD SPOILERS**** My only criticism: I thought it had an excessively pessimistic view of the future of humanity. The movie depicted humans as rotund, bland cruise ship passengers, incapable of even walking without the help of their ubiquitous robot servants. And due to reckless disregard for the environment, [...]

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Bigger, Stronger, Faster

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

American Drug War

Via octal

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Iron Man outing?

Anyone want to go see Iron Man? This weekend will probably be a nightmare, so I’m thinking next weekend, Friday or Saturday night. Let me know if you’re interested, and the dates that work best for you.