Until Midnight (& Sometimes Later)

I was really looking forward to World War Z–from the first time I heard Joe Straczynski was doing the adaption to seeing the first high-octane trailers. It wasn’t what I expected (what ever is?), but it turned out to be a very entertaining movie. See my full review at buzzymag.

An excerpt:
There are some bits from the book here, in the discussions Lane has with people he meets with, but most of the interesting geopolitical aspects fall by the wayside in favor of high-action zombie setpieces. Those were absolutely awesome. No question. Too many of them were in the trailers, but they still had a huge impact.

For this week. Unsure about the reschedule–they want me to see another doctor and take more measurements.

More headaches and more sight problems, at least for the summer.

The latest outing of Superman is out, and the reviews are . . . mixed. This is a new take on Superman, grittier, more Dark Knight and less Boy Scout in blue tights. I’ve got a detailed review up at buzzymag.

An excerpt:
I didn’t know I was such a purist.

I love comic books.

But my Superman is definitely NOT science fiction. And Man of Steel is, at its heart, a science fiction film as it attempts to ground Superman in realism.

Will Smith can be absolutely amazing–just watch him in Men in Black or Hancock. But he took on a bit too much in After Earth–creating the story, and then went from bad to worse by selecting M. Night Shyamalan to fix-it-up and direct. See a more in depth list of what went wrong at buzzymag.

An excerpt:
I wanted to like this movie. I really, truly did.

I saw the trailers, and I loved the high concept put forth: that humans had left Earth a thousand years ago (for reasons unknown) and now Kitai Raige and his Dad, Cypher Raige, have crash-landed there.

I’ve got my first post over at examiner.com – it’s a layman’s look at some of the tabby patterns. Take a look. http://www.examiner.com/article/cat-colors-demystified-what-flavor-of-tabby-am-i?no_cache=1371239820

Another visually stunning animated fantasy movie, this one from Blue Sky. Amazing performances highlight a really cute story. See my full review at buzzymag.

An excerpt:
Of course, you rapidly discover that all is not as it seems: unknown to us human “stompers,” the forest is teeming with tiny people, an entire society too small for us to see.

Livejournal just notified me that elektra is available–so I am renaming my account from elektra_h to elektra. This should be invisible to anyone who’s an lj friend . . . .