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First, sorry about the absence of new posts lately. Plenty has been going on, I’ve just been too tired to write about it. Anyway… on to the review! The Rocky series is sort of a guilty pleasure for me. The first movie was excellent, and introduced us to the mumbling, not-so-bright, loveable underdog who manages to shock the world by staying in the ring for 15 rounds with the World Heavyweight Champion, Apollo Creed. The . . . → Read More: Review: Rocky II A few things have bubbled to the top lately… here they are: Personal Finance Tom’s Inflation Calculator I was looking for a calculator that would tell me how much my current salary would have been worth in 1990, and this fit the bill perfectly. You can also see whether the relative price of gas (for example) has really gone up in the past 40+ years. The calculations are based on US Dept. of Labor statistics . . . → Read More: LinkList: Personal Finance + Sci-Fi edition [tag]Christian Bale[/tag], [tag]Michael Caine[/tag], and [tag]Christopher Nolan[/tag] (all of whom worked on [tag]Batman Begins[/tag]) join [tag]Hugh Jackman[/tag] to create one of the best magician movies I’ve ever seen. Actually, this movie crosses a few genres, but I won’t list them because to do so may tip off the secret of the movie. I will say that there is a healthy dose of misdirection, but everything you need to figure it out is there from the . . . → Read More: Review: The Prestige Alex & Emma is a thoroughly predictable love story with half-realized characters and little to no tension. Luke Wilson was boring and a bit unnatural in his acting (his brother Owen might have been able to make the character somewhat appealing). Kate Hudson spent most of the time channelling her mother (Goldie Hawn) instead of doing her own acting. Even Rob Reiner, for whom I have the greatest respect as a comedic actor, director, and . . . → Read More: Review: Alex & Emma SCI FI Wire | The News Service of the SCI FI Channel The Dark Is Rising is my favorite young adult fantasy series. Susan Cooper wrote the series and it really pulled me in and solidified my love for fantasy stories. I’m very excited that they are making a movie of at least the first book. The film tells the story of Will Stanton, a young man who learns he is the last of a . . . → Read More: The Dark Is Rising comes to film Unions had their day. They were a good idea when the worker was truly being exploited. These days, there are still areas where a union is probably useful, but for the most part I don’t think they’re worth it and they cause more problems than they are worth. Here’s a simple example of how unions caused a stupid problem. Years ago, I was travelling in New York. On my way back to the hotel after . . . → Read More: Why I hate unions I couldn’t think of a good category here. Sue me. Do you know? Great little tidbits of thought-provoking information about the state of the world and the rate of change, set to the main theme from “The Last of the Mohicans” The most frustating clock in the world Can’t get up in the morning? This clock will help. It may accomplish it’s goal, but I guarantee you I would break it in a matter of . . . → Read More: LinkList: Generic edition Interesting premise for this one: two people live in the same lake house, one in 2004, the other in 2006, and yet, with the help of a mailbox-cum-time portal, they are able to write letters to each other and fall in love. As sci-fi love stories go, that’s not too bad of an idea. The pacing was a little slow, but it worked for the movie. The whole thing felt like a lazy fall day, . . . → Read More: Review: The Lake House |
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