After reading the book, I knew I had to watch the movie. Usually, I’m apprehensive about movies based on books, but for some reason,I felt a little better about this one because like the book, the movie is Swedish. Apparently, there’s an American remake in the works. I wanted to catch the Swedish version before [...]
King’s Highway, the restaurant in the same building as the Ace Hotel lobby/check-in area, is what I pictured a diner in the 70s to look like, maybe a bit hipper. Likewise, the food is a hipper version of 70s diner food.
Upon sitting down, an interestingly dressed older woman with fantastic glasses plopped down a small [...]
Do you like:
derivative futuristic science fiction?
cyborgs with expiration dates?
naughty AI that can’t be controlled?
gratuitous blood?
gratuitous use of slow motion?
lots of impossible fights involving lots of acrobatics?
recycled scenes from previous sci fi movies?
a poorly hashed romance?
a re-kindled bromance?
a Korean copy of Blade Runner?
If you’ve answered yes to all of these, then watch Natural City.
Moon was released in a handful of theaters in LA last weekend. From the trailers, I thought it would be like Solaris. Now that I’ve seen it, I can say it’s very different. I like it more then Solaris.
I don’t want to give too much of the movie away, but Sam Rockwell did a [...]
After watching the last episode of Battlestar Galactica (the reimagined series), I can’t help but feel sad. While I liked some seasons less than others, as a whole it was a great series and one of my favorite shows. Now that it’s all over, I can’t help but feel kind of empty inside. [...]
I went to the midnight opening of Watchmen like most fans probably did and I tried not to have my expectations too high. I already read that the filmmakers changed the ending from the way it was in the book, but I was curious if their change would work.
I don’t want to spoil the movie [...]
The BF and I decided not to brave traffic or crowded restaurants this year and just spend Valentine’s Day at home with a nice home-cooked dinner. We kept it simple so that we wouldn’t get stressed out in the kitchen.
I made pasta with a sauce made out of canned tomatoes, cremini mushrooms, onions, carrots, [...]
