Archives for the ‘Movies & DVDs’ Category

My predictions for the 2010 Academy Awards

By W. Andrew Powell • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: Movies & DVDs

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards hits the air tomorrow night, so I thought, why not post my predictions? Better late than never, right?



Sarcasm: The Documentary with Michael Moore

By W. Andrew Powell • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: Movies & DVDs

Right now I’m finally watching Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story. I like his movies for what they are, but it is hard to call one of them a “documentary”. Compared to a film like Food, Inc. Moore’s films aren’t exactly “balanced”.



Riddle me this, ‘Alice’ fans

By W. Andrew Powell • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: Movies & DVDs

For those of you who’ve seen Tim Burton’s remake of Alice In Wonderland, I’m wondering if anyone else thought they knew the answer to the riddle: “Why is a raven like a writing desk?”



Jeff Bridges in ‘Tron: Legacy’

By W. Andrew Powell • Feb 2nd, 2010 • Category: Movies & DVDs

Disney has released a new photo from Tron: Legacy, giving fans another peek at Jeff Bridges’ role in the upcoming sequel.

While no new details have emerged about the film, it’s interesting to note that Bridges’ is wearing an “Identity Disc”.



Ricky Gervais at the 2010 Golden Globes

By W. Andrew Powell • Jan 17th, 2010 • Category: Movies & DVDs, Television

The night is almost over for this year’s Golden Globes, and I have to give praise where praise is due: Ricky Gervais has been an awesome host. Sure, he’s been drinking on-stage, but he’s been on the ball with the jokes.



‘The Book of Eli’ reads like post-apocalyptic disappointment

By W. Andrew Powell • Jan 14th, 2010 • Category: Movies & DVDs

Today felt like a very long day, made all the longer by what I can only call an exasperating movie.

At 7:30 tonight I was at Warner’s public screening for The Book of Eli, which stars Denzel Washington as a religious wanderer with a crazy kung fu grip. The story falls under the usual “post-apocalyptic America” plot where a long-forgotten war has left the country, and most likely the world, devastated and practically unlivable, which effectively ends all civilization as we know it.



Sam Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’ no more

By W. Andrew Powell • Jan 11th, 2010 • Category: Movies & DVDs, Rants

Damn. So, apparently Spider-Man 4 is a dead deal. It was bug-sprayed. Stepped-on. Swatted. Flushed down the ethers of possibility.



Quotable ‘Hurt Locker’

By W. Andrew Powell • Jan 11th, 2010 • Category: Movies & DVDs

This has to be the quote of 2009, my friends, courtesy of Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker.

Jeremy Renner as bomb squad Staff Sergeant William James…



‘Food, Inc.’: Dinner with the enemy

By W. Andrew Powell • Jan 3rd, 2010 • Category: Features, Movies & DVDs

Looking back on 2009, I’ve been making notes on all of my favorite films of the year, and while I can’t really count Food, Inc. as one of the best DVD or Blu-ray releases, since it had little in the way of tremendous extra features, it was definitely one of the best documentaries.



‘The Final Destination’ is one ridiculous ride

By W. Andrew Powell • Jan 3rd, 2010 • Category: Movies & DVDs

Don’t judge me too harshly, but I’m currently watching the hilariously awful The Final Destination on Blu-ray, which reaches a whole new level of ridiculousness (this is the fourth film, after all). And yet somehow, I still have to admit, it’s pretty entertaining.