Miss Sloane a dud

I didn’t see that coming (Sarc) So it looks like the highly touted anti-gun / anti-NRA movie is bombing badly at the box office. Miss Sloane is a story of a DC lobbyist that takes on the “most powerful opponent of her career”, an obvious reference to the NRA. So the elites in Hollywood somehow …

My Movie Review – The Accountant

Before seeing the accountant my wife told me the reviews were pretty bad. Well its Ben Affleck so that really wasn’t a surprise. Don’t get me wrong, I think Ben is very talented just not necessarily at acting. But then it has been awhile since I watched an Affleck movie. Surprisingly this one was a …

Movies I’ve seen lately

Captain Phillips – There has been some controversy over the true character of the real Captain Phillips. This may have had some effect on the total box office draw. Putting that aside, the movie was good. The suspense worked even though I knew the outcome. It was also a great reminder of just how good …

The Beaver a serious movie

I was lucky enough to have recently viewed Mel Gibson / Jodi Fosters “The Beaver”. The idea sounds ridiculous. A man on the brink of a complete mental breakdown / illness finds himself taken over to some extent by a beaver puppet. The beaver (himself) turns his life around only to eventually take over his …

Transformers – doesn’t work this time

The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the Moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets. IMDB Last weekend our family went to see Transformers – dark of the moon. My 9 year old son likes the transformer movies so a day out together seemed like good …

The expendables

Sylvester Stallone has been relatively busy the last few years.  With Rambo, Rocky Balboa and the expendables he’s made a bit of a comeback.  When you go to a movie like this it’s not really about a great story, we really don’t expect that, or great acting, we are not watching hamlet but we do …

Robin Hood

First off I liked the movie.  Contrary to what some critics have said I didn’t find it too long (2 hrs 20 minutes).  It’s not as good as Gladiator but was a good movie.  The key parts I took away were the desire for liberty under the rule of law and not the rule of …

Quantum of Solace. Jame Bond is action

With Mondays off I often get a chance to see matinee movies. Today was Quantum of Solace, the newest James Bond film. About six months ago I re-read Casino Royal, not the film version but Ian Flemming’s original novel. It reminded me why I like the newest version of Bond. In the novels as in …

The Dark Knight

Well hell yeah I went to see this. After Batman Begins I was sure to see this one on the big screen. I do wish I'd seen it on an IMAX screen though. So to begin with yes it's a damn good movie. It's not just a comic book super hero movie it's a good …

“ROME”

During the beginning of this deployment one of our team guys had a copy of the first season of HBOs Rome.  It quickly became a cult like addiction watching the hours of sex, conniving and fighting.  After the initial exposure to Rome, I didn't see the second season until the last few days.  Which while …