Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is the DC blockbuster that’s been hyped since forever it seems. Redheadedgirl and I went to see it and we had thoughts. Be warned, we spoil the hell out of this movie. Elyse: So that happened. RHG: Ugh. It really did. Elyse: I think this movie didn’t know its audience. We got a lot of backstory–Bruce Wayne’s parents getting killed, him falling into the bat cave as a kid, … Continue reading Movie Review: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice →
Carrie: Okay, saw it. Redheadedgirl: Had you seen it before? Carrie: Yeah, when it first came out. It has allowed me to apologize to my husband for dragging him into a huge family. However, I also get to point out that the McGowans never actually spit on him, so that’s a plus. Redheadedgirl: HA Amanda: I’ll be honest. I was procrastinating with watching it because I was bored out of my mind when I first saw it, but I was … Continue reading Smart Bitches Movie Matinee: My Big Fat Greek Wedding →
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny is the sequel (….I guess) of the 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a classic that introduced a lot of Western audiences to wuxia film. Sword of Destiny stars Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen, Jason Scott Lee, Harry Shum Jr. and Natasha Liu Bordizzo, and is directed by Woo-Ping Yuen, who is no Ang Lee. Here’s the summary from Netflix: Renowned warrior Yu Shu-Lien comes out of retirement to keep the legendary Green Destiny … Continue reading Movie Review: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny →
This is Tina Fey’s movie based on Kim Barker’s memoir, The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, about a reporter’s experiences in Kabul, Afghanistan, from 2003-2006. In 2003, Kim is working behind the scenes at some news network (I don’t think it’s named in the movie), when she’s called into a meeting (of the people that are moderately qualified that also don’t have spouses or children) where they are asked if they’d like … Continue reading Movie Review: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot →
While we were on vacation, my 10 year old son (known around here as Freebird) and I watched A LEGO Brickumentary which is… a documentary about LEGO. He’s entirely on board with anything that’s all about LEGO. I think he might be a LEGO, or at least 33% of him might be. He wasn’t too excited about the idea of watching a movie that wasn’t a story, but the documentary revealed so much about the … Continue reading Movie Review: A LEGO Brickumentary →
Sarah: Desk Set! BRING IT ON. Amanda: I’m in my bathrobe and eating dry Captain Crunch out of the box. Let’s do this. Sarah: It was mostly lovely and hilarious and a perfect movie to watch when I was awake but too hopped up on cold medicine to do anything. Katharine Hepburn can get me through any and all colds from now on. Carrie: There are some ways in which this movie has aged horribly … Continue reading Smart Bitches Movie Matinee: The Desk Set →
Fans of Deadpool have been giddy since Ryan Reynolds definitely didn’t leak the test footage of himself playing the irreverent, pan sexual, anti-hero. Deadpool is everything the super hero genre is lacking right now–hilarious, subversive, violent and sexual. Emphasis on hilarious though. Here’s the story: Wade Wilson is a mercenary who is not a bad person but definitely not a good person either. He’s madly in love with his fiancée Vanessa. He’s diagnosed with stage four cancer, … Continue reading Movie Review: Deadpool →
A wholly unnecessary movie adaptation of the mash-up novel that took Pride and Prejudice and added zombies, starring Lily James, Charles Dance, Matt Smith, some guy as Darcy, and featuring Lena Headey. Carrie and I both saw it, and we do not agree at ALL. RHG: I AM SO MAD CarrieS: I’m not mad at all. I got exactly what I expected to get. I mean, there wasn’t anything misleading about their marketing. Or the … Continue reading Movie Review: Pride & Prejudice & Zombies →
Hail, Caesar! is the latest movie from the Coen Brothers. As it turns out, we’re all pretty big fans of the Coen brothers, so after many reassurances that this was not the “everyone dies a bloody death” type of Coen brothers movie, I checked it out, along with Redheadedgirl. Our non-spoiler review goes as such: we both enjoyed it, we’d both watch it again, but it didn’t set our worlds on fire or anything. It … Continue reading Movie Review: Hail, Caesar! →
When Emily Z. sent us an email about Regency Solitaire, I took one look at it on Steam and let out an audible “Huh?” But then I started reading the reviews and saw one by Felicia Day: “Um, Steam just told me I spent 32 hours on Regency Solitaire in the last 2 weeks.” And if it’s good enough for Felicia Day, who am I to judge? So I dropped the ten bucks and fired … Continue reading Game Review: Regency Solitaire →
During the round of Pre-Oscars publicity in 2013, Emma Thompson said during The Hollywood Reporter’s Oscar Roundtable that when she was in her 30s, she was constantly offered roles where she would be the woman who runs up to the hero and says “Please don’t go and do that brave thing. Don’t! No, no, no, no, no!” and that she turned them all down. This is a movie in which the main female character is … Continue reading Movie Review: The Finest Hours →
