January 2012

3D

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 Horrorthon Posts

Continuing my trend of going in the opposite direction from the prevailing Horrorthon opinion, I have totally got the 3D bug. What happened? Yesterday I saw The Adventures of Tintin (which, unfortunately, I could not see on an IMAX screen without going to Rochester; I missed my shot at the four Manhattan IMAX theaters) in […]

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2012 selective geek calendar

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 Horrorthon Posts

Sherlock (Season 2) January 1stStar Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace 3D February 10thMad Men (Season 5) March 25thTitanic 3D April 6thThe Avengers May 4thPrometheus June 8thThe Amazing Spider-Man July 3rdThe Dark Knight Rises July 20thSkyfall November 9thThe Hobbit December 14th Not bad, huh? A lot of long bets pay off this year. (Yes, Sherlock […]

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Jordan’s anti- anti-CGI rant

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 Horrorthon Posts

This isn’t specifically directed at anyone on Horrorthon, but the topic does come up here, so I figured it’s an appropriate place for this rant. I just finished watching the Coen brothers’ True Grit (which had me bawling like a baby) and thought it was maybe the most perfect Western I’ve ever seen. While watching […]

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