by Ira | Apr 1, 2018 | Film, Reviews
This movie was not what I expected. I saw the trailer and the marketing, and thought it was going to be a comic-book movie, kind of like an 80s Sin City, with pink and neon instead of fedoras and gristle, all mixed with some John Wick badassery…and instead,...
by Ira | Mar 31, 2018 | Film, Reviews
This is one of the FEW movies where I’d read the book before going to see it…and I rarely recommend doing that if you want to wholly enjoy the film. In other words, the book is always better than the movie. This one is no exception. The Blurb: From...
by Ira | Mar 24, 2018 | Film, Reviews
Full disclosure: I watched this movie via Mystery Science Theater 3000, but it was the entire movie, so I think it counts! 🙂 I completely enjoyed myself! The Blurb: Research scientists experimenting with time warps are accidentally propelled forward into an unbearable...
by Ira | Mar 11, 2018 | Film, Reviews
I was in the mood for a random documentary the other night, and Netflix came to the rescue. This doc was suuuuuper interesting, diving into the early days of digital currencies, and explaining how they all really came to be. THE BLURB: Bitcoin, the decentralized...
by Ira | Mar 10, 2018 | Film, Reviews
The beloved book gets the feature treatment from Ava DuVernay, which is notable for me personally because it’s the second movie of hers that I’ve seen thus far in 2018. Reason for optimism, right? Sure. Except that this movie misses the mark in virtually...
by Ira | Mar 8, 2018 | Film, Reviews
Well, folks, they did it: they made another Pirates movie 😛 It’s exactly what you’d expect from a fifth movie in a franchise that hasn’t seen a new movie in SEVEN YEARS. But, still…it was about *pirates*, and who doesn’t love pirates?!...
