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  • Half A Solid Movie

    Angels and Demons Review These movies (Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code) are simply miracles. Da Vinci was tremendously boring, ended essentially with Tom Hanks reading a monologue from a newspaper, and made over $750 million worldwide. Huh? I think that success either a) had to do with the controversial theological elements or…

  • It’s Good, Bottom Line, But It Won’t Change Your Life

    Star Trek Review Riding on a ton of positive reviews Star Trek comes loaded with positive expectations. So that may unfairly bias viewers going to see it. It is without a doubt a very polished film made with a lot of skill. Visually it looks fantastic, the special effects seem first-rate, especially compared to the…

  • What Should I See Tonight, Dan? (5/9/09)

    Star Trek has gotten an insane amount of positive reviews, if you check Rottentomatoes it’s at 96% which is ridiculous. I just saw it, my review will be posted soon above. It’s perfectly entertaining and you should at minimum not be disappointed you spent the money. I personally really enjoyed Next Day Air and think…

  • Make Peace With What It Is, And Laughs Will Come

    Next Day Air Review This movie is currently at 17% on Rottentomatoes.com, with the critical consensus “Rife with half-baked jokes and excessive violence, Next Day Air is an uninspired stoner comedy.” I didn’t have that experience at all. More importantly the bulk of the audience also didn’t seem to be having that experience. They laughed.…

  • Writing “Big” – Season 1 of Damages

    Damages Commentary On the advice of some fellow writers, I decided to check out FX’s Damages whose first season is conveniently available for free (and legally I believe, since it was linked from Hulu) on Crackle.com. I was actually predisposed to dislike the show, despite the raves of some writers I know, the concept just…

  • Possibly Good News! Ryan Reynolds Deadpool Spinoff

    Variety reports Ryan Reynolds may star as Deadpool in a Wolverine spinoff http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003226.html?categoryid=10&cs=1&nid=2248   Reynolds was pretty much the best part of Wolverine, the only one who seemed aware that the movie was extremely silly. The guy is cut like a rock, good looking, funny, and can even be scary if need be (see The…

  • A Lesson In Raising The Stakes: Breaking Bad Season 2 Opener

    Breaking Bad Commentary At the risk of flooding my site with Breaking Bad content, I want to comment on the first episode of the second season. Writers are sometimes told to make the story the worst day of their character’s life. We are told to raise the stakes, up the conflict, etc. But a lot…

  • Really Intriguing SFX Work, District 9 Trailer

    While the story presented in this trailer may seem like a heavy handed allegory, the FX work, particularly of the ship, I found absolutely stunning. Check it out for yourself. http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/district9/   -Dan Benamor

  • What Should I See Tonight, Dan? (5/2/09)

    Not Wolverine! Read my review below for why. It’s not too high on Rottentomatoes either. If you haven’t caught State of Play yet that’s supposed to be good, according to the majority of critics. I’ve actually read a lot of positive feedback about Battle for Terra, but I would suggest reading up on it’s story…

  • I know you want to go see it anyway, but don’t!

    Wolverine Review Listen, at this point you probably pretty much know if you’re going to go see this movie or not. And if you love Wolverine it’s hard to blame you, surely even if the movie sucks you want to at least see what it was like, right? WRONG! Don’t do it. I mean it.…