The trailer for Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events was playing in front of Sky Captain. Jim Carrey looked like a suitably scary Count Olaf, and the set design captures the creepy feeling of the books. I loved the shot of Violet tying her hair back with a ribbon, ready to start inventing her [...]

One of my old friends from high school who I haven’t seen in around 6 years came up to visit this weekend. We ran around Boston (not so much fun in the rain) and went to see Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, which I thought was very much a style over substance movie, [...]

I’ve been sick with a summer cold recently so I’ve been feeling yucky. There is no better time to indulge in watching martial arts movies! Shaolin Soccer arrived from Netflix a couple days ago, and I watched it, fell into a cold-induced coma, woke up and watched it again. Even though I rented it I [...]

I saw Lady Snowblood today, it was interesting to see the elements (chapter format, bits of plot, soundtrack) Tarantino borrowed for Kill Bill. I’m really ignorant of Kazuo Koike’s work other than Lone Wolf and Cub, but I did get a kick out of learning that Lady Snowblood was based on a very early manga [...]

I did not realize before today that the Loews theater at Boston Common had been overrun by Satan’s army. I know better now. There I was getting amped up on diet coke and jordan almonds when I realized that the movie was supposed to start 15 minutes ago. A few people started going out [...]

I saw Zatoichi today. I hink that it is the best movie I’ve seen so far this summer. In Zatoichi many gang leaders learn one of the basic laws of the universe:
Don’t mess with Beat Takeshi, because he will CUT you!!!
Really, you think by now, they’d know to run immediately when they see him. I’ve [...]

Do you have Netflixia? — a condition where the more serious or classic movies from your netflix queue sit around for months before you get around to watching them, while you quickly watch more frivolous movies. I think that disc 2 of the Decalogue has been in my apartment for a month or two.

AnimeNewsNetwork linked to a ton of trailers today, including a 6 minute trailer for Otomo’s Steamboy which looks just as steampunkish as you would expect from its name.

I went to see King Arthur today. I don’t know enough about the historical origins of Arthur to find the movie annoying. At this point, I’ve read Le Morte D’Arthur, The Once and Future King, Mists of Avalon and its sequels, The Dark is Rising series, Camelot 3000, and a ton of unmemorable fantasy adaptations [...]

The Beat on Clive’s finer qualities. So very true. I didn’t even realize that he was in Sin City.