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300 II: Abs on the Rise Friday March 7, 2014
Today I saw a not-very-good movie. Yes, I'd like the two hours back. If the film has any redeeming value whatsoever it's that it's inspired a bit of interest in the actual history -- history that does not involve oiled men sword-dancing when they're supposed to be fighting. In the… Read more
2012 Calendar Pre-Orders Closing... Monday November 28, 2011
Calendar pre-orders are closing in about an hour (11:00am Mountain time), because Sandra is getting ready to print out all the invoices and start sorting. We will still have calendars for sale after December 3rd, but filling all these pre-orders is going to take the better part of this week.… Read more
June 26, 2005 Sunday June 26, 2005
Set your duck on fire... entry, June 26th, 2005 I'm pleased, very pleased, that Wednesday's burning duck was so enjoyable for so many of you. Even some French people took the time to email me and say "hurray" or "vive la revolucion" or some such. Since then I've written two… Read more
Dracula Untold Friday October 24, 2014
I didn't go see Dracula Untold on opening weekend because the reviews were bad. Maybe my low expectations helped, because it didn't seem anywhere near as awful as its early reviews suggested. That's not a huge vote of confidence, I know, so let me say this: I enjoyed it. No,… Read more
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Tuesday October 25, 2016
I took the advantage of $5.00 movie day at the local cinema to see Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. It’s pretty much exactly what you’d expect from an espionage/action movie, down to the last trope, but I enjoyed it a lot. My favorite bit was seeing Cobie Smulders‘ name in… Read more
SHAZAM! Monday April 8, 2019
I saw SHAZAM! at the megaplex this morning. It started slow, but the familial relationships are central to the story—they’re much more than just a screen against which someone gets super-powers—so by the end of the film that slow start was completely forgiven. I wasn’t excited about the possibility that the… Read more
Everest Tuesday September 29, 2015
I was pretty sure I didn’t actually need a cinematic event to convince me not to put climbing Everest on my bucket list, but I’m extra convinced now. The film was powerful, and beautiful, and tragic. The various accounts of May 10, 1996’s disastrous Everest ascents have appeared in at least half… Read more
I have my Ultraviolet tix... Friday March 3, 2006
I'll be seeing the first local showing of Ultraviolet Friday morning. I'll then swiftly proceed to Dragon's Keep and write y'all a review. I've been paying as little attention as possible to the previews, and NO attention to whatever industry buzz there may be surrounding the film. Is it a… Read more
Frozen II Friday December 27, 2019
I don’t think Frozen II is going to get sing-along screenings, but I’m okay with that. To my mind, if there’s a weakness¹ with Frozen, it’s that one of the songs was so iconic, so memorable, and so infectious it unfairly raised the bar on the rest of the franchise.… Read more
Terminator: Dark Fate Wednesday November 13, 2019
Hey! I finally got back out and saw a movie! Nothing screams “I am not a real movie reviewer” quite like me not seeing movies. But some of you seem to like knowing what I think about the latest cinematic releases, and I’ve been letting you down. There just hasn’t… Read more
March 11, 2005 Friday March 11, 2005
News, Blues, and Reviews entry, This morning I got an email message from Xavier Xerexes at Comixpedia, telling me that he'd just posted his Comixpedia Review of Schlock Mercenary. My favorite quote from the review is here: "I think Schlock Mercenary can be seen as a modern reinvention of the… Read more
Come See Howard at The Dragon's Keep Friday March 26, 2010
The Dragon's Keep in downtown Provo (260 N University Ave) is having a customer appreciation thingy, and I'll be there on Saturday, March 27th, for about 3 hours starting at 11am. I'll be doing free sketches, and I may bring sketch cards and markers with me if you want to… Read more
Lemony Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events Wednesday January 18, 2017
Ordinarily I don’t review television programs, but there have been enough exceptions that I’m not breaking a rule at this point, you’re just experiencing another edge case. Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events is proving to be delightful. I’ve watched the first four episodes, and I’m hooked. The series has two… Read more
Ready or Not Wednesday August 21, 2019
I saw the trailer for Ready or Not while watching Zombie Tidal Wave over on SyFy this weekend, and my verdict is that this made Zombie Tidal Wave worth it. My ticket alone probably doesn’t cover the ad spend for the studio, but it’s a start. Thank you for thinking of… Read more
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Monday June 25, 2018
This morning, as I’m preparing to buy tickets: Me: “Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom?” 15yo: “Ugh” Me: “Ugh?” 15yo: “Why does that movie even exist?” Me: “People running from dinosaurs!” 15yo: “We’ve seen that.” Me: “In a glass ball!” 15yo: “That too.” Me: “And they get saved by a dino that… Read more
The Good Dinosaur Monday November 30, 2015
I love dinosaurs as much as the next person, but I was concerned about the concept for this film. Admittedly, this is mostly because to my mind any alternate history that’s missing the Chixulub impactor will also be missing any mammals larger than a rat, and certainly won’t feature sapient hominids,… Read more
American Ultra Tuesday August 25, 2015
I saw American Ultra just one day after seeing Hitman: Agent 47, and the similarities between the two are misleading: Super-agents with amazing abilities Physics-defying stunts Protagonist who is unaware of their latent super-agent abilities Mentor who helps them unlock those abilities Everybody wants to kill the protagonists because of who they… Read more
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu Thursday May 9, 2019
Take a pokéball and fill it with nostalgia. Then shout “I CHOOSE YOU” and throw it. Depending on whether you’ve given your Nostalgia the right kind of pokéberries, it will have evolved into PURE JOY. That’s this movie in a nutshell pokéball. My eighteen-year-old loved Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, while I… Read more
Under New Management, Fleened Tuesday June 6, 2006
It was a busy weekend, and I neglected to make all my usual trawling rounds. Thus it was that this went unnoticed by me until just now. It's a review of Schlock Mercenary: Under New Management, and you ought to read it. If you haven't yet bought a book, and… Read more
Spider-Man: Homecoming Monday July 17, 2017
I am quite glad to have a Spider-Man movie that doesn’t tell us the Uncle Ben story. Spider-Man: Homecoming clears my Threshold of Awesome, and comes in at #5 for me for the year. This film does what the best YA books do—it gives us a story in which young people… Read more