On the very night H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) reveals his time machine to his dinner guests, the police come looking for one of them (David Warner), because they’ve just found out that he’s Jack the Ripper. Since McDowell has conveniently … Continue reading
New Jersey married couple Tina Fey and Steve Carrell have each started to worry privately that the romance is going out of their marriage and they’re turning into what a friend of theirs calls his own marital relationship: “really good … Continue reading
The people behind the “spider dog” prank briefly scare the dickens out of Jurassic World actor Chris Pratt. (Caution, some indelicate language here.) Link: https://youtu.be/qfAIO5hB6Ik If you’re not familiar with the spider dog prank, here it is. (I thought I’d … Continue reading
Peter Jackson (best known for The Lord of the Rings films) directed this surprisingly touching and understated adaptation of a novel by Alice Sebold. Like Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging it’s told from the viewpoint of a 14-year-old girl, but … Continue reading
The former governor of California, having more free time on his hands now, decides to take a walk around Los Angeles in Terminator makeup, winding up in Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum where he has fun scaring people. Link: https://youtu.be/IBCSrC0TIgo Actually, … Continue reading
I’ve noticed that a lot of this film’s reviews begin the same way, something like, “I was dreading the prospect of having to watch a romantic comedy aimed at teenaged girls,” and then going on to confess how much they … Continue reading
Yesterday’s video from NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day website (link) is a short one produced by the National Spaced Society to remind people what’s coming very soon: the first flyby of Pluto. (The images of Pluto shown are of … Continue reading
Not quite as bad as I’d expected, with some impressive if ridiculously over-the-top end-of-the-world special effects, which are almost as over-the-top as Nicolas Cage, who somehow miraculously manages not to be in it. (John Cusack stars.) But man is it … Continue reading
For now robots don’t appear to present much danger to our Pop-Tart supplies, nor are they likely to be rivals for our dogs’ affections. Link: https://youtu.be/YdaEUJLArKs by … Continue reading
How to Train Your Dragon (2010) I’d rate this the best film yet from Dreamworks Animation (probably best known for the Shrek series). Based loosely on a children’s book by Cressida Cowell, it’s the story of an adolescent boy named … Continue reading