Alice Through the Looking Glass movie review: a mirror cracked
Believes six impossible things — like implausible character motivations, or big emotions — because they’re in the script, without bothering to earn them.
Horatio Hornblower
Battleship (review)
Pretty much the dullest alien invasion movie ever, featuring an uninteresting incursion by nondescript aliens doing boring things and not even blowing shit up in exciting new ways.
female gazing at: Paul McGann
Elizabeth makes the observation that I have thus far neglected to gaze upon Paul McGann, which is indeed a lamentable oversight I intend to remedy right now…
female gazing at: Jamie Bamber
After all the Tahmoh Penikett drooling yesterday, it seems only right that we gaze at Jamie Bamber…
trailer break: ‘Sanctum’
Poor Ioan Gruffudd. He was gonna be such a big star after Horatio Hornblower…
Treasure Planet movie review: that Disney magic
A moviegoing pal of mine calls it ‘Disney goosebumps,’ the awestruck, think-I’m-gonna-cry feeling evoked when the alchemy works and image and music fuse with your imagination and longing to transport you to another world.
The Princess Bride (review)
To avoid the first Classic Blunder, you should: A. Never go up against a Sicilian when death is on the line; B. Never get involved in a land war in Asia; C. Never utter a line from The Princess Bride unless you want to be spouting quotes all day
