Looking forward—as are many of us—to an airplane flight in the near future, some questions are occurring to us: Exactly what in the Hell is going on, how did the guy get high explosives through security, and just how screwed up will air travel become? There are only a few explanations for how our perp
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Elaborate visual effects are used to convey a mediocre story. Every single plot turn is predictable, and helmer/scripter James Cameron certainly did not need 162 minutes to tell his tale. Yet, parts of it are exciting, and even moving. The year is 2154 and marine Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), severely wounded in combat and unable
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Older moviegoers aren’t the only ones who would like an occasional break from the FX-dominated big releases, so typical of this era. Plenty of kids are also wondering what happened to story and decent dialog—not to mention acting. The best antidote to the current over-produced under-written fare is to go back into the archives, and
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One of the biggest environmental stories in recent years is the sad saga of Chinese drywall. Upwards of 60,000 homes, and possibly as many as 300,000, are affected by the sulfide spewing gypsum board. In addition to the highly publicized corrosion of all sorts of metal parts, including air conditioning coils, and the obnoxious sulfide
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Great cinematography, some clever dialog, and plenty of cartoon violence mark this sequel to the original 1999 cult favorite. Having a good cast doesn’t hurt either. As the pic begins, we come upon the MacManus brothers—Connor (Sean Patrick Flanery) and Murphy (Norman Reedus)—hiding out with their father (Billy Connolly) in rural Ireland. This laying low
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Too long by at least 45 minutes, full of plot holes, and overburdened with special effects—not all of which are even that good—this film provides some excitement, along with a fair amount of unintentional humor. Helmer Roland Emmerich is faithful to the rules of the disaster genre set forth by Irwin Allen: All lesser players
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This is one question that is not being given much coverage in the mainstream media, even though it is on the minds of nearly everyone I have spoken to. While much of the elite media believes it has to carry water for Obama, and realizes that labeling the mass shootings of November 5th as “terrorist”
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One of the reasons I don’t write much about politics anymore is that it is all so stupid, self-defeating, and venal—the latest example being the withdrawal of left-leaning so-called Republican Dede Scozzafava from the race in New York state’s 23rd Congressional district, and the reaction that followed. There was no primary election that nominated Scozzafava.
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Since I’m based in the DC metro area, people from all over the country ask me to explain what has happened to the once mighty football team. Although I’m not as much of a football fan as I once was, I will give it a shot… First of all, the team has not been any
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This revenge fantasy—missing a hyphen in the title—is mostly exciting, although it suffers from a less than inspired perf from its top-billed star, and has a few too many plot holes. Several scenes are so over-the-top that they are clearly being played for laughs, even if several critics didn’t seem to notice. Clyde Shelton (Gerard
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