Movies I’m watching
Last night, in the wake of the excellent Fedora 14 release, I was feeling a little wistful. In part that’s because Fedora 14 marks the last release where I participated as the Fedora Project Leader or helped with FPL-ish release tasks. I’m confident Jared will do a great job with …
I’ve noted before in the pages of this blog that I’d be surprised if Warner Brothers didn’t succeed at screwing up Watchmen, the comic book miniseries widely regarded as the best ever created. For good reason, too — it’s heady stuff, layered and mindful of human frailty and foibles, even …
In front of “The Dark Knight” last night was a teaser trailer for “Watchmen.” To quote another geeky staple, “I have a bad feeling about this.” The Smashing Pumpkins music didn’t rattle me — very often there’s temp track music used for teasers to drum up a certain kind of …
It was a nice weekend even though it was blisteringly hot. Saturday my wife took my daughter out for haircuts and some shopping, so I stayed at home with Trouble (we should probably just get around to changing my son’s name legally) and we played a bit. I also checked …
Yesterday was a pretty good day for me, dad-wise. I took Evie to see “Wall-E,” which, as has been noted everywhere, was completely charming and wonderful. In other words, pretty much de rigeur for the wonderful folks at Pixar. In the evening I carted her over to the Y, because …
I read with great sadness that visual effects legend Stan Winston just passed away at the far too young age of 62. If you can name an amazing moment in visual effects in the movies, chances are he was either involved, did it before, or did something that showed it …
Cinematical reviews a portrait of one of the only writers to come out of the science fiction genre who will matter in a hundred years — Harlan Ellison, in a biopic called Dreams With Sharp Teeth. Go HE! I met Harlan once at a book-signing and, determined not to raise …
What the realtors call “foot traffic” — visitors to our house, presumably with purchasing intent — has picked up significantly in the past few weeks. In the last two weeks, we’ve had about a half-dozen visits. The feedback from the agents, where they tell you everything about your house that …
Rendition: Even great actors like Meryl Streep can’t save a hack, one-sided script with no room for the audience to mull over the moral and political questions it should have asked. Wishes it was In the Valley of Elah; waste of time. Margot at the Wedding: Superb character study piece, …
This weekend was as good a time as any to take a step back from work for a bit, so I might as well wrap up some non-Fedora things I’ve been doing lately — less accomplishments than enjoyments, really. I got some reading done for pleasure, including one of Alan …