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My favorite movies watched in 2015

In 2015, I watched 63 movies, down from 100+ in 2014. I came very close to completing my rewatching-all-my-old-favorites project,... (More...)

3 January 2016, 6:22 PM | Comments (0)

The Martian (book and movie)

A few weeks ago, I decided to take a look at the book of The Martian. I hadn't had much... (More...)

2 November 2015, 9:51 AM | Comments (0)

Life updates

And yet again, two weeks have gone by without a post from me here. What've I been up to? Day... (More...)

25 July 2015, 3:35 PM | Comments (0)

How to enjoy Terminator Genisys

I saw Terminator Genisys last night. Fortunately, Karen prepped me for it ahead of time, so I thought I'd pass... (More...)

11 July 2015, 9:51 AM | Comments (0)

Tomorrowland

I just watched the movie Tomorrowland, and I'm surprised I haven't seen more people posting about it. It's the story... (More...)

13 June 2015, 9:31 AM | Comments (1)

Tech is bad, nature is good

For a long time, we've been reading stories and books about how things mediated through technology are bad and being... (More...)

15 May 2015, 10:10 AM | Comments (0)

Good weekend

This weekend went surprisingly well in various ways: I completed something like a dozen to-do items that I had been... (More...)

4 May 2015, 10:32 AM | Comments (0)

How to write a first act the Pixar way

On the Toy Story 3 extras disc, there's a segment called “Beginnings: Setting a Story in Motion,” in which the... (More...)

16 January 2015, 10:30 AM | Comments (2)

Techno-renewal and other life updates

Last week was fairly difficult for a variety of reasons, but it ended pretty well. After difficult-family-anniversary stress on Tuesday,... (More...)

18 November 2014, 11:13 AM | Comments (0)

Harold and Maude

(I wrote this entry in July, but was reluctant to post it at the time. Now that I'm ready to... (More...)

12 November 2014, 10:19 AM | Comments (0)

The Song and the guy named Jed

I have no idea whether the new movie The Song is worth seeing, but I was mildly intrigued by the... (More...)

25 September 2014, 9:58 PM | Comments (0)

Excellent feminist movie: Made in Dagenham

I just rewatched the 2010 movie Made in Dagenham. It's even better than I remembered it: feminist, laugh-out-loud funny, occasionally... (More...)

21 September 2014, 12:00 PM | Comments (0)

Women in _Whiteout_

Finally watched the movie of Whiteout last night. It's a thriller set in Antarctica, in which US Marshal Carrie Stetko... (More...)

14 September 2014, 1:47 PM | Comments (0)

Interim entry

I posted here a whole bunch toward the beginning of WorldCon, mostly about the Hugos, and then switched to Facebook... (More...)

2 September 2014, 7:40 AM | Comments (1)

Lucy and the Guardians at the box office

When I saw the trailer for Lucy a few months back, the movie looked pretty bad to me, but I... (More...)

3 August 2014, 3:48 PM | Comments (0)

Assorted notes, loosely connected to Sara

A few notes more or less pertaining to Sara: On Thursday, driving home from the memorial service for Sara, I... (More...)

19 July 2014, 9:15 AM | Comments (0)

Some links about Narnia

I just read a lovely, excellent piece by Molly McArdle on the joys, and failures, of Narnia. “I write as... (More...)

30 May 2014, 11:46 AM | Comments (0)

Captain America: Winter Soldier

Saw the new Captain America movie with Kam a few days ago. Short version of my reaction: I loved it.... (More...)

11 April 2014, 12:07 PM | Comments (6)

Birthday week

I was going to try to do my usual birthday-week thing this week, spreading out fun stuff over the course... (More...)

27 March 2014, 1:50 PM | Comments (2)

Hugo recommendations

I've been meaning for months to blog about specific works and people I'm going to nominate for the Hugos, and... (More...)

25 March 2014, 1:04 PM | Comments (1)

Books vs pajamas

Pat (Spencer Tracy) and Jamie (Katharine Hepburn) are on a sleeper train, and the following dialogue ensues: Jamie: Would you... (More...)

14 March 2014, 10:32 AM | Comments (0)

What I've been up to (and why I've been glum)

Have spent most of the past week doing webmastery kinds of things for last night's launch of Jaggery, Mary Anne's... (More...)

9 November 2013, 12:52 AM | Comments (1)

More remixed trailers

I was having a frustrating evening, dealing with tech stuff. But yesterday, I posted a link to a trailer remixing... (More...)

4 November 2013, 10:49 PM | Comments (0)

Assorted updates

A few assorted life updates: Day job I've been at my current day job for nine years as of today.... (More...)

18 October 2013, 10:57 AM | Comments (0)

Dangerous Beauty

The other night, Kam and I watched the 1998 movie Dangerous Beauty. I had seen it before, in 1999; Kam... (More...)

14 October 2013, 11:23 PM | Comments (0)

Not exactly language for a lady

Last night, I watched the 2008 movie Changeling (set in 1928). It didn't do anything for me, and I ended... (More...)

11 October 2013, 10:05 AM | Comments (0)

Wordless "conversations" and the Bechdel test

There was a link the other day (from a non-public Facebook post) to a blog post about Pacific Rim and... (More...)

25 July 2013, 10:56 AM | Comments (0)

Some notes on Card

Some notes toward the blog entry that I'm probably not going to manage to write about Orson Scott Card and... (More...)

16 July 2013, 12:51 PM | Comments (3)

Darths & Droids for Best Graphic Story

This is a recommendation to nominate the webcomic Darths & Droids for the Best Graphic Story Hugo award. I wrote... (More...)

5 March 2013, 10:53 AM | Comments (0)

Conversation(s) With Other Women Blu-ray: Not Canadian

I've been trying to find the very interesting movie Conversation(s) With Other Women on Blu-ray for a while. This post... (More...)

3 March 2013, 3:01 PM | Comments (0)

Review: Valentine's Day (the movie)

If you're looking for an intertwining-plot-threads fun sweet romantic comedy to watch on Valentine's Day, you could do worse than... (More...)

14 February 2013, 9:39 AM | Comments (3)

Les Miserables Calmes

(Can you tell I still don't speak French?) I finally went to see the movie of Les Miz the other... (More...)

10 February 2013, 1:11 PM | Comments (0)

Unstrung Heroes

I first saw the 1995 movie Unstrung Heroes in late 1996, and I liked it a lot. I bought it... (More...)

19 January 2013, 9:45 AM | Comments (0)

Favorite movies watched in 2012

I watched 70 movies in 2012: 49 that I hadn't seen before, 21 that I had (though usually not in... (More...)

2 January 2013, 12:51 PM | Comments (0)

Movies lately

I've been watching a lot of movies lately, and have taken a look at a few new-to-me TV shows. Since... (More...)

24 November 2012, 12:46 PM | Comments (3)

Review(ish): Avengers

Finally saw Avengers the other day. Enjoyed it quite a bit—liked it significantly more than any of the precursor movies... (More...)

3 June 2012, 2:15 PM | Comments (0)

Current and forthcoming movies

There are a bunch of movies (both forthcoming and currently out) that I want to see this year, though I'm... (More...)

3 June 2012, 8:16 AM | Comments (3)

Catchup

Wow, it’s apparently been two weeks since I posted here. FOGcon was good. It was great to get some time... (More...)

14 April 2012, 12:35 AM | Comments (3)

Imagine Me & You

A couple weeks ago, I somehow happened across a mention of a 2005 movie I had never heard of: Imagine... (More...)

20 February 2012, 11:42 PM | Comments (3)

The Artist as fanfic

After watching The Artist a couple weeks back, I went looking at reviews, and found one—generally negative, but with some... (More...)

17 February 2012, 6:31 PM | Comments (1)

2011 movies

I watched 41 movies in 2011, including 8 that I had seen before. (I rarely rewatch movies, but I've been... (More...)

7 January 2012, 1:15 AM | Comments (0)

Whoopi Goldberg's Broadway show

Some years back, I bought or was given the VHS version of the 1985 HBO special broadcast of Whoopi Goldberg's... (More...)

14 November 2011, 1:31 AM | Comments (0)

Review: Drive

Saw Drive on Tuesday night. What a mistake that was. I ended up writing a rather long discussion of it,... (More...)

21 October 2011, 12:28 AM | Comments (0)

Supporting my local multiplex

I go to one or two movies a month in theatres these days. Most of the time, I go to... (More...)

29 August 2011, 12:40 AM | Comments (2)

Captain America

Finally saw Captain America tonight, and enjoyed it quite a bit. Not by any means a Great Film. But fun,... (More...)

24 August 2011, 1:13 AM | Comments (0)

A couple of notes on The Terminal

I've had the 2004 movie The Terminal out from Netflix for a long time; finally decided last night to watch...

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