So long, RVA!
It’s the evening of Thanksgiving. The plates are cleared, your dad is falling asleep on the couch, the fire is crackling in the fireplace. It’s the perfect night to curl up with a book and digest, dreaming happily of tomorrow’s leftovers. If you like being huge and lame, that is!
First-string movie reviewer Susan is off gallivanting in the sunny Caribbi-terranean-cific, so your faithful second-string movie reviewer has torn himself painfully away from “I Dream of Jeannie” reruns long enough to keep the procrastination flowing in the Capital of the, um, of the Commonwealth. What else was Richmond capital of? I can’t think of anything else worth mentioning constantly.
had to choose between Megamind (clever but forgettable) and Due Date (juvenile and slow). According to a friend of mine, it’s like choosing between boys we all knew in high school. Let’s just say, it didn’t go well.
Facebook’s origin myth is more interesting than you probably think, but it turns out no one has a dance fight with MySpace Tom, so take my personal advice and don’t get all excited.
Set in a small town in 1930’s Tennessee, Get Low has the title of a comedy but actually, it’s…not? Man, it’s IMPOSSIBLE to follow Dave Brockie!
Inception makes just enough sense in just enough places to be a fun puzzle, and Marion Cotillard adds emotional depth. Watch our JV movie reviewer struggle against the temptation to make jokes about dreams. Does he make it to the end? You’ll see.
Those kids sit through a lot of things for you. Will it kill you to see a super cute movie with lasting entertainment value for the whole family?
Sure, some directors these days are still doing exciting, groundbreaking things, but sometimes it just feels better to sit back and enjoy the train wreck that is M. Night Shyamalan. I propose the creation of an achievement award for a guy who, if nothing else, has learned how to be consistent.
In an uncharacteristically optimistic mood, I sauntered forth to the theaters on two separate occasions. And, after viewing both Prince of Persia and Sex and the City 2, I sauntered forth to the bathroom and wept in a stall.
It’s got wit, it’s got personality, it’s got science and comic book references that the rest of us can understand, and let’s be honest….those eyes!
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