Category Archives: Reviews

• The Dark Knight

Okay. I could easily do a 30 second review of The Dark Knight, and look like this: See this movie. If you already have, see it again. If you want more information, keep reading…but there will be spoilers. It’s inevitable.

• Hellboy 2

Introducing 30 Second Reviews!
I like to watch a lot of movies and read a lot of books and play a lot of video games. Problem is that I generally take a long time assimilating all my thoughts about the reviewed material, and either forget to cohesively write a review, or it ends up being so [...]

I Need a Hero!

I’ll be brief. If you haven’t already, get your mitts on Heroes. There are two seasons available, and they’re showing the third on the tee-vee. Just do it. Possibly the best, definitely in the top 5 TV shows. Ever.
Without giving away too much, after one episode I literally had to sit back and take an [...]

Connected

So I finally got a new phone. I’ve been using the very solid, very useful, very plain Samsung T509 for a very long time, and I have absolutely nothing but praise for it. It is compact, lightweight, solid, and incredibly durable (I twice dropped it in water and, once dried, it continued to work beautifully). [...]

“I will offer a choice, not an echo.”

One of my favorite politicians in all of American history is Barry Goldwater. It was his ability to speak his mind, whatever the consequences, that made him both a horrible candidate for any national office, and a man I would cheerfully call one of the few truly decent men I’ve ever heard of.
We are told [...]

• The Simpsons Movie.

Yesterday, finally saw the Simpsons Movie with some folks from the office. If you’re on the hedge about this, you should see it. Rent it, get a ticket, whatever–it’s a fine, fine show. It seems the episodes that I’ve sporadically caught over the past few years are no indication of the quality of the writing. [...]