Year: 2008

opening wide this week: ‘The Bucket List,’ ‘First Sunday,’ ‘In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale,’ ‘The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie,’ ‘Atonement,’ ‘The Kite Runner,’ ‘The Orphanage’

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The Bucket List What dreams would you fulfill if you knew you were gonna die soon? Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman star in the first movie from the Make a Wish Foundation for Geezers. (my review) First Sunday Ice Cube and a couple of other idiots hatch a scheme to rob their local church of … more…

Atonement (review)

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Yes, it’s a romance, like all the ads are saying: a rapturous one, a glorious one, the best since *The English Patient* or *Gone With the Wind* or whatever classic the TV commercials are likening *Atonement* to in tones of hushed, awed respect.

First Sunday (review)

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Apparently, it’s now okay to commit serious felonies like robbery with breaking and entering along with kidnapping at gunpoint as long as you have a really, really good reason…

screencap Friday: what the flick? #2

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It’s some new Friday fun, stolen whole cloth from my former Cinemarati compadre Dan Jardine. Here’s a screen capture from one of the DVDs in my collection (and it’s definitely from a movie, not a TV show). Guess the movie for fun and, well, fun. No prizes, just bragging rights.

me at Arisia next weekend

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I’ll be a guest at the science fiction convention Arisia in Boston next weekend, Friday, January 18, through Monday, January 21. I’ll be talking about movies and TV and being a geek (a full schedule of my panels follows after the jump), and I’ll be hosting a room party on Saturday night: expect genteel refreshments; … more…