The House Always Wins

Just saw this YouTube video and thought I should share.

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 on the weekends!  Cheap movies [...]

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 of this, however, I did [...]

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 in movies (seen in theatre).  [...]

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 enjoy.  It takes most of [...]

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 the celebrities stay, so my [...]

Ack!  I’m about twenty posts behind here, regarding things I plan to blog about.  Surprisingly, I’ve not been blogging because I’ve actually been doing work.  But last Sunday I encountered a tragedy so great that it had to jump the queue and spill forth as soon as possible.
Against, perhaps, my better judgement, I went to [...]

The new Star Trek movie has been heavily reviewed, lately, and has been winning almost-universal praise.  (It currently has a 95% fresh ratintg on Rotten Tomatoes, which is really, really good.)  I basically agree with all the praise.
The movie looks beautiful, the story is fast-paced and fun, and the casting is more solid that anyone [...]

I ended up seeing Monsters vs. Aliens quite by accident, when—while questing for movie gift cards—my girlfriend suggested we see a movie, since we were already there, and it was really the only thing of interest at that time that I hadn’t yet seen, and she had been kind of interested anyway.  (I am uncertain [...]

It was some weeks ago now, but the movie Fanboys—which I had seen trailers for over two years ago, and had been waiting for ever since—was finally released in Toronto.  (It apparently comes to DVD on May 19th, so this review may be somewhat timely after all.)
The movie is set in 1998, and focuses on [...]