I was reluctant to watch the film, I’ll admit. I wanted to simply let that one slide by. But, on a rainy night, with naught on my schedule but a potential hang-over, I called up the girl and we went to the late show. We go there early and fortunately, shared the theater with only [...]
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Alice In Wonderland – again
Posted: 30th April 2010 by Eric in characters, film, reviewsTags: 3d, accurate, alice, film, high, life, real, Tim Burton, Wonderland
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Legion: a film review
Posted: 3rd February 2010 by Eric in Uncategorized, film, reviewsTags: film reviews, Legion, science fiction
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The one thing I always hate about cinema is when films build upon one another’s cosmology. Legion, a sub-par piece in every sense of the word, starts off with bloody scene where the archangel Michael severs his own wings. He then stitches up the gaping wounds himself, as he is now mortal.
Being something of a [...]
Daybreakers: A film review
Posted: 15th January 2010 by Eric in film, reviewsTags: film, film reviews, movies, science fiction, vampires
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In this film, perhaps for the first time in the history of vampire-cinema, the immortal la vida loca is painted in a realistic light. We step into a dimly lit world where vampirism, spread like a sexual disease or perhaps a viral plague has consumed and transformed most of the world.
The plot centers around a [...]
Sherlock Holmes: Film Review
Posted: 31st December 2009 by Eric in Fiction, Uncategorized, characters, film, reviewsTags: cimena, film reviews, Sherlock Holmes
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One of the things I love about contemporary cinema is the filmmaker’s collective understanding of our extremely short attention spans. Sherlock Holmes is a film that indulges that attention deficiency in the extreme.
While I, and perhaps other members of the audience were expecting something more akin to a mystery, I found myself delighting in the [...]
Avatar: A film review
Posted: 25th December 2009 by Eric in Uncategorized, film, reviewsTags: Aliens, Avatar, Fiction, film reviews, James Cameron, science fiction, Sigourney Weaver
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I found myself repeating “what a beautiful film” to everyone who asked me what I thought. And it was. It was stunning. We’ve been spoiled by special effects in the last ten years. We’ve seen superheroes come to life, mighty starships free themselves of the confining wires and cameras on dollies, make effects have been [...]
Book Review: Blood Pact
Posted: 17th December 2009 by Eric in Books, Fiction, reviews, writingTags: Blood Pact, Dan Abnett, Gaunt's Ghosts, Pulp Sci-fi, science fiction, warhammer 40k
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Dan Abnett strikes again with another thrilling installment of the Gaunt’s Ghosts saga. After their marginal victory at Hinzerhaus, the Tanith First and Only are given some much needed downtime. Two years of it.
This story picks up with a Commissar-Colonel Gaunt wondering just how soft he’s gotten. One is reminded of the opening scenes [...]
Dear Makers of Warhammer 40,000 Video Games,
Posted: 12th December 2009 by Eric in reviews, video gamesTags: fire warrior, gamestop, space marine, video, warhammer 40k, xbox 360
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First off, I applaud your efforts. Games Workshop and their affiliates have embraced technology from day one. I remember playing Chaos Gate more than ten, maybe fifteen years ago, and loving it. I still find myself muttering “The heat of one thousand suns shall purify your soul!” when rolling dice for Rogue Trader and Dark [...]
Windows Live “Writer”
Posted: 30th November 2009 by Eric in Uncategorized, reviews, writingTags: blog software, blogging, miscosoft, windows jive, windows live, writing
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I think like any savvy computer user, I’m hesitant to install anything on my computer that comes from Micro$oft. I began my career as we a web designer cursing and swearing at the cheap employers who insisted we use Frontpage because it was “already installed.”
That attitude is/was such a violation of logic and free enterprise [...]