“You know what I really hate about myself? I know what people taste like.” The H-Bomb: In the near future, the climate change apocalypse has happened, and the entire Earth is frozen over. What’s left of the human race now survives on a lengthy train that chugs endlessly around the world. Much like societies of the past, the train dwellers have been divided by class. The … [Read more...] about Snowpiercer
Archives for November 2014
Big Hero 6
"On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your pain?" Swift shot: From the creators of Wreck-it-Ralph and Frozen, the bar was set pretty high for Big Hero 6 . . . and it took off from the start and never really disappointed. With new, imaginative characters to add to the already extensive Disney legacy, Baymax will be your kid's favorite new toy! Sorry, though, he … [Read more...] about Big Hero 6
Frailty
“Sometimes truth defies reason.” The H-Bomb: A serial killer known as the “God’s Hand Killer” has been terrorizing the state of Texas. Late one rainy night, the lead FBI investigator on the case, Agent Doyle (Powers Boothe), is visited by a young man (Matthew McConaughey) who identifies himself as Fenton Meiks. Fenton tells Doyle that he believes that the God’s … [Read more...] about Frailty
Before I Go to Sleep
Directed by: Rowan Joffé Cast: Nicole Kidman, Mark Strong, Colin Firth and Anne-Marie Duff I love a good suspense/mystery film, especially when the mystery concerns the mind or places its clues in the hero’s mind. A director named Alfred Hitchcock was amazingly good at that. With films like “Vertigo”, “Psycho”, and “Dial M for Murder”, he personally set a trend and a … [Read more...] about Before I Go to Sleep
The Theory of Everything
Directed by: James Marsh Cast: Eddie Redmayne (Stephen Hawking), Felicity Jones (Jane Hawking), Charlie Cox (Jonathan Hellyer Jones), Emily Watson (Beryl Wilde), Simon McBurney (Frank Hawking) and David Thewlis (Dennis Sciama). The Theory of Everything is, in a possible simple notation: 0 = 1 = ∞, or rather, some people think it might be, but that solution is not really a … [Read more...] about The Theory of Everything