02 February 2010 | Category: everything
| Tags: awards · movies
Because the real ones are too biased against comedy and creativity, here’s my very own nominations. I’ve also added a few categories. Cast your votes!
Best Picture
Inglourious Basterds
Up
Zombieland
Best Lead Actor
Woody Harrelson, Zombieland
Ed Asner, Up
Paul Rudd, I Love You, Man
Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Chris Hemsworth, Star Trek
Jackie Earle Haley, Watchmen
Best Director
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Kathryn Bigelow, The [...]
05 January 2010 | Category: the universe
| Tags: fail · movies · sad
James Cameron’s Pocahontas
I’ll see your Pocahontas and raise you Speaker for the Dead
Avatar is a visual revolution, but the story it tells is exactly as clichéd as we thought.
James Cameron, you have joined George Lucas on the Dark Side. You’re dead to me now.
30 December 2009 | Category: the universe
| Tags: movies · nerd · review · soapbox
Yes, that’s me. I saw Sherlock Holmes tonight and it was incredibly entertaining, well written, well directed, and well acted. The bromantic chemistry between Jude Law and Robert Downey, Jr. felt genuine, and the Asberger’s-type take on Holmes’ genius and quirks really worked. The chick was useless except for the purposes of setting up a [...]
22 November 2009 | Category: the universe
| Tags: fanboys · movies · scary
My female relatives abandoned the babies with the men on Friday night and headed to the theater to see their precious Edward and Jacob drool over Bella. I didn’t want to hear about the movie, but they did tell me that after the movie spent forever finally building up to it, *just* as the first [...]