Category Archives: movies

Mary and I have been watching almost exclusively television series with our Netflix subscription the last couple years. ?We’ve done the entire runs of some HBO series, some network offerings, and all of Battlestar Galactica that Netflix has offered. ?(They’re … Continue reading →

WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW After a good day at the park yesterday (I realized while there that I’ve still got pictures of Micah at the state park beach on my memory card, a sure sign that I’m quite behind on uploading … Continue reading →

Having finished The Wire and The Sopranos and Deadwood and Rome and still waiting on the next seasons of Galactica and Lost to hit DVD, I talked Mary into watching the 1989 miniseries Lonesome Dove, based on Larry McMurtry’s novel.? … Continue reading →

Earlier this summer, mere days after comps ended, I found a VHS set of Star Wars episodes four through six (the ones from the seventies and eighties), and he’s hooked on Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. (We … Continue reading →

Several months behind the general public, I took in Spider-Man 3 (on DVD) and Ratatouille (at the dollar theater) this weekend.? This marks the first time that Micah’s been in a movie theater from the beginning of a movie to … Continue reading →

I’m about half a dozen movies behind, so I’ll start with the one we watched most recently and move from there… Munich This movie is done so well that it deadens the viewer’s soul. Set all over the world in … Continue reading →

Herbie: Fully Loaded Even when Matt Dillon is trying to be a NASCAR driver, he still sounds like Matt Dillon. Even when Justin Long is trying to be an auto mechanic, he still sounds like Warren Cheswick. Even when a … Continue reading →

Walk the Line My brother Ryan was right: this was basically Ray with white people. Joaquin Phoenix (the hardest-to-spell actor that I can think of at the moment) looks more like Elvis than the actor who plays Elvis in the … Continue reading →

The school year is over. I uploaded my grades yesterday, and within an hour I was back in the books, reading what I want to read. Mary and I have also rejoined Blockbuster online, so I’ve watched a fair number … Continue reading →

Mary and I cancelled our Blockbuster online membership recently (we’ll be busy enough in the coming weeks), so here are two of my final movie reviews: Sideways. Good storytelling about two pathetic, sometimes reprehensible middle-aged men. Although the on-screen sex … Continue reading →

The title introduces well enough. So here goes: Ray. This movie was phenomenal, and if I watch Million Dollar Baby and am not utterly blown away, I’m going to call foul on its not winning Best Picture. Jamie Foxx steps … Continue reading →

Mary and I, tired of watching the same game show reruns while we fed and napped with Micah, decided to sign up for Blockbuster’s online program, and we’ve enjoyed it so far. The movies get here on time (in general), … Continue reading →