December 29, 2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
I stumbled upon a really cool web site while looking for apps for my iPhone called Magnetism Studios. I purchased a couple of things there Tile Sudoku being one of them, the other was a the Benjamin Button short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
I read the story in an hour or so and I really enjoyed the experience of reading a book on my phone. Hopefully they come out with more books like this!
As for the movie I’m not sure if I’m going to see it since it’s almost 3 hours long!
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December 16, 2008
Nothing Like the Holidays
Nothing Like the Holidays is a nice Christmas time story as seen through the eye’s of a Puerto Rican family who have all returned back home for the holidays in Chicago.
Great flick to see during the XMass season
7 out of 10 Stars
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December 14, 2008
I decided a couple of weeks ago after seeing Quantum of Solace that I need to see a movie no matter what each month. I plan on taking a half day each month and partnering up with my friend Sal ( who has pizza shop hours ) grab some lunch and then see a movie.
I realized that there is nothing like seeing a film on the big screen for all of the obvious reasons, and I miss going to the movies like I did in the old days. Good times. These days I hardly have the time and when the opportunity does arise it’s usually a kids movie! I can’t complain too much since the kid movies today are actually pretty good - adding in some adult humor to keep us awake.
All in all thinking back on 2008 I think I frequented the cinemas eight to ten times. I watched another 10 or so films on my laptop and below is a list of what I liked the most:
- Bolt
- The Last King of Scotland
- Across the Universe
- Wall-E
- Michael Clayton
My favorite resource for movie reviews is Roger Ebert’s site. I realize when I look through his reviews how many good movies don’t even make it to the local cinemas. Additionally, the sheer amount of films I want to see would take way to much time so I keep a list and it keeps getting bigger and bigger.
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November 29, 2008
My friend and I took all the kids to see Bolt in 3D and once again Disney made the film entertaining for adults as well! The detail that went into making this movie is amazing - the characters looked as close to the real thing as you could get.
What a great way to spend a couple of hours especially if you have some little ones
7 out of 10 stars on my scale
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November 16, 2008
In honor of the the new James Bond film Quantum of Solace ( which I’m going to see tomorrow ) I’ve decided to watch every Bond film starting with the very first Bond film from 1962 titled Dr. No.
I still remember the first Bond film I ever saw back in 1981 For Your Eyes Only with Roger Moore. I loved it and since that day I’ve seen each Bond film that came out. The amazing thing is that I have not seen a Bond film with Sean Connery!
As of this post my favorite Bond character is Pierce Brosnan. I’m wondering if Connery is going to take over once I see those first few films.
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