Tag Archives: Movies
NSFCCDP Movie Review: Ghost in the Shell (2017)
I picked up Ghost in the Shell as a manga in Tokyo nearly 20 years ago and was blown away. The story of Major Motoko Kusanagi with her friend and subordinate Batou of the cybernetic eyes and her boss Lt … Continue reading
NSFCCDP Movie Review: Logan (2017) – Wolverine’s Last Gasp
It has been a LONG time since I have written a blog entry. It isn’t like I haven’t watched the slew of science fiction and superhero flicks since The Martian, I just was focused elsewhere including writing my own book. … Continue reading
NSFCCDP Movie Review: Max Max Fury Road (2015) – Charlize Theron carries this one all the way to the Citadel
There was a lot of buildup for this new installment in the Mad Mad franchise. I recall sneaking into Road Warrior as a kid and being blown away (and frankly scared of being caught). It was probably the first glimpse … Continue reading
Avengers 2 (2015) – Filler before Avengers 3 and 4
Maybe they got spoiled by success? Or maybe the writers were all working on Daredevil or Agent Carter? In any case, Avengers 2 was a relatively disappointing followup to the excellent Avengers of 2012. Too much CG, too many frivolous … Continue reading
NSFCCDP Movie Review: The Hobbit III (2015) – WTF was that?
I know I should have expected it, but this movie was actually worse and less satisfying than I feared it would be. It was perhaps even worse than the first two abortive films in the series, The Hobbit I and The … Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘Round Midnight (1986) – A Jazz Masterpiece
I read Herbie Hancock’s autobiography, Possibilities, a few weeks ago and he talked about winning the Oscar for the soundtrack of ‘Round Midnight which he also acted in. This peaked my curiosity so I watched it on the airplane on … Continue reading
NSFCCDP Movie Reviews: Interstellar (2014) – Gravity with real actors and a better plot
Five of us went to the movies last night to watch Christopher Nolan’s latest scifi thriller, Interstellar starring the amazing Matthew McConaughey. As usual, I will avoid any spoilers here. The quality of the cinematography is excellent – on the … Continue reading
The Leopard by Tomasi di Lampedusa – a true 20th C masterpiece both of literature and cinema
This summer I actually got some good reading done. I had been plagued with seeing The Leopard by Lampedusa in various bookstores in Italy, but did not really know what it was about aside from the reunification of Italy in … Continue reading
Miles of Miles
I finished both the autobiography of Miles Davis as well as Ian Carr’s excellent biography a few weeks back. Both were exhilarating reading to be honest. As for the autobiography I love Miles’ style injected with loads of vernacular and … Continue reading
NSFCCDP Movie Review: Edge of Tomorrow (2014) – Cruise in yet another SciFi Thriller
m.poulet and I went this week to see the latest Tom Cruise SciFi flick with Emily Blunt – Edge of Tomorrow. While not incredibly original – kind of a mashup of Groundhog Day, Elysium, and District 9 – it was … Continue reading
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