Quality Assessment: The Road

3 weeks without watching a single movie was the equivalent of torture. Thankfully I put an end to it by finally seeing The Road today as a bit of a 3 months in NY anniversary. (such a short time and yet it still feels like I’ve been here for years now)
As you know, I’ve been dying to [...]

TV: “V” episode 2.

Last night second episode of ABC revamped version of 80’s classic “V” did a good job of continuing the momentum of the premiere episode, while pulling the reins back and letting everything flow in a much calmer yet tense way.  With the rush of the first episode out-of-the-way, characters had time to breathe and really let themselves sink [...]

Quality Assessment: The Box

A total creepfest.
This movie, in my humble opinion, is garnering a handful of bad reviews and it is completely unfair.

I may be on the minority but I though The Box was entertaining, interesting, highly creepy, funny at times, unusual for sure, and it keeps you guessing all the way to the end.  The concept may [...]

Quality Assessment: Steve Hall’s “The Raw Shark Texts”

Steve Hall’s The Raw Shark Texts is the geekiest book I’ve read. Now, that’s not an insult in any way, what I mean is that it uses so much inventive *pc lingo* that a times it feels like someone who’s obsess with computers and technology–aka a geek–will be in book heaven here.  There’s no question that Steve Hall [...]

TV: “V” Season Premiere

I know, I know; I’ve abandoned TV. I’m sorry but when I moved I knew something had to be sacrifice and TV became the lamb.  I could have never given up on the other 3 main components of this blog: Books/Writing, Music, Movies.  Besides, we all know TV is evil; besides turning you into a [...]

Quality Assessment: The Fourth Kind

One creepy-ass owl.

The trick of this movie depends solely on how much you believe its premise, which has been called into question by several people, including the community of Nome, Alaska itself.

It purports that back in sept/oct 2000 one psychotherapist doctor by the name of Abigail Tyler came in contact with real-life alien abductions.  Several of [...]

Quality Assessment: Pandorum

This Dennis Quaid/Ben Foster vehicle is basically *The Descent* in space.  But it isn’t as gripping or scary or just plain awesome in that *I love horror movies way* but it isn’t terrible.  It is still watchable if only because of Ben Foster who I think is a brilliant actor who lately has been making [...]

Incoming: Inception

I have no idea what this is about, there are no clues in this teaser, etc., all I know is that I want to know/see more of it.
From Christopher Nolan and with a solid-gold cast…..with the exception of the insufferable Ellen Page that is.

Quality Assessment: The Time Traveler’s Wife

If you’ve spend time around this lair then you know that Rachel McAdams is my future wife and I’ve been waiting patiently (unable to time travel to opening day) to see this movie on her account.

From the moment Rachel McAdams appears on screen and she sees Eric Bana, her intended lover, and she opens those [...]