The Old Days One of my favorite pastimes as a kid was going to the movies. It was a safe trip into a darkened realm of imagination, where larger-than-life stories shadow-played before my eyes and ears. I even remember taping newspaper ads for my favorite movies to my bedroom wall. As the late film critic…
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The future of the movie viewing experience…
The Announcement. Last week, Warner Bros Studios issued a statement that their first run theatrical releases for 2021 will be released simultaneously on the streaming service, HBOMax, as well. This includes potential blockbusters such as “Wonder Woman 1984” (debuting this month at Christmas), Denis Villeneuve’s latest version of “Dune”, “Suicide Squad,” “The Matrix 4” and…
Revisiting “2001: A Space Odyssey” theatrically for its 50th anniversary…
First, I want to apologize to any regular readers for the lack of fresh content for the last couple weeks (feels like forever ago to me). Between Halloween (a very big deal at my house) and most of an Election Day week spent nauseously nervous, things have been a bit crazy around here. Secondly, I…
“Ready Player One” boots up…
Need to open this quick little review of “Ready Player One” with two things: * First, I am quite possibly the world’s worst video gamer. I have the hand/eye coordination of a drunken toddler and I know next to nothing about video games, online gaming, virtual reality, etc. Driving in often-thick California traffic is…
A dream of electric sheep; catching “Blade Runner” in cinematic release…
Last night my wife was battling a nasty head cold (and sadly still is, as I write this post). We’d just had dinner (at-home prepared kung pao chicken & rice) and I was feeling a bit antsy for entertainment. My wife and I have a ridiculous-sized collection of movies on DVD and blu ray to…