http://thehousealwayswins.ca the online presence of Andrew W. H. House Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:54:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just saw this YouTube video and thought I should share. http://thehousealwayswins.ca/2010/03/03/how-star-trek-2009-should-have-ended/ January and February are normally pretty slow for the sort of movies I like, so I feel lucky in the run I've had so far this year.  In February, all the ones I've gone to see have been at the AMC theatre in Yonge-Dundas Square, which means $6 morning movies ... http://thehousealwayswins.ca/2010/02/28/lightning-thief-defendor-and-cop-out/ Alack!  Alas!  My January has largely been spent in pursuit of my actual research, for my thesis, culminating in a writing a conference paper and completely wiping me out.  Then, there was some goofing off around my birthday, and the consumption of altogether too much food. In the midst of all ... http://thehousealwayswins.ca/2010/01/31/january-movie-thoughts/ Well, the year is almost over, and I have realized that there are a lot of movies that I saw and failed to write about at the time I saw them.  To remedy this sad situation, and to punish myself for laziness, I thought I would recap my entire year ... http://thehousealwayswins.ca/2009/12/30/2009-a-year-in-movie-reviews/ So, as something of an act of penance for having taken her to see Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen over the summer, I went to see The Twilight Saga: New Moon with my girlfriend.  (In her defense, she says she wanted to see it for the fun of mocking ... http://thehousealwayswins.ca/2009/11/30/thoughts-on-new-moon/ I recently saw Zombieland, and was absolutely delighted with it.  It was short, but felt plenty long.  It had a Michael Cera-esque male lead that was not Michael Cera (not that there's anything wrong with that).  And it was damn funny. It's the sort of ridiculous, over-the-top movie that I quite ... http://thehousealwayswins.ca/2009/10/31/zombieland/ After five years of living in Toronto during which I typically found the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) a nuisance, I finally took in some shows this year at the urging of my girlfriend.  (It helps that I no longer live near any of the venues or ritzy hotels where ... http://thehousealwayswins.ca/2009/09/30/toronto-international-film-festival/ I've just upgraded the WordPress install to the latest version.  Everything seems to be working fine. I have also taken this opportunity to purge the 129 "subscribers" who had registered with the site.  None of them had posted a comment, and they all had nonsense-seeming user names and suspicious e-mails, so ... http://thehousealwayswins.ca/2009/09/07/more-site-administration/ I had promised some final thoughts on my first Worldcon, and in the nearly three weeks since it ended I've had plenty of time to ruminate and absorb other people's con reports. First of all, it was a great lot of fun!  My girlfriend and I had an absolute blast, and ... http://thehousealwayswins.ca/2009/08/31/final-thoughts-on-worldcon-2009/ NOTE: I tried to post this yesterday, but my web host seemed to go down.  Hence, this is a day late. The morning started off with sleeping in a bit---there were no 9:00 AM panels that grabbed our interest more than sleep did, and so it was at 10:00 AM that ... http://thehousealwayswins.ca/2009/08/12/worldcon-day-5-recap/