I watched “Hunger Games: Catching Fire” [8/10] and it’s a lot like the first movie, so pretty nifty, but also somewhat predictable. It’s available from the Regina Public Library. Soon I must watch “Knowing” and “World War Z” before I have to return them.
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Escape From Planet Earth
I watched “Escape From Planet Earth” [8/10] a cartoon with Rob Cordery, and it’s pretty good. William Shatner plays the bad guy.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Charlie’s War
Saw “Charlie Wilson’s War” [8/10] which explains the background behind the Soviet’s failure in Afghanistan, and paved the way for the Taliban to later take over. Today I saw “Cars 2″ [6/10] which explains why we have people focused on fossil fuel vehicles. Each somewhat ties into the 10 year
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: Sex, violence and TV shows
We just finished watching the third season of Game of Thrones on DVD this past weekend. Before that, we watched The White Queen, another DVD series (one season only, although it deserved more). As we watched both, I found myself wondering why directors and producers felt the need to insert
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Epic Fourth
Watched “Epic” [5/10] about little tree people. “Born on the Fourth of July” [8/10] a 1989 Tom Cruise movie about a Vietnam vet who protests the war. A Marvel Avengers cartoon movie about their kids stopping Ultron. 6/10 “Burke and Hare” [8/10] a dark British comedy about the early medical
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Robin Williams is Dead
I blame Canada. The world lost a really genuine person who tried at least as hard as Jim Carey and Steve Carell, to make everyone laugh. Aww shucks, Williams was priceless. Let’s try to use this time to give hope to those with depression, and turn this problem around for
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: The World’s End
Rewatched “Cast Away” [8/10] a few days ago. Also saw “Dallas Buyer’s Club” [6/10] which is based on a true story of AIDS in the mid ’80s. It starts out in a confusing way, and takes forever to get to the plot which never is very dramatic. It’s basically just
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The Onion On Movies
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Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Hotel comedy
https://mobile.twitter.com/fbiagent4hire/status/478379393996169218 I saw this a few weeks ago, and also think you hold see the Budapest Hotel.
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: The Hollow Crown
I’ve watched three of the four productions in the 2012 TV series, The Hollow Crown, this past week, and am greatly impressed by the productions and the acting. Wonderful, rich stuff. The series consists of the second Shakespeare tetralogy, the Henriad: Richard II; Henry IV parts 1 and 2, and Henry
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: The Three Stooges
I bought a DVD set called The Ultimate Three Stooges this weekend.* I was rather surprised that even 20 DVDs could not contain all of the film work the trio (more on that, below) put together in their long career. But it does contain the core – and the very
Continue readingPostArctica: The Accidental Sea
Interesting film on California’s abandoned Salton Sea.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Dr. Strangelove Was More Of a Documentary Than We Thought
This is a little bit terrifying, in the context of world destruction. Dr. Strangelove was a great movie in the 60s about a military base commander going crazy and ordering a nuclear strike on Russia without Presidential authorization. It should be remade today with another great comedic actor like Steve
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Earthsuck
“Earthstorm” [3/10] is barely a 3. Humour value at least. My girlfriend guessed the ending. It was Armageddon meets Harlequin. #Bmovie Solve problems by blowing up the Moon, with nukes.
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: The Wild Women of Wongo
Who can resist a film with a title like that? Or Zontar, the Thing From Venus? Robot Monster? Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet? The Atomic Brain? Clearly, I can’t. I love this stuff. B-films, especially scifi B-films. But I am a tad disappointed with this Mill Creek package.* I recently
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: The Debt
Watched most of “The Debt” [8/10] and would watch the rest later if it was convenient to do so. It’s about spies in East Germany attempting to kidnap a Nazi. The plan goes wrong.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Pacific Rim
I watched “Pacific Rim” [7/10] after “Super 8″ [7/10] and was not as impressed by either as I’d hoped to be. First, I can’t hear Pacific Rim any more without thinking Job after, thanks to the team named that at Owl Pub Trivia I go to frequently. Second, the movie
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Bus-Taker’s Guide To The Galaxy
I helped invent and host a city bus tour to a movie theatre from the Riddell Centre on Tuesday evening. It went very well, even though our bus was 20 minutes late when first leaving. The weather was astoundingly perfect, and the ten people who went all seemed to enjoy
Continue readingPostArctica: Adrift
I have yet to see anything that so sublimely and elegantly shows how mankind and nature can cohabit this planet, yet we continue to lay a massive pounding on the earth, oblivious to the wreckage, as we struggle blindly through the fog of our own heads and hearts. ADRIFT It
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