Brrrrrrrrrrrr!

broderic on February 21, 2015

Nothing to write about except for the weather.

And I don’t like writing about the weather, because it is the cheapest form of small talk.

But the weather is something right now. Here on the East Coast, it has been cold for the last two weeks.

I look forward to 32F. That’s downright balmy.

I look forward to 26F and no wind. It almost feels like 32F. Let the wind blow and it makes it rather chilling.

At the moment, it is 10F according to the weather widget on my laptop. And outside is cold, too. I kid. I kid. But at 10F, my house is going to get cold making the heat run making it hot. It’s too hot upstairs, too cold downstairs. I’m sleeping on the stairs.

I wore four layers today. I wish I could layer up my house. Put a scarf on it and a knit cap. Wear some thermals. Something to make it warmer;

I just need some warmer days.

I’m looking forward to 35F.

Jupiter Ascending

broderic on February 14, 2015

Jupiter Ascending is a movie that would’ve been better released in the heady days after the first Star Wars film. It wouldn’t have been considered a disaster and a bomb as it is nowadays, but a better of a cash grab of a movie riding on the coat tails of the epic Sci-Fi films in the wake of the seminal genre defining space epic. We would’ve all went gladly hoping for another Star Wars, but would’ve been disappointed with the lackluster film. It is two films removed from what it could’ve been.

Jupiter Ascending is basically a princess film in the Disney vein. It has Mila Kunis’s Jupiter finding out she is actually space faring royalty. She is out of her leagues caught in the middle of galactic intrigue. She needs to be the Queen of Earth for Earth’s sake. Except the film kept making her the princess needing to be rescued. And that is what is wrong with it. She should’ve been kicking ass and taking names, like a shojou heroine. Unfortunately, she became the princess to be saved like a Disney Princess. Come on, she should’ve been a better character.

I would rather watch Speed Racer than this…

2 of 5 stars.

Rice On The Stove

broderic on February 11, 2015

I don’t have a rice cooker. Mine was broken.

What? An asian without a rice cooker?

Psshaw! You don’t need one. There’s plenty of ways to cook rice.

Currently, I cook it on the stove. Here’s how.

One cup of rice. Not the big normal measuring cup, but the cup that came with your broken rice cooker. Turns out that’s half a normal measuring cup.

Rice is usually cooked in a one-to-one water ratio. I add slightly more.

Before you cook it, rinse it in cold water. I rinse twice, then let sit for a couple of more minutes.

Cook on medium heat for about 10 to 12 minutes or until all water is gone.

Serve!

Tater Tot Nachos!

broderic on February 1, 2015

Here’s some cooking I did for the Big Game: Tater Tot Nachos!

It’s tater tots covered with chili, cheese, and corn-black bean salsa. It’s a Big Game fiesta all its own.

Fortune Cookie

broderic on January 30, 2015

There’s joy in this video. The dude playing the guitar. The two backing singers. They’re all having fun.

Now the song is pretty joyous itself even though I don’t understand a word of it. The hoots and hollers make it even more fun to sing along. Sing along! Just follow the backing singers. If you play guitar, play along! Stomp your feet! And if you got mariachis? Shake them as well. This song could also use some cow bell, too.

Lately, blogging has been difficult…

I doubt my writing has been any good. The last year of movie reviews? I was just doing it on duty to you my reader. I’m sorry that it has been sucky. I don’t know what to do…

I’ll just sing along. Play a guitar. Stomp my feet and sing!

The Wedding Ringer

broderic on January 27, 2015

The Wedding Ringer is terrible. I was hoping for a romantic comedy. What I got was a bromantic comedy!

The love achieved was between two men. Not love, in the homosexual way, but in the bro way, bro.

Josh Gad and Kevin Hart found love between themselves. Bromantic love!

I didn’t like the third act twist that turned the film into a bromantic comedy. I thought it was really condescending.

2 of 5 stars.

Selma

broderic on January 27, 2015

I went to the theatre twice over the recent Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday in hopes to catch Selma. I went the Sunday morning before, I went on Monday evening, but I only saw it once, the Tuesday after the holiday. Both showings I tried that weekend were sold out. I settled for the day after the holiday.

Selma tells the tale of the Civil Rights marches for minority voting rights in Selma, Alabama. It was centered around Martin Luther King’s machinations to get the White House to push for the voting rights act. It showed lots of background to get things in motion. It also showed how the Civil Rights movement worked.

It was a good movie about an important time with really important people. I was the wrong person to watch it. I already believe many of the things that was espoused in the movie. That what was history is still relevant today. That our voting rights are still under assault. That minorities are mistreated by the establishment even thought of as second rate citizens. That police assaults are real.

I should’ve not been the one to have watched this, but I am satisfied that I did.

4 of 5 stars.

The Woman in Black 2: The Angel of Death

broderic on January 16, 2015

The Woman in Black 2: The Angel of Death. Meh.

Not at all scary. Could’ve been, but there is no there there.

The film starts a few decades after the original in the midst of the bombing of Britain in the second World War. A bunch of school children are sent to the English countryside to escape the bombs. One of the kids had just lost his family in a bombing a couple of days before departure. His teachers act as chaperones expected to look after this orphan as they arrive at Eel Marsh House.

Before continuing the review, let me say how awkward it would be to send kids to the very town where nothing but children death occur because of the haunting at Eel Marsh House. Could someone consult the townsfolk before having plenty of ghost cannon fodder arrive? No, because the dang town was abandoned! (Hint, hint.)

Anyhow, because the original one had a real Woman in Black as the ghost, so does this installment. Yet, the filmmakers don’t bother to make the atmosphere creepy or even Victorian. They just muster up some scares that you can see a mile away. Woman in black in the window. Check. Woman in black in the mirror. Check. Nothing new. Nothing scary.

I will say that they did bring harm to a few of the children which I was not expecting. I thought there was a taboo against showing children harm themselves?

Anyhow, this one didn’t scare me. The first one creeped me out. The second not at all. I need a good scare. The last couple? Disappointing.

2 of 5 stars.