Archive for February, 2008

Post Mortem on 2007

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Well, as I am most likely never going to finish last year’s reviews, I thought I’d at least post the list of what I *did* watch last year. (For this year’s list, check the link to the right.) I would still like to write these reviews, and maybe I will, but for now, here’s […]

But on a lighter note…

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

The Russian “Spice Girls”:
Blestyashie!
(or Blestyashchie or Blestyaschie or even the original Блестящие).

10 reasons not to buy Blu-ray

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

10 Reasons Not to Buy Blu-ray
(no matter what’s happened to HD-DVD)
1. Unfair practices
This is why Sony was able to “win”. They sold the PS3 at a huge loss in order to make sure that Blu-ray was included in the package. They didn’t even care that doing this led to them basically losing the […]

Do I think I could do any better?

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

The question anyone who sets themselves out to critique movies is guaranteed to have to face is: can you do any better? If you are Roger Ebert, for instance, we have Beyond the Valley of the Dolls on hand to answer in a resounding “no”.
Me? I went to film school. Here’s the […]

Film #219 - Carry on Nurse (1959)

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Carry on Nurse is the first entry in the “Carry On” series that really establishes what the future installment would be like. Although Carry On Sergeant laid done several of the ground rules (group of disparate characters thrown together, etc.), the cheekiness and generally bawdy air that permeates the series begins here.
The story is […]