The Oscars are imminent! And my vote is in. My hypothetical vote, that is. Do you know how the voting for best picture works this time? The Academy is using instant run-off voting, which means that every voter writes down a list of the nominated films in their order of preference, all the number one [...]
Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
March 6th, 2010
Anything But Avatar
When I heard that Nicolas Chartier had been banned from attending the 82nd annual Academy Awards for negative campaigning in order to promote the film “The Hurt Locker” (which he co-produced), I was outraged. I cannot stand unfairness and corruption. You may then ask why I would choose to live in South Africa, but that [...]
February 27th, 2010
An Overrated Movie for an Overrated Day
Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to act like a complete cliché and watch Valentine’s Day… on Valentine’s Day…with my boyfriend (poor thing). In hindsight, I should have realised that this was a mistake. The couples (ok, women) sitting around me were incessantly ooh-ing and ah-ing at the screen, and the movie just wasn’t [...]
Posted in Pop Culture, Reviews, Uncategorized 
Tags: Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Bradley Cooper, Garry Marshall, He's Just Not That Into You, IMDb, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Jessica Biel, Julia Roberts, Love Actually, Mc Steamy, Patrick Dempsey, Queen Latifa, Taylor Swift, The Other Sister, Topher Grace, Twilight, Valentine's Day 
No Comments »October 16th, 2009
My TEDx Experience
I went to my first independently organised TED experience with Jozua today. When I say today, I really mean this morning because we didn’t go back after lunch.
Technology Entertainment Design is about spreading ideas something something… They’ve got a bunch of videos. Videos of really great, knowledgeable speakers (most of the time) and they’re freely [...]
July 20th, 2009
Do Not Watch This Movie
This weekend, I had the misfortune of watching The Haunting in Connecticut. Instead of trying to explain just how horrible this movie is, I shall provide a succinct summary of the plot in five easy steps, and let you decide for yourself:
1. The words “Based On A True Story” flash on the screen. Uh-oh. Meet [...]
July 9th, 2009
Why Michael Bay? Why?
I went to see Transformers, the new one, last night and I am not happy. I would like to write a lengthier article on it, but I need some time to gather my thoughts.
Let me just briefly say one thing: Michael Bay. Why did I let my friend Mikhail convince me to watch another Michael [...]
May 31st, 2009
Star Trek: The Indiana Jones of Space
I went on an exciting outing and saw Star Trek. I loved it. Not for its plausible depiction of futuristic diplomacy or faithfulness to the canon – both of which made the original Star Trek as dull as Jean-Luke Pickard’s unpolished forehead – but for, as Laurence puts it, its extreme pace. I don’t care [...]
Posted in Pop Culture, Reviews Tags: George Lucas, Indiana Jones, magic plot-resolving acorn, Matrix, Star Trek 2 Comments »May 28th, 2009
Don’t Phase Me Bro!
Yes, that’s right, I have seen the new Star Trek movie. I went with my good friends Kyle and Laurence. Although Laurence is a major “Trek Fag”, he enjoyed the movie a lot, as did I. Well, not as much as Kyle and him, but still, considering how much I loathe the entire Star Trek [...]
Posted in Pop Culture, Reviews Tags: Don't Phase me bro!, Don't Tase me bro!, Star Trek 3 Comments »May 18th, 2009
Aspiration and Ambition
Microsoft Vista’s speech recognition software is a big piece of crap. I remember when I saw Body of Lies, there’s a scene that starts with Russell Crowe suavely dictating to his laptop – by the end he’s composed a whole speech. Rat bastards probably had to film that sequence a hundred times and eventually fake [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Reviews Tags: ambition, aspiration, Microsoft, speech recognition, Vista, voice recognition 2 Comments »
