Category Archives: Movies

NSFCCDP Movie Review: The Avengers (2012)

Finally, a great super-hero movie! The monthly geek movie night here in blustery Paris was attended by a record crowd of 6: comein.com, total.com, m.poulet, papa.de.virgile, et kerhaourn plus myself (sorry but I couldn’t think of better pseudonyms for some … Continue reading

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NSFCCDP Movie Review: Battleship – all hands overboard!

Not that my expectations were high, but I think I struck a nearly all-time low with this one. Now, there are mega-military-flag-waving films that I intentionally skipped (Independence Day – I hear they are even doing a sequel – comes … Continue reading

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NSFCCDP Movie Review: Wrath of the Titans – Good SFX, Bad Acting

This month, 3 brave members of the NSFCCDP – m.poulet, slee, and myself – went to see The Wrath of the Titans. The positive aspects: decent 3D, pretty good special effects, loads of virile fighting scenes, cool cyclops characters, and … Continue reading

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NSFCCDP Movie Review: John Carter (2012)

2112.net and m.poulet and I made the Nerd Sci-Fi Ciné Club of Paris outing last night for John Carter. While not a chef d’oeuvre in the scifi genre, it was a pretty decent movie. Yes, they could easily have cut … Continue reading

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NSFCCDP Movie Review: Chronicle (2011)

This month’s NSFCCDP outing was to see the new superhero movie Chronicle byJosh Trank. To be honest, it was kind of like Blair Witch Project met Heroes. CG and I both felt that it was interesting, but not as original … Continue reading

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Movie Reviews: Star Wars I – The Phantom Menace (in 2D)

My wife and I screened The Phantom Menace in 2D at home last night to see whether it was soft enough for our 5-year old to see in 3D in the theaters. the verdict there is that the sea creatures … Continue reading

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NSFCCDP Movie Roundup and My Favorite TV Series in 2011

It was not a stellar year for science fiction. The Nerd Science Fiction Cinema Club of Paris convened for what little there was to offer: Green Hornet (we boycotted Green Lantern as it was reputably really, really bad rather than … Continue reading

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Book and Movie Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox

Roald Dahl’s book Fantastic Mr. Fox is a great kid story and since 2009, also a classic kid movie by Wes Anderson. The book and movie both deal with a sly Mr Fox, father of one (the movie) or several … Continue reading

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Metallica – Movie Review: Some Kind of Monster (2004) and Album Review: St Anger (2003)

[ Argh! The WordPress app on my iPad 2 seems to have erased the text I wrote in the airplane fresh after finishing the movie. Here is an attempt to recall the awesome article that is now gone forever ] … Continue reading

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NSFCCDP Protest and Strike and TV Series Review: Dexter Season 5

The NSFCCDP formally declared a moratorium on shite movies last night in canceling the scheduled monthly bacchanal. Seriously, there wasn’t a single movie that even slightly interested me. Shark 3D, please! Where the hell are the good SciFi or just … Continue reading

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