Inspired by a recent movie called The Bucket List, my friend Brandon started referring to his own version of such a list. Unlike the stars of the movie (Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson), his list isn’t about what he wants to do before he dies (or “kicks the bucket”). Rather, he has what he calls […]
Tag: Movies
Weekly Notes: January 17, 2008
Notes are a day early, since I hope to have a game review for you tomorrow. Melissa and I finished The Bourne Ultimatum on Tuesday night, and I was left with just one question: Can I think of another trilogy of action movies more (collectively) satisfying than the Bourne trilogy? I couldn’t. Ars Technica has […]
Weekly Notes: December 21, 2007
It’s been a light week around here with no basketball games. If you’ll let me extend the definition of a light posting week to “nothing since Monday morning.” So, I have a few notes: I saw I Am Legend last night. I had fairly high expectations, as I seem to for basically every Will Smith […]
Weekly Notes: November 1, 2007
A few notes for your first day of November: I have been going to the movies less and less over the past year or so. There just aren’t that many that are worth making a trip to a theater and paying 3-4 times what you pay for a rental, and movies keep coming out on […]
Friday Notes: July 13, 2007
It’s a scary day around here. This is what’s going on: As I’ve mentioned probably too many times, I’m going to the Braves game tonight against the Pirates. It looks like a great pitching matchup, with Hudson facing Ian Snell, who has been outstanding this year for the Bucs. I’ll be closely monitoring Willie Harris […]
A convenient plug
Last night’s Academy Awards presentation was generally pretty boring, save for a fun musical number early on featuring Jack Black and Will Ferrell about the plight of the comedy star. I was basically just rooting for the movies I’d seen, which were few among the many nominees. The Prestige and Little Miss Sunshine were probably […]
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