Posts Tagged ‘Movies’
Unforgiven sucks. There, I said it.
Posted by RandomRage | Filed under Movies
Once upon a time, I held fast to the notion that I didn’t like movie westerns. I don’t know why, I just assumed I didn’t. I’d seen Tombstone, which sort of counts, but I didn’t love it as much as my friends. I mean, it has Val Kilmer dying of tuberculosis and Kurt Russel sporting a [...]
The movies-by-mail dilemma
Posted by RandomRage | Filed under Movies
I sincerely need help with this problem, and I hope reaching out to the depths of the internets can help me. We’re talking a Sophie’s Choice-caliber problem here, people: I am currently signed up for both major movies-by-mail programs, and I need to cancel one.
I’ve been a Blockbuster Total Access subscriber for a couple of [...]
I, Robot, Tecate, and the art of product placement
Posted by RandomRage | Filed under Movies, Rants
Let’s get this out of the way: the film version of I, Robot with Will Smith is a terrible, terrible movie. It actually serves as an example of everything that can be wrong with a movie: straying too far from the original source material, lazy and cliched writing, terrible acting, poor special effects, and [...]
RandomPlaylist: The woman in question trades refuge for money
Posted by RandomRage | Filed under RandomPlaylist, music
RandomPlaylist is a showcase for music I’ve just discovered, obscure songs you might not have heard before, or just good songs that I think everyone should listen to.
“When I was born, the world was a far simpler place. It was all just…cops and robbers.”
Suddenly, there’s a loud bang. A heist. The narration continues:
“But it [...]
A video game has never made you cry…but neither has a film or book
Posted by RandomRage | Filed under Games, Rants
Video game blog Kotaku linked to an argument-provoking article on ihobo this weekend that makes the bold claim that a game has never made anyone cry. Well, not in and of itself. The author writes:
This is the nub of the issue here: a story can make you cry by empathising with the protagonist (or another [...]
Go see Wall-E. Now.
Posted by RandomRage | Filed under Movies
I apologize for the lack of updates lately. Blogging is a demanding mistress, and between my new job, family life, rounding-out my screenplay (yes, I’m a blogger with a screenplay, I’m aware I’m a cliche), and trying to cram three years’ worth of Battlestar Galactica into about three weeks, I’ve been a little overwhelmed. However, [...]
Jumpin’ Freejack Flash
Posted by RandomRage | Filed under Movies
I TiVo’ed 1992’s Freejack off of HDNet Movies recently (Best. Channel. Ever.), and finally got around to watching it for the first time since I was thirteen. The movie has not aged well, although there are some pretty interesting sci-fi concepts buried underneath early 90’s action cheese and an incredibly convoluted script. [...]