No spoilers ahead. No worries. Local blog The Fresno Beehive ran a contest last week to win one of 70 pairs of tickets to an early screening of the new Harry Potter film and whaddaya know…I won. Always cool when that happens with a movie you’d spend money to see anyway. Saw it Monday night [...]
My wife surprised me with a ticket to Captain America Saturday night (she’s so cool) and I have to say I had a TON of fun with it. Lots of great winks and nods and a great, truly American story at the heart of it. Loved the Red Skull, the incorporation of ideas from [...]
Just got back from an early screening of Cowboys and Aliens about a half hour ago. The recollections are fresh! You know the story. Man with no name comes to town. He stirs up trouble. Aliens attack. Been done, right? Actually, no. What’s amazing to me is that no one ever really thought to do this [...]
As I write this it’s just been revealed that Marvel’s THE AVENGERS has a set a new opening weekend box office record by a wiiiiiide margin. $200.3 million. Take that in. Not only is an Avengers movie actually real, it’s hit the zeitgeist. Well I guess so! The movie plays like gangbusters with an audience. [...]
After I wrote my review for Man of Steel, the rest of the world got a chance to see the movie and reaction has been… mixed. Some, like me, are crazy about the movie. Other can’t believe they’re actually calling that guy in the tights “Superman.” This is mostly due to the ending of the [...]
