In Bruges, as disturbing as it is funny
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A buddy of mine turned me on to this flick. In Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleason as a couple of hit men sent to Bruges, Belgium after a hit went wrong to lay low. Ray (Farrell) is a young guy who hates that he has been sent to this small town that is something out of a fairy tale and Ken (Gleason) is his mentor who loves being in th...
Frank Miller and the movies
Frank Miller re-wrote the book for not only writing the graphic novel but for taking that graphic novel to the big screen. Sin City I was left with questions after walking out of the theater. Who knew Elijah Wood could be so creepy? Who else would have taken a chance on Mickey Rourke in a big budget flick? How did they get the Spy Kids...
DC Comics and the Movies Part 2
There are seven movies for our next DC superhero who really is not that super but he has a lot of wonderful toys. That's right we are going to go over Batman. Talk about a franchise that has been to the brink of death only to be revived at the last second. I grew up watching the old Batman TV show in syndication and even saw the movie they did ...
DC Comics and the Movies
Now there is a lot less to cover and with DC. There has not been nearly the number of characters brought to the big screen from the DC world as the Marvel world. Now I have always been a Marvel guy so I don't know the books but I know what I like. So let's take a look and see what we find. Superman 1-4 The first Superman gave us a hero for the ...
Marvel and the movies Part 2
When I was somewhere around 3 or 4 years old I would get in trouble and then my mom would find me in my closet saying, "It's not fair Spider Man." Spiderman I have been a Spider Man fan for 30 some odd years. He was my first super hero and will always be my favorite. The Spider Man comics span decades of stories and characters. The dr...
Marvel Comics and the movies
So I took my week off to hang out with the kids and it was just what I needed. Anyway, after seeing The Dark Knight, I was asked how Iron Man measured up and really, you can not compare Iron Man to The Dark Knight. Iron Man was an origin story so to do a comparison you would have to make it Batman Begins. In this case, I feel the movies were equ...
God Is Not Great
"How Religion Poisons Everything" Christopher Hitchens is well educated and well informed on just about everything. He’s really good at expressing his ideas. That must be why he’s a writer. In his latest book, 'God is Not Great' Hitchens contends that religion is "violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism, tri...
Pan's Labyrinth
After my disastrous review of 10,000BC, I felt obligated to offer something up that could not be snubbed. That movie would be Guillermo del Toro’s “El Laberinto del Fauno” or better known in English speaking countries as “Pan’s Labyrinth” This film is #60 on IMDb’s top 250 and won Won 3 Oscars, plus ...
10,000 BC
After a terrible Motorcycle accident and a month of recovery “Friendo” returns to Rusty Lime. Its been a long month, the Harley is still in the shop, my mind is clear, and it’s time to get going. So here we go with a movie review of a low rated film (4.9 on IMDB) that I was totally impressed with. 10,000 BC a film by Rola...
