May 21
“Live long, and be my girlfriend.” Prior to the arrival at my extremely overpriced rental seat in the Muvico XL Theater, I was admittedly skeptical about the latest Trek adventure. After accomplishing what many – including myself – would label a perfect reboot of Star Trek and its original crew, I felt that …
May 16
As the credits rolled for the latest installment in Marvel’s Iron Man superhero franchise, only one question rolled through the vast (and considerably vacant) corridors of my mind: How much more Robert Downey Jr. could I possibly bear before making earplugs out of my 3D glasses? To preempt any cease and desist orders …
May 10
“Pow! Bam! Zap! Wham! Thud!… Decapitation?!” Minus the last one I threw in there to see if you were paying attention, all of the above exclamations hark back to a time when violence was hidden behind colorful comic book cartoon graphics and overly exaggerated sound effects to match. In today’s world, …
May 03
WARNING: Kids, don’t try this face at home. Ahhh Spring… the flowers are blooming, the sun is shining and the geeks (myself included) start showing up in droves to the onslaught of Summer blockbusters in order to have our ear drums and grey matter beat senseless into a steaming pile of apocalyptic superhero mush. …
Apr 30
The good, the bad, and the Outlaw. Food. A giver of life, energy and indigestion. I feel fairly certain I can speak for the rest of the planet when I say, “I love the stuff.” Granted, I’m not what you would call a foodie, which is another word for someone who proclaims to …
Apr 17
“Welcome to Muvico theaters!” “Like a leaf… on the amusement park ride from hell.” As with Serenity pilot Hoban ‘Wash’ Washburne, I too am an adult with an unhealthy obsession of playing with plastic dinosaurs. The only difference being, Wash is a fictional character played by actor (Alan Tudyk), who tinkered with some …
Apr 05
The bad news: I’ve been taken over my an alien caterpillar and I need to pay for two movie tickets.The good news: I now have someone to go to the movies with. A warning was casually floated in my general direction that there was a war afoot between those who would do anything …
Apr 03
The Three Ageekos! “Our little con is all growns… it’s growns up, it’s growns up and it’s growns up.” That semi-butchered Vince Vaughn quote from one of the all-time best male bonding movies (Swingers), was one of a few thoughts swimming through my mind as Hot Nerd Girl and I tried making our …
Mar 30
I’m flattered, but not sure I’m ready for an inter-tech relationship right now. Unless of course your data is unlimited… In a world where everything has OD’d on HD in 3D, it should come as no surprise that the way we meet people has gone the way of the pixel too. That is especially …
Mar 20
The Great and (semi) Powerful Outlaw! Wizards and witches and cleavage, oh my! Those were some of my initial thoughts as I exited Disney’s prequel based take on the land of Oz, that has stormed through (pun intended) box office sales in its early release. To be fair, my cousin Garrett – …
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