Showing posts with label movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movie. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Review: Tampopo

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Someone once told me that Tampopo is a great movie for foodies. It definitely has a lot about food, especially Ramen. The plot revolves a...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Movie Review: 非诚勿扰

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非诚勿扰 2 so caught my attention that I checked the prequel from the library. Sequels are rarely better than the original, so if I liked the s...
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Saturday, December 25, 2010

Movie Review: 非诚勿扰 2

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I'm really skeptical of romantic comedies. They tend towards cliches, and when I see the "2" which means it's a sequel I...
Sunday, October 17, 2010

Review: The Social Network

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Between Scott Adams' review of the movie and Steve Grimm telling me that teenagers were considering becoming computer scientists becaus...
Thursday, September 09, 2010

Review: Pan's Labyrinth

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Pan's Labyrinth is a very dark fairy tale. Most fantasy movies are for kids, and this one breaks the mold. My parents have taken me to m...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Review: Moon

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I heard all sorts of things about Moon over the last year or two, and deliberately kept myself spoiler free until I found some time to watc...
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Friday, August 06, 2010

Pixar Visit

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Pixar Lisa, her friend Tammy, Ellie , and an unnamed Googler and I had a wonderful visit to Pixar yesterday, hosted by former Googlers Ma...
Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Review: The Aviator

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The Aviator is Martin Scorsese's movie about Howard Hughes. I didn't know much about Howard Hughes the man, but the movie at least...

Review: Battle Royale

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My review of The Hunger Games drew comments from both Hang and my brother about its similarity in plot to Battle Royale , a Japanese movie ...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Review: Insomnia

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I am slowly working through Christopher Nolan's movies. Insomnia [Blu-ray] was his first major film after Memento . It is so far my fav...
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Review: The Prestige

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I first read the novel The Prestige some time around 1998 or 1999 through a friend I met on the train. When I heard that Christopher Nolan ...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Review: Up in the Air

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Ok, so this review is actually a bait and switch. Last night, Lisa wanted to watch a movie. I had neglected to sign up for Netflix, but then...
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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Movie Review: Catfish

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Disclosure: I saw this movie for free at a Google-only screening. One could be forgiven in thinking that Google and Facebook sponsored this ...
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Monday, February 15, 2010

Review: 9

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I will admit that Up disappointed me, and though I liked Wall-E better, I felt that Pixar had not really delivered since The Incredibles ....
Sunday, January 24, 2010

Review: Baraka Blu Ray

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This is the fourth time I've seen Baraka . I don't make it a point to see movies more than once as a matter of course, but when I fi...
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Monday, November 16, 2009

Review: Dark City, Director's Cut

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I was first introduced to the movie, Dark City by Steve Grimm , who told me that it was one of the best movies ever made, only marred by th...
Friday, July 17, 2009

Review: Virtuality

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Virtuality was Ron Moore's post-Battlestar pilot. It provides an interesting view of space travel, and characteristically enough, uses ...
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Sunday, May 04, 2008

Iron Man Movie Review

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So, it might show up once in a while on these blogs, but me and my brothers are all pretty big comic books fans. It might not show up as th...
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Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Outsourced: The Movie

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This is the third movie I've seen at Google as part of a special engagement...The previous two being King of Kong , and the other A Mome...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters Movie Review

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ust saw King of Kong a week ago, and thought it was a great documentary. For those who don't know what the documentary is about, here...