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Review of Surrogates [Blu-ray] (2009)

March 20th, 2010 No comments
Surrogates [Blu-ray]

The essential premise behind SURROGATES is interesting, although perhaps not entirely original.It is the not-too-distant future, but 98% of the human population is living through a surrogate.These robots do everything for you, AS you.You can sit in the safety of your chair at home, getting fat and wearing pajamas all day, while your avatar, with [...]

Review of 2012 (Two-Disc Special Edition) [Blu-ray] (2009)

March 20th, 2010 No comments
2012 (Two-Disc Special Edition) [Blu-ray]

So, when the world ends, it’s the politicians and bureaucrats that we’re gonna save, and the writers and the artists and the spiritual leaders are left behind to deal with the apocalypse. That was the most depressing element of the movie. What will the world look like if we only save the “important people” in [...]

Review of Black Dynamite (2009)

March 19th, 2010 No comments
Black Dynamite

I saw this during its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival – and was lucky enough to run into the director, Scott Sanders and the incredibly talented composer and editor Adrian Younge in line at another screening.This video combines moments from the trailer with bits from my conversation with the filmmakers – all captured [...]

Review of The Last Olympian [BARGAIN PRICE]

March 17th, 2010 No comments
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book 5)

As a student of history with a love (and a minor!) in classics, and little kid at heart I loved this series of books, culminating in The Last Olympian–maybe the best in the series. The obvious comparison is to Harry Potter, but these books are really something different. They’re a little lighter, and a little [...]

Review of V: The Complete Series (1984)

March 16th, 2010 No comments
V: The Complete Series

In 1985, I didn’t have a VCR. I loved “V” in 1983 and enjoyed “V The Final Battle” in 1984. I was really happy to hear that the struggles of Mike Donovan and the rest of the resistance were coming back as a series. At the time I worked at a local grocery store and, [...]

Review of Night of Thunder: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel (Kindle Edition)

March 16th, 2010 No comments
Night of Thunder: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel

Stephen Hunter has long been one of my favorite writers but he is sorely trying my patience after his last two releases. His first book or two, back in the eighties, I’m thinking The Master Sniper, were OK, but then he wrote the first Bob Lee Swagger book, Point of Impact, and it, and everything [...]