Some tips for surviving Sci Fi movies
If you find yourself anywhere near a mining operation: hail a cab, pronto. In the future we’re big on strip-mining other planets. I have yet to see a Sci-Fi movie where a…
Movies
Should you sit through the credits? Check MovieStinger
You’ve made it to the end of the movie and the credits start to roll. Your soda is empty, your pop corn bag is mostly empty (it’s cold and you’re out of…
Seriously, watch this 70 minute movie review
I really don’t quite believe it myself. I just watched a seventy minute review of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Yes, 70... an hour and ten minutes. I honestly thought “meh, I’ll…
King of Kong: a great story for gamers and non-gamers alike.
I wouldn't say I'm a fan of documentaries... but I can't say I don't like them either. Given the choice, however, I'm much more likely to pick an action adventure. But who…
A Ninja Pays Half My Rent
I don't know what reminded me of this short film, but once in my head I had to go find it an watch it again. Steven Tsuchida's short film about the ups…
Geeky weekend: Star Wars I – VI
Saint Patrick's day weekend is a three day weekend here in Ireland (hey, we don't get president's day), combine that with Paula still being sick and we had plenty of time to just…
HD TV and Movies on demand? Thank you Xbox 360… almost
Mike aggregated some wonderful news about a new feature coming to Xbox 360 on November 22nd: video on demand. HD content will be available for free and for pay to download direct…
A bit of Friday fun
Do you like movies? Do you like spoofs? Are you just tired of the hype around Brokeback Mountain? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, here's a little Friday…
It’s about freakin’ time
The broadband world has been here for a while but getting good content over the net is still not a simple matter. Where's that on-demand, world-wide entertainment network we've been promised? Well, for…
Eye candy with a capital EYE
Imagine a 90 minute classical music video filmed in beautiful locations. Imagine a martial arts sword movie with lots of wire work. Toss the two in a Cuisenart...et voilà! Hero. Hero is…
Happy new year – crappy movies
We rented a few last weekend, here's the good, the bad and the ugly (make that the crappy, the fun and the long). Hard CashHey look! An action movie with Christian Slater,…
Took a break yesterday
Click for a larger version. This week's contest at b3ta is to add one word to a movie title. I needed a break and couldn't resist (Turns out shortly after…
That’s no moon!
With the release of the Star Wars DVDs last week everyone has the classic films on the brain. And what goes better with classic films than classic rock? Mad props to the_man361...…
Epic story… epically bad screen writing
If you were a geeky kid who spent a lot of time reading Greek adventures as a kid you'll be able to keep up with this movie, if not you'll likely miss…
Directors: slow motion does not enhance the plot
I'll tolerate a lot for some mindless entertainment... so when Out for a Kill was on USA network last night I had MCE record it. It only took 10 minutes for me…