Archive for October, 2007

This One Doesn’t Babble Unless He’s Alone

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

FILM REVIEW: ‘MR. BROOKS’ Written by Bruce A. Evans & Raynold Gideon Directed by Bruce A. Evans Rated R 120 mins. I wanted to see Mr. Brooks when it came out originally, because it had Dane Cook in it. And it wasn’t a romantic comedy! Dane Cook was following the Robin Williams plan for doing […]

Necessary But Not Sufficient Conditions

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

FILM REVIEW: ‘NEVER SAY GOODBYE’ Written and directed by Karan Johar Rated PG-13 193 mins. I am now going to review a movie and just give the whole plot away. You’ve been warned. But honestly, I can’t see you actually watching this one. Maybe you will. And despite my rating (which reflects, really, my own […]

Wild Innocence

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

FILM REVIEW: ‘INTO THE WILD’ Written by Sean Penn, based on the book by Jon Krakauer Directed by Sean Penn Rated R 140 mins. Alexander Supertramp, nee Christopher Johnson McCandless, decides one day to leave it all behind and walk the earth. After graduating from Emory University in 1990, he eschews a chance at Harvard […]

Hockey’s Just Not That Big in Kansas

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

FILM REVIEW: ‘THE LOOKOUT’ Written and Directed by Scott Frank Rated R 99 mins. Sometimes when a movie disapoints it’s your own fault. You go in with an unrealistic or unfair expectation. This is almost impossible to avoid, however, and so either movie makers or movie watchers have to live with it. Nevertheless, this can […]

I Finished the Fight

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

VIDEO GAME REVIEW: ‘HALO 3′ Developed by Bungie Distributed by Microsoft Game Studios Platforms: Xbox 360 Genre: First Person Shooter Oh, the hype. People have been talking about Halo 3 since 2001. Okay, that’s an exaggeration, but they have been talking about it at least since 2004, when Halo 2 hit the shelves. Seriously. Go […]

More Or Less, Just a Sandwich

Monday, October 1st, 2007

TV REVIEW: ‘HEROES Created by Tim Kring NBC Season 1: 23 episodes We finished watching Heroes Season 1 on DVD about a month ago, a week after it hit the stores. We are fans of DVD TV shows as opposed to watching them in a normal broadcast fashion, since we don’t like to be toyed […]