I was thinking about Highlander just now, and I’m not sure why: specifically, the duel scene. I had this bit pegged as being in France, for some reason. And being considerably less random murder-y. Guess I’ll have to watch it a few more times to remember it all properly.
And so adieu to Wonder Woman. No, actually, I don’t think that they’d get into a fight in the first place. Wonder Woman doesn’t strike me as the sort to get into random fights with fellow immortals.
Over in Philadelphia. Coming Soon notes that Glass is a sequel to both Split and Unbreakable — sorry, but this is now past the Spoiler Zone — which means that I’m going to go have to watch Split now. Yeah, yeah, I know. But in my defense, I stuck with M. Night Shyamalan for about three movies longer than he, strictly speaking, deserved. Well, that’s kind of unfair. The Village wasn’t awful, although the guy running the place was a horrible human being who deserved a bad end.
Still, apparently Shyamalan’s maybe back to making movies that don’t suck? Because the possibility of that happening is pretty spiffy, thanks. Especially when you realize who the title is referring to.
…Bezos optioned up this fable
And that’s good enough for me!
Gimme that old-time space opera
Gimme that old-time space opera
Gimme that old-time space opera
On Amazon TV. Continue reading “Oh, the Ringworld is Unstable / But It Won’t Be Shown on Cable…*”
Here is the thing: this is one of the best makeup jobs I have ever seen.
Seriously, look at these three Gary Oldman pictures.
I can believe that the guy in the middle is the same guy as the one on the right. But neither looks like the guy on the left. At least, to me. As I said, this is a whizzo makeup job; because while Gary Oldman doesn’t look like he normally does neither does he look like he’s wearing prostheses, or whatever they did to give him jowls and a wider face generally. It’s really very impressive, honestly.
Anyway, Darkest Hour is coming out during Thanksgiving, so I dunno when I’m going to see it.
This is, to put it simply, adorable. Imaginapped is a movie about what happens when a kid’s imaginary friend is kidnapped, and part of its charm is that it faithfully follows kid logic. That’s harder to do than it looks.
I’ll be honest: having looked at the book reviews for the trilogy (Southern Reach) that this is based off of, I suspect that Annihilation is one of those movies where I’ll be happier for not having read the books. I can’t comment on the books themselves, because I haven’t read them; but the movie seems to be promising, in a creepy sort of way. I am more tolerant of creep-for-creep’s-sake in movies than I am in books.
Did it suck? I am given to understand that Star Trek: Discovery is not even remotely canonical on a few key details. And the reviews that I’ve seen so far have been distressingly short in the “it had me at the edge of my seat” category. But the world is full of poor reviews of stuff that I ended up liking. I mean, if it kicks butt then that’s the important thing, right?
Early Man is very… British.
It’s also very Wallace and Gromit, or at least very Nick Park. From what I can tell, it’s about a bunch of Stone Age people having to deal with a bunch of snooty, egotistical, and decadent neighbors who have Bronze Age technology and French accents. And soccer. And toilet paper humor. And… look, this just looks kind of ridiculous, in the good way.
Early Man comes out February 18th.
The clip looks fairly Disney (for good and for ill)…
…but this is nice: Continue reading Big Hero 6 TV show uses most of the original voice actors.
I once woke my sister up from her nap just because the Inigo/Six-Fingered Man fight scene was coming up. She forgave me for it, of course. It was necessary.
Wow Princess Bride came out THIRTY YEARS AGO today. I think I speak for everyone when I say "I'll have that drink, now." #PrincessBride30th pic.twitter.com/oZqAVtjUOo
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) September 25, 2017
Continue reading Tweet of the Day, …Inconceivable*! edition.
