Category Archives: Film/TV

I saw Inception yesterday and didn’t like it enough.  As my mother praised it on the phone the other day and Cory Doctorow called it “one of the two best science fiction movies I’ve ever seen (along with Gilliam’s Brazil)” … Continue reading →

There are two ways of watching Solomon Kane. Let me start with the way I did it: without knowing about it. This way I saw a classic “hero’s journey” film, with a strong redemption story turned into an action film, … Continue reading →

I just saw the most unpretentious movie, “Shoot ‘Em Up.” It delivers exactly what the title suggests. Lots of shooting. There is a story line, but the real meat is where the action is. I shouldn’t have said meat though … Continue reading →

I love when I am unexpectedly blown away by a movie. That’s exactly that happened when I saw Glengarry Glen Ross yesterday. Simply put everything was possibly the best in it. I have to start with the actors as they … Continue reading →

I watched a silly little romantic comedy the other night. The general outline of the Managament‘s plot was rather predictable so what I focused on instead was the few good moments here and there. I don’t exactly know why but … Continue reading →

Robbin Williams is like a wave. Sometimes his movies are at top of the line in my eyes, but other times they are the bottom of the shelves. “Old dogs” belonged to the latter. I found this movie boring, its … Continue reading →

Wheat is a beautifully shot movie Mai Tian (Wheat Field) is. Once it’s out on DVD I will have to get a copy so I could at least watch it on regular T screen. I’ve seen it on a tiny … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago we watched both volumes of the Dreamworks animation Madagascar. (I hear that a third one is coming out, so eventually that will make it to our screen too.) We were amused by the songs, characters and … Continue reading →

There is no use of trying to figure out what “No Use” is really about. It’s an Egyptian film I saw on a flight, where the transliteration of the Arabic title was given as “Mafeesh faida”, while IMDB has it … Continue reading →