Comparative Reality

Short version: Meh. Long version: $50 for four tickets, for 3-bloody-D, which for me means muted colors, motion blur, and annoying background blurriness in most scenes. Maybe I'm just being cranky, but 3D just doesn't add all that much: It's kinda n… more »

Despite my distrust of anything popular, news of the upcoming movie included lavish amounts of praise heaped on the source comic. And the descriptions of the same piqued my interest enough to get me to buy the comic from my trusty comic book store. E… more »

HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS? [video:youtube:ONkh786EbSg] The bridge! The captain's beard! The arrow-logo uniforms! The wave motion gun breech slamming closed! The theme song! My inner 6-year-old is deliriously happy right now. It's a movi… more »

I've been meaning to recommend this piece of horror criticism for a couple of months: Nicholas Seeley's "A Dragon in the Time Machine: A Gross Anatomy of Horror." He does a good job expanding on Stephen King's theories, and this part in particular grabb… more »

We took the girls to see The Princess and the Frog last weekend. I thought it was certainly decent, but not great. Although I think my opinion is warming the more that I think about it. What bothers me is the pacing. I'm not sure how well I can desc… more »