Last night my sister and I went to see Tom Hanks’ new film, Road to Perdition. I’ve never been a gangster film fan. There’s something about the era of Al Capone and Eliot Ness that bores me to distraction. Perhaps it’s because I really don’t understand that era of American history. Perhaps it’s because IContinue reading “Road to Perdition”
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On Star Trek Movie Names
Random brainwave I had this morning… The Classic Trek films had impressive sounding names. Maybe not impressive sounding, but descriptive. The Star Trek: The Next Generation films, by contrast, have positively dull names. If you were given the power to give the NextGen films names like the Classic Trek films, what names would you giveContinue reading “On Star Trek Movie Names”
Hannibal
Went to see Hannibal last night. Random thoughts. I wasn’t grossed out. I’ve heard the final ten minutes were supposed to be gross, with a serious ick factor. I’ve heard of people vomiting in the theatres. Me, I was more impressed with the special effects work that made the dinner party scene work. I wasContinue reading “Hannibal”
On Alien3
I watched Alien3 last night. I hadn’t seen it in about two years, and I’d recently picked up Se7en on DVD and thought I’d watch another David Fincher film. Random thoughts…. Paul McGann is completely unrecognizable, and for the role he has I can’t figure how he ended up being fourth billed. He has allContinue reading “On Alien3”