Entries Tagged as ‘Movies’

February 22, 2009

Guaranteed to Fail ‘09 — Rick’s Oscar picks

Once again, it’s time for that exercise in futility that is my annual slate of Oscar picks. After all, it’s the only awards show that I actually watch/care about!
Disclaimer: If you go to Vegas with these and you lose your shirt, just remember — it’s not my fault!
Okay, so, here we go … the envelope [...]

January 25, 2009

Rasslin’

So, obviously, as movies go, one seemed to be a no-brainer for me:

That’s right, I caught “The Wrestler” this evening over at Ballantyne Village.

September 15, 2008

Greatest. Movie. EVAR! Vol. 1

You know, there are times where snobbery on a given subject can throw people for a loop. Since I can be sometimes particular about movies, people get confused when I talk up what is generally considered a bad movie.
I’m a firm believer in the awesomly awful movie. Hence, I’m going to stick up for one [...]

August 10, 2008

About time

Who knew that the “Dollar Theater” could be so progressive?
Tonight, I decided to take in a screening of “Iron Man” at the mighty Cinemark Movies 10. Before the movie started, however, a notification from Cinemark made me quite happy.

July 20, 2008

There’s only one question

Why so serious?

May 26, 2008

What about the lesser known ‘Illinois Smith’?

So, this weekend was pretty much the epitome of “down time” as one big day yesterday was sandwiched around two days of nothing spectacular.

May 4, 2008

I don’t play golfers … for money …

“Iron” was a big thing this weekend — whether it be on the golf course or on the silver screen.

March 10, 2008

War! Heh .. what is it good for?

So, as I said last night, I decided to take in the late show of “Charlie’s Wilson’s War” over at the Mighty Cinemark Movies 10.

March 2, 2008

Surf it, scroll it, pause it, click it, cross it, crack it, switch-update it

So, here’s my recap of a bit of a whirlwind weekend.

February 25, 2008

Quick thoughts on Oscar

So, basically, what can I add to the already endless amount of post-Oscar coverage?
Well, for the first time in the last several years, I did not make my usual array of Oscar picks. I was really unplugged this year from the pulse of the Academy, so I thought that my picks would be more bling [...]