Cooking In The Kitchen
Lyrical School coming at us soon. Dropping this week I believe. Get your yens ready!!!
Bandwagon Driver 2023
Did I re-up for the 2019 season? Yes. Yes, I did.
Why? No idea. What other thing is there to do?
Will I use those tickets? Eh. Maybe. Last year I went to 3 games. I let most of them lie fallow. Even when I was committed to going to a game did I not go. I couldn’t bear to watch. Plus it rained a lot last year.
Will I enjoy them? Eh. Maybe. I am a sucker for the under dog, and this organization is the under doggiest of all under dogs.
I’ve got 2. Who wants to join me?
Link of the Day [1.15.19]
If I ever do a podcast someday, I’m gonna need some music. Perhaps this is a good place to start.
Link of the Day [1.13.19]
Another year, another year of “Link of the Day!” Perhaps I will find something better with my time. Maybe…
There are a set of films that I believe have described my life. “Office Space” is one of them. Both when I was a server at some shlock place like Tchotkes or working at IniTech, this film speaks to me.
I remember catching it with the Shore Studios crew. We did not laugh one bit during the show. It took video and us maturing to see how funny it was.
I really miss the Shore Studios crew.
Best Films of 2018
First post of 2019. It goes at the theme of this blog for the longest time: films I loved when I saw them in the theatre. This one wraps up my year in movie going, and pretty much I didn’t see too much adventurous stuff, just the main stream movies.
BTW – the MCU really was good this year…
Happy New Year 2019!
Happy New Year! From me to you. I hope you have a great year and happiness aplenty.
Second Act
Second Act is an American movie starring Jennifer Lopez. Funny thing is though it’s crazy Filipino.
There’s the love angle. Then a fantastic job with benefits. Then they throw in a curve with a long lost daughter. Then the love angle goes away, but comes back at the end like a long, lost puppy dog. Then she becomes a success even though she was exposed as a fraud. Stuff that happens in a normal Filipino drama.
3 of 5 stars.
Aquaman
DC has some catching up to do with Marvel. They are trying to rectify their lagging behind. Aquaman is a start.
It’s a film done by the director of The Conjuring, James Wan. He’s gotten more money this time and he’s thrown a ton of things into the movie to see what sticks.
It’s a fine try. Maybe they’ll get better at it as they expand the DC Cinematic Universe. But until then, make mine Marvel.
3 of 5 stars.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
When watching Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, I had that feeling like I had watching The Incredibles or Mad Max: Fury Road. Goose bumps on how much I was enjoying what I was watching. It’s good. I think it was the best movie I watched this year.
Marvel had a knock-out 2018: Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and Ant-Man and the Wasp — all really good films. With Into the Spider-Verse, they wrapped up 2018 with a bang.
The animation was something else. It’s what makes this film for me. It’s very different than what you normally see in the theatres. It reminds me a little of Scott Pilgrim: a comic book represented on the screen. It makes you appreciate the medium of animation; there are more possibilities than you can expect.
The story was good. I didn’t mind that it was an origin story. It was several! Spider-men in the multi-spidey-verse.
This film is so good it makes me want to read the source comics. Who is this Spider Gwen? The noir spider-man? Anime Penni Parker? Peter Porker? I have to read the comics. Anyone know the issues we should start on?
I’m gonna watch it again.
5 of 5 stars.
Merry Christmas!
I wish you and your family, friends, the world a Merry Christmas. May this feeling last through the entire year.