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I am amazed how consistently he manages to play a character who is a son of a bitch. It doesn’t matter whether the character is hero or villain.

Posted in: 2009

In 1995 I took my first typography class. The professor told us that by the end of that semester we would not look at anything printed the same way again. He was right. It does not matter whether it’s a street sign, billboard, letter, business card or even certain people’s [...]

Posted in: 2009

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans hits theatres 23 Jan. Unfortunately Selene and Michael will not be in this one. It’s a prequel.

Posted in: Movies

I saw it on Sat. I waited to let more people see the thing. I had to check to see if this was made by the Emmerichs of Independence Day fame. The special effects were excellent, but that’s only form. The movie was riddled with overlapping unresolved story lines. You [...]

Posted in: Movies

The theatrical production of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged has had the status of “announced” for several years. Until recently the only person cast has been Angelina Jolie in the role of Dagny Taggart. I’m not sure when this was updated, but Jamie Clay will play John Galt. Mr. Clay is [...]

I don’t want to give away too much. Those of you who found Hayden Christensen annoying as Anakin Skywalker, well he has redeemed himself. This is a film about people who are able to create wormholes and pass through them whether it’s five feet or half way around the globe. [...]

Baa-Baa Blacksheep takes on The Incredible Hulk. I’ve learned to not expect much from most SciFi Channel movies. This one stars Corin Nemec and Ben Cross. A US Army captain puts together a squad of convicts to go after Nazi creature that is near invincible. The CG shading is so [...]

I’m sure it has its good points beyond the suspense of not knowing whether New York was under a military or monster attack. It’s the jostling handheld camera that I was ultimately unable to deal with. I ended up walking out because my motion sickness kicked in after a few [...]

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Back in 1977 we saw both Star Wars and Close Encounters. I had two friends at that time who saw both pictures and didn’t like Close Encounters saying Star Wars was “so much better” I’m sorry, what? I thought it was an irrelevant comparison. They might as well have been [...]

Check out this video: Jedi Ginsu Knife Add to My Profile | More Videos Looks like the TSA will have to add this to their list of stuff you can’t take on a plane. I think for some cooking jobs I’d like one with a blade you could adjust. You [...]