Category: Entertainment

Reposting this from the other blog.:) — I used to be really good at first-person shooters – and by that, I mean the first-generation first person shooters of the early 90s with titles like Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Doom.

Surrogates (2009) – on rental. There was critical acclaim heaped on Surrogates when the film was screening in theatres here last year: but I gave it a miss back then for a really dumb reason. Don’t laugh now – but

500 Days of Summer (2009) – on rental. Romantic comedies are a dime a dozen these days, and while the quality of the spoken dialog and chemistry between leads do continue to vary from film to film, more often than

Inglorious Basterds (2009) – on rental. Quentin Tarantino is one of those film directors who can make any film he pleases: and even with the trademark eccentricities in his productions, everyone of them will still be critically acclaimed hits. The

There were several high and low points in my revisits to the three films too this week: memorable scenes that worked very well, and scenes that were just awful. For the former: the standout scenes included the introduction of Jack

One of those challenges about producing film trilogies themed on fantastic premises is coming up with story arcs to string and relate the three films together. Ideally, you’ll want to write the entire story for the three films first before

Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy – on HD. One of Disney’s most profitable film franchises is the Pirates of the Caribbean trio of films: starting with The Curse of the Black Pearl in 2003, Dead Man’s Chest in 2006 and

Coco Chanel (TV, 2008) and Coco avant Chanel (Film, 2009) – on rental. The only thing I know about Chanel really is the fashion giant has something called “Chanel No. 5”, though what exactly that item is I had no