Tag Archive for tag: movies
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Tag Archive for tag: movies
Went to see the new George Clooney flick Leatherheads this weekend. I enjoyed it. I’ll give it a solid 3.5/5 stars. It was entertaining (the first requirement of any film), it had surprising depth, and it had Clooney.
Seriously, that man might be the only one that would get me to turn gay. Not really, but [...]
Not so hot on the heels of our last bit of cinema history comes Five Little Fishies: a cautionary tale. It is a tale of the sea. It is a tale of woe. It’s funny. It’s sad (if you’re a fishie). It’s mostly meant for the grandparents; it’s not as universally appealing as the last [...]
We got a new DV camera (a Canon ZR300) Friday, and I shot a bunch of footage in the snow this weekend. I edited that down to a 3.3 minute move in iMovie HD which I’ve uploaded as a 5.6MB Quicktime movie called Winter Wonderland 2006. It’s mostly just shots of The Boy running around [...]
Went to see Planet of the Apes today. I give it a B+. First, the good stuff. Visually very impressive. The sets are cool, the spaceships are pretty original designs (what little you see of them), the ape costumes/makeup kicks ass, and the ape city is more arboreal than in the original. The acting is [...]
