“About Time” Review: Get Chinese Food Instead
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7A810duHvw] As far as movies your girlfriend is going to drag you to, Richard Curtis’ new movie About Time is… okay. It isn’t good but it isn’t terrible, and that’s due in large part to Domhnall Gleeson‘s self-depreciation, Bill Nighy’s witty comments, and Rachel McAdams being beautiful and forgiving. The… [Read More]
Weekend Box Office Round-Up, 10/28
Here’s the box office round-up for the weekend of 10/25-10/27. JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA opened to 32.1 million (avg. 9,537). It performed like Jackass Number Two which opened to 29.0 million in 2006. I’ve never been a major Johnny Knoxville fan but clearly there are tons of them out there…. [Read More]
Weekend Box Office Round-Up, 10/21
*Budget dollars set in millions Here’s the Box Office Round-Up for the weekend of 10/18-10/20: GRAVITY was the #1 movie for the third weekend in a row, and it fell a small 31% to $30 million. This brings its seventeen day total to $169.5. Seemingly, this movie has broken into… [Read More]
Pondering the Trailer for Wes Anderson’s ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’
Today the first trailer for Wes Anderson’s new film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, was released. Based on its content, the three words best suited to describe what Anderson’s latest is likely to be are “playful,” “precise,” and “peculiar.” In what should come as no coincidence, these are also the best… [Read More]
I Spent $33 to See ‘Gravity’ and It was Worth It
I showed up at the AMC Metreon in San Francisco at 7:55pm, ready to get consumed by its gargantuan IMAX screen for an 8pm showing of Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity. My friend, who was waiting to hand me my ticket, had texted me that he was in the lobby, so I… [Read More]
3 Reasons to get on The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug Bandwagon
The books that make up the The Lord of the Rings brought us three of the most amazing action-adventure films of all time. The first film in Peter Jackson’s new Trilogy based off The Hobbit has not received the near unanimous approval the first trilogy received. The Hobbit: Desolation of… [Read More]
Jesse Pinkman, Style Icon
Jesse Pinkman is somewhat of a style non-icon. Like the character himself, Jesse’s clothes have changed significantly over the past 5.5 seasons. Let’s go back and look at what the self-proclaimed king of the ABQ was wearing out on these streets. Season 1 When we first meet Jesse, we’re supposed… [Read More]
8 Knee-Jerk Reactions to the Breaking Bad Finale
Breaking Bad is over. It’s over. OVER. Before these final episodes started I wrote about being on the brink of a post-BB world, and now here we are. Let’s get through this together. Some thoughts: 1) It was great, but not “Ozymandias” great. The finale was tightly-wound, well written, and beautifully shot—just… [Read More]
Themes to Watch for in Don Jon
Hipster heartthrob turned A-list celeb Joseph Gordon-Levitt recently finished writing, directing and starring in Don Jon. I was lucky enough to be invited as a fellow Thelma contributor’s guest to an early screening of the film (shoutout Victor’s Klout score) at which JGL appeared to give this quick introduction. I… [Read More]
Disappointing Dexter
All week leading up to the Dexter series finale, I knew I was going to write an article titled “Disappointing Dexter.” This is because no matter what happened in the finale, I knew the show’s writers had already flubbed the show’s eighth and final season. There was no way to… [Read More]
