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Movie Review: BloodRayne Friday January 6, 2006
Okay, let's start with my instructions to you: no matter how enticing I may make this film sound, do NOT spend money on it. Don't see it in the theater, and don't rent it. Buying the DVD would be a crime against humanity. For that matter, don't bother seeing it… Read more
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Friday December 15, 2017
There has been quite a bit of noise on social media regarding the spoiler content in reviews of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, so I’ll be even less specific than I usually am when reviewing things that might easily be spoiled. I saw Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Yay! Good Star Wars… Read more
There Won’t Be Spoilers Wednesday April 24, 2019
I’ll be seeing Avengers: Endgame on Friday morning. My review will be pretty basic. I’ll let you know if I liked it, and I’ll tell you whether or not it boosts my Infinity War review back up over my Threshold of Awesome. That’s it. I won’t be saying anything about who does what,… Read more
Inferno Monday November 7, 2016
The trailers for the latest Tom Hanks Treasure Hunt, Inferno, looked kind of silly. The line “I left you a path… the hardest one yet” suggests that somebody has created a puzzle for Professor Langdon, and is deliberately leaving the fate of the human race in his hands. Fortunately, the trailer is misleading. As archaeological… Read more
Kung Fu Panda 3 Tuesday February 16, 2016
I am impressed. I was not expecting the Kung Fu Panda franchise to become an epic martial arts trilogy, but with Kung Fu Panda 3 the writers looked sequelitis in the eye, and then shot for the moon. Which they hit. This mixes at least two metaphors, but with the… Read more
Sketching is About Half Done Friday February 8, 2019
I’m about half-way finished with the book sketching—a little over half of the Delegates And Delegation books are sketched, and a little under half of the Broken Wind books are sketched. I had a super-productive session Monday evening (Feb 4th), sketching in over 200 books over the course of about seven hours. Sessions… Read more
The HUNTED Camera Loves Myke Monday February 6, 2017
I don’t watch much TV. We don’t have cable. If a program gets good reviews from my friends, I’ll pick it up on Amazon Prime, or I’ll wait until it hits Netflix. Sometimes I’ll buy DVDs and Blu-Rays. My friend Myke Cole, whose books I’ve plugged in blog posts of… Read more
Knives Out Thursday December 26, 2019
I’m late to the party on this one, I know. Here’s a short summary: Knives Out is the most fun I’ve had at a murder mystery in recent memory, and I spent several minutes combing my memory for contenders. Sandra and I saw it together, and were both quite pleased… Read more
Long Covid And Me Sunday February 4, 2024
It took way too long for us to figure it out, and that figuring is a story unto itself that is too long for this post, but I have Long Covid. The impact can best be summed up thusly: it is a disability, not a disease. Disease suggests that I… Read more
Incredibles 2 Tuesday June 19, 2018
Before I begin my review, a public service announcement: Incredibles 2 may trigger seizures in sufferers of photosensitive epilepsy¹, and may in other ways afflict anyone who is sensitive to flashing lights. Seriously. There’s a fight scene in a room full of patterned strobes, and in the darkened theater there will be no… Read more
Zootopia Tuesday March 8, 2016
I went in to Zootopia knowing very little about it beyond the fact that it was computer animated “anthro.” It was delightful. I’ll be buying the Blu-Ray, because this is one of those films I’ll just want to have around the house forever. I have no idea how the dyed-in-the-wool… Read more
Arrival Wednesday November 16, 2016
Arrival is brilliant, beautiful, touching, and quite thought-provoking. It clears my Threshold of Awesome, and invites me to say very little about it lest I rob my readers of the voyage of discovery the film offers. The film is adapted from Ted Chiang’s “Story of Your Life,” which can be… Read more
Hitman: Agent 47 Monday August 24, 2015
Hitman: Agent 47 does nothing to set itself apart from other action movies, and is kind of predictable from start to finish. Still, it didn’t actually disappoint me, so it enters my list at #17, safely above the Threshold of Disappointment. Rupert Friend’s performance as the titular 47 is pretty… Read more
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Saturday December 17, 2016
I saw Rogue One. The odds are pretty good that if you’re reading this, you’ve already decided whether or not to see it, and if you haven’t yet seen it you’d rather I not spoil anything. I’ll make this quick: It is a fine film beyond simply being a Star… Read more
Captain Marvel Friday March 8, 2019
Cutting straight to the chase here, I love this movie. Captain Marvel clears my Threshold of Awesome with room to spare. I’ve wanted more genre-movie Brie Larsen since seeing her in Kong: Skull Island, and Captain Marvel is better than any such thing I could have imagined. She was perfect as Carol Danvers, and… Read more
It IS Cool Monday February 6, 2012
Schlock Mercenary got nominated for the “Favorite Comic Book Team” @$$ie Award over at Ain’t It Cool News. This post is exactly as long as the text mentioning Schlock Mercenary. I will cheerfully take every word of positive review I can get. Here’s to all fifty-one of them. Read more
Ready Player One Thursday March 29, 2018
Ready Player One was a visual extravaganza with a story that gave it convenient excuses to feature pop-culture icons from the past thirty years. I enjoyed it a lot, but the most innovative part about the film was that zipper thing on an expandable suitcase which allowed the producers to say… Read more
Sketch Edition Pre-Ordering is Now Closed Tuesday July 23, 2013
Pre-orders for The Body Politic remain open, but we are now closing pre-orders for sketch editions. I'd write more, but I need to be writing other stuff. Also, there's a book review coming. Read more
Death by Cliché 2: The Wrath of Con Friday May 4, 2018
My writing group has been critiquing, and to some degree workshopping, the Death by Cliché series with their author, Bob Defendi. I’ve enjoyed the process immensely, even just reading the first full drafts. The central premise of the series is that our protagonist, a game designer named Damico, is trapped inside a… Read more
Passengers Wednesday December 21, 2016
I saw Passengers on Tuesday night. Here are some words I used on Twitter: Beautiful. Powerful. Heartbreaking. Inspiring. Awesome. Chris Pratt did a fine job, and Michael Sheen was spot on, but Jennifer Lawrence absolutely owned her role, all the way to the bone. She was astounding, and without her performance the… Read more