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I saw the movie adaptation of Eat Pray Love this weekend. The elevator pitch is that it’s a privileged New Yorker lady traveling to different parts of the world to find herself after her failed marriage. Gun to my head, I actually like the movie. But I understand all the criticisms. The main character just…

I’m very late in seeing this movie. I loved the trailer. You see, the trailer shows a little boy discovering a far away land of imagination and adventure and there’s this super uplifting Arcade Fire track to underline it all. It’s like a fantastical journey and it makes you wish you were a child again…

I just finished watching the Blu-Ray version of The Matrix and I can tell you this: it is still a great movie. Like many other nerds lament, it’s a shame they never made a sequel. The special effects are still top-notch and very awesome to watch. It’s a balls-out action movie with a undercurrent of…

Why I want to see this movie: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, he was fucking fantastic in Brick Zooey Deschanel, I only know her from HHGG but she’s cute too They used Regina Spektor’s Us in the trailer I love romantic movies that make no promises about a happy ending

I love this movie for the beautiful niche that it fills but I cannot, in good conscience, recommend you see it.

I watched the Oscars and I don’t feel dirty afterwards. Success!

Please go watch this movie in Hi-Def and with the subtitles turned on.

These are two completely unrelated thoughts. One is a memory. Just before Lachlan and Geraldine left Seattle, I took them to eat hot pot at a Sichuanese restaurant. While we were pulling in to the restaurant, I was trying out my Short Round impression on them. As we were leaving, I was doing some other…

“You prefer a magic trick, instead? Watch me make this pencil disappear.” Uh huh. I’m still on hiatus but this movie rocks so please add your spoiler-iffic thoughts in the comments. If you haven’t seen it yet then we aren’t friends anymore. You’re demoted to a frenemy.

I was tagged by Damsel. So before you start getting all uppity about me selling out and participating in internet chain letters, I’ll have you know that this meme is Damsel-approved. She’s won awards, been published several times on IB and she rides a unicorn to work. A unicorn that eats carbon emissions and poops…

Have you heard of Zeitgeist – The Movie? It is film aptly described as “internet bullshit“. Long story short: I am greatly intrigued by the film’s content but I absolutely detest the film itself. Zeitgeist is a big conspiracy movie that is meant to make you outraged and fight the power. Open your eyes. It…

Forgive this indulgence but I’m going to take you for a detour into mid-90′s, popular Hong Kong cinema and I’m going to season it with a boatload of links to Wikipedia. The name of the movie is Forbidden City Cop starring Stephen Chow, a popular Hong Kong entertainer who is only now being recognized by…

Wow. What can I say about this movie? Well first of all, 9/10. Loved it. Right from the start, you’re treated to a gritty, hardboiled mystery. Who is on the other end of the phone? What are all these names? What’s with this strange slang they speak? Our protagonist is Brendan (played by the boy…

Wow. This movie may be Michael Moore’s most important work to date. If you haven’t heard, Michael Moore’s SiCKO is a movie that examines America’s market-driven health insurance system and the glaring lack of universal health care that the majority of other developed nations provide. Michael Moore’s introduction to the movie and a call to…

I give this movie two stars. At most. It sucked. This whole post is filled with spoilers but its a bad movie so I’m sure you don’t mind. Photo by idealterna The Good Stuff I’m going to start by listing what I liked. I liked the symettry of some of the shots; little nods to…

I’m ashamed to say this, but I’ve been watching a lot of movies at home. Warning: Amazon links ahead Hoodwinked – 3 stars On the repeated recommendations from Karan and the fact that he seems to hold this movie in higher regard than Happy Feet (blasphemy!), I decided to watch this. It’s clever with a…

Borat is a shit movie. I expected some sort of very dark comedy with lots of social commentary on the attitudes towards weird foreign culture and exposing all the political incorrectness in the US. I hoped to expose some of the fervent racism and sexism out there. Shed some light on the extreme fanaticism and…

The Depahhhhhrted. Not being from the US, I had no idea that Bostonians had that sort of accent. It grows on you though. I wish I could say ‘car’ with such gusto. Blood Spray! Anyway, it’s a good movie. A lot of violence is deliberately unglamourous. There’s an interesting contrast with the film’s title referencing…