August 21, 2012
I don’t remember a lot about the first time I saw Ong Bak. I remember it was in our apartment on Frederick St. in Kitchener, and I remember my wife and I watching it together. What I remember better than Read more…
February 20, 2012
Pretty sure he’s kicking ass. I always enjoy watching Sean Bean in a movie or on TV, even if he does get killed a lot. I also enjoy watching terrorists or assorted bad guys get gacked in inventive or kinetic Read more…
February 10, 2012
I couldn’t resist the pun. Yes, I likely should be punished. I have enjoyed the Bournes movies, though I enjoyed the original more than the later two. Paul Greengrass’ shakey-cam was confusing while Doug Liman’s carefully controlled shakey-cam was visceral. Read more…
February 8, 2012
The word is that we can get a look at the Wolverine, the new Wolverine movie supposedly set in Japan, come 26 July 2013. That’s a long damn wait. However, if they deliver a better move than X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Read more…
December 30, 2011
Yesterday, thanks to the timely intervention of a sitter of babies (though ours are not exactly babies, we accepted the offer), my wife and I got to take in a matinee. While I had movies I wanted to see, none Read more…
October 20, 2011
Word on the street is that we can expect a Doctor Strange movie in the near future (as in 2012/13). That’s from Marvel itself. No other information—no director, star, budget, or actual schedule—but apparently it’s coming. Excuse me while I Read more…
October 18, 2011
It seems that the Byran Singer directed re-make of John Boorman’s Excalibur won’t move forward. The project has been dropped as another King Arthur project, also named Excalibur, was ready to move forward before Singer could get to work on Read more…
October 13, 2011
I recently got a chance to watch Punisher: War Zone. I was tempted to do so after listening to Patton Oswalt rhapsodize over it on an episode of How Did This Get Made. I have to say, he’s pretty much Read more…
October 11, 2011
“Tell ‘im I’m coming. Tell ‘im I’m fuckin’ coming.” – Terence Stamp as Wilson I watched the Limey on the wonderful TV Ontario “Saturday Night at the Movies.” I own the DVD, but the presentation began with interviews of some Read more…
September 30, 2011
According to leaked information from an upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly, Marvel movies in the pipe include Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, and the Inhumans. Of those, the one I’m both most excited for and dreading the most is the Read more…