Month: August 2008
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The Bourne Ultimatum – A Movie Review
HUGE Bourne fan! HUUUUGE! That said, The Bourne Ultimatum wasn’t quite as good as the first two, and I’ll tell you why (without spoilers), but it’s still better than most of what’s out there. The good-awesome, awesome, awesome action sequences. Incredible stuff. Damon is as intense as ever. The locations are still gorgeous and realistic. …
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Hot Fuzz – A Movie Review
Brought to you by the same blokes who gave you Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz is the same brand of humor, though it parodies a different genre. Hot Fuzz is about a workaholic London police officer who makes his department look so bad because they can’t keep up with his arrests that they send…
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Blades of Glory – A Movie Review
In Blades of Glory we have two male figure skaters played by Will Ferrell and Jon Heder. Will’s character is an oversexed, womanizing sort and Heder … is the exact opposite. They’re two of the best in the world, but through a series of circumstances I won’t spoil, they are banned from men’s competition and…
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Leviathan by Paul Auster – A Book Review
I’ve said it many times before, but if you’re not reading Paul Auster, you’re really missing out. He’s remarkably talented and his originality continues to impress me. Leviathan literally means the biggest of its kind, and was also a sea monster from the Old Testament. Knowing such things illuminates Auster’s reasoning behind titling his book…
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Ex Machina: The First Hundred Days – A Graphic Novel Review
Pronounced mah-kin-ah, this little ditty I picked up only because I saw it had recently earned an Eisner Award, which in the world of comic books, is a very big deal. The story is about a former hero turned politician. Not the stuff of captivating reads, in my opinion. On top of that, the writer,…
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