Our Idiot Brother–Movie Review
Our Idiot Brother is a moderately funny offbeat comedy about a misfit with a heart of gold. Ned (Paul Rudd) is a latter-day hippie type who lives happily on a… Read more »
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The Help–Movie Review
The Help is a reasonably entertaining movie. It is sometimes poignant, mostly funny and ultimately upbeat. Unfortunately it is not on the same level as the novel by Kathryn Stockett… Read more »
Crazy, Stupid, Love–Movie Review
Crazy, Stupid, Love is a funny, though somewhat predictable, romantic comedy. (And when did you last see a romantic comedy that wasn’t somewhat predictable?) Cal (Steve Carell) is a 40-something… Read more »
Captain America: The First Avenger–Movie Review
Captain America is a movie based on a comic book, and recently that has been a very bad sign. However this movie is a welcome surprise: a rip-roaring action story… Read more »
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2–Movie Review
The final movie in the series provides a well-executed and satisfactory conclusion. As expected the bottom line is as follows: If you have seen the 7(!) previous movies then you… Read more »
Samsung-funded study finds 3D video causes extra eye strain, fatigue
Ars Technica reports. What can I say? I told you so here and here.
Project Nim–Movie Review
Project Nim is a rather sad documentary that is worth watching if you are interested in the subject matter. It tells the story of Nim Chimpsky, a chimpanzee who was… Read more »
The Tree of Life–Movie Review
The Tree of Life is one of those movies that everyone seems to really love or really hate. Writer/director Terrence Malick has come up with an ambitious and controversial film…. Read more »
Midnight in Paris–Movie Review
Midnight in Paris is Woody Allen’s 41st film so he must be doing something right. This one revisits a number of familiar themes, but it has a twist that Allen… Read more »
Super 8–Movie Review
Super 8 is an exciting summer sci-fi movie with a rather old-fashioned feel. Steven Spielberg is listed as Producer, and it greatly resembles, in both its strengths and its weaknesses,… Read more »