Posted on September 11 at 12:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Children of Men: A crazy dystopia about a world without kids. Beautifully bleak with rich layers--the background is more fascinating than the action, though the action is amazing with several one-take, one-shot sequences that last close to 7 minutes. One of those movies that make you go, "Woah, how's they pull that off?"

On Film capsules

Posted on May 29 at 9:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I really enjoyed Indy. And if you looked forward to Star Wars, there's a new animated Clone Wars movie coming out. Looks edgy and sounds like they got many of the same actors to do the voice work. Check out the trailer online if you're curious:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/starwar...

On Summer movie excitement

Posted on May 7 at 11:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I wasn't impressed as impressed with "Subtle Knife" as "Golden Compass"--to the point where I almost didn't go for "The Amber Spyglass." But I'm glad I went for it anyway. The last was my favorite with a gut-wrenching end that still leaves me considering the characters's choices.

And for audiobook fans--children's lit is fantastic when it comes to the audio. They hire wonderful readers that add more art to the already wonderful stories. I read the first Potter book and really didn't care for it, but after listening to Jim Dale read the second, I was hooked. And Pullman reads the narration in the "Golden Compass" series with other actors performing the dialogue. Took a while for me to get use to that style.

And the Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander hooked me on reading when I was a kid.

On Controversy piques my interest