Posts Tagged ‘Warner Bros.’

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

‘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.


Max Barry needs a movie deal, Mmkay?

Max Barry needs a movie deal, Mmkay?

By W. Andrew Powell • Mar 10th, 2009 • Category: Movies & DVDs, Rants

A couple of interesting things came to my attention today, and they all revolve around writer Max Barry.

Barry is of course the amazing author who wrote one of my favorite books, Jennifer Government, a satirical story about a dystopian-type alternate reality where corporations have become their own nations within the world’s weak political climate.