Sep 252011
 

The nameless hero drives, that’s all he does. He works part time as a stunt driver for the movies, works in a garage, and moonlights as a getaway driver for thieves willing to play by his rules. He lives in near complete solitude until he decides to help his neighbor Irene and her young son when their car breaks down. Based on the novel Drive by James Sallis, the movie is as sparse and to the point as its source material. Continue reading »

Jul 172011
 

We asked Naty & Sarah, two unassuming and delightful young women of the nerd-persuasion, to absorb an evening of willpower-fueled CGI with little-to-no preparation or prior context. This is their reaction…

Ryan Reynold’s face did its best, surrounded by CG goobledygook, to salvage a movie that might have been worth seeing… but to enjoy Green Lantern, you’d literally have to drink so much alcohol that you wouldn’t remember the film afterwards…

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Jul 132011
 

Brandon asked ever-so-nicely if I would like to add content to JKP! and I said yes. I’m working on a post about my experience playing Dragon Age II [picking up where Eric left off -ed] as a mage, a mage who romanced every romanceable character in the game, because the game presented me with that option, so how could I not?

More on that later. In the mean time, I’ve seen quite a few movies…

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