The last time I watched something in 3D, it was either Captain EO at Disneyland (is that attraction even there anymore?) or the Honey I Shrunk the Kids ride at Universal Studios. Coraline in 3D showed me that 3D technology has come a LONG way. The stop motion animation was fantastic in 3D. [...]
Let the Right One In is a vampire movie done right. It’s not full of flashy special effects, it’s not a sappy love story, and there’s no violence = sex metaphor in it. It’s a film where the feeling of isolation is thick in the air.
The film’s restraint made every scene all the [...]
On January 1st 2009, I got up at 5:30 in the morning for the first time in many years to drive to Union Station to catch the Gold Line to Pasadena. The occasion: the BF scored tickets for the Rose Parade! These tickets gave us reserved seats at the start of the parade, right [...]
My first time watching A Christmas Story was in my 5th grade homeroom class. Up till then, I was used to watching Christmas movies like It’s a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, and that one with Charlie Brown. After the movie finished, I was confused. There was no heavy-handed moral in A [...]
I felt lazy tonight after a long day at work (why are Mondays always so hard?) so I picked up some take-out from Taro’s Teri & Sushi. I spent the rest of the night with a bowl of chirashi (the fish was actually good!), some episodes of 90210, and a couple hours of Persona [...]
I finally watched Slumdog Millionaire, a movie about an Indian boy who grew up in the slums and wins the top price in India’s Who Wants to be a Millionaire game show. Of course, no one believes that he didn’t cheat to win because how can someone who grew up with no education manage [...]
Yes, we’ve finally moved into the HDTV age. We had an HDTV before, but it was only a 26″, which we thought would be enough when we got it, but now compared to this TV, I can’t believe we’ve been looking at a small screen for so long.
This baby is a Panasonic Viera 50″ plasma [...]
