Archive for February, 2010

[Movie Review] The Lovely Bones

// February 20th, 2010 // No Comments » // Reviews

Spoiler Warning! This review may contain plot details that would be considered spoilers.

The Movie

The Lovely Bones

Director: Peter Jackson

Cast: Saoirse Ronan (Susie Salmon), Mark Wahlberg (Jack Salmon), Rachel Weisz (Abigail Salmon), Stanley Tucci (George Harvey), Susan Sarandon (Grandma Lynn), Rose McIver (Lindsey Salmon), Reece Ritchie (Ray Singh)

Plot Summary: After being brutally murdered, a young girl watches over her family and her killer from the beyond.

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[Movie Review] Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

// February 17th, 2010 // No Comments » // Reviews

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The Movie

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Director: Chris Columbus

Cast: Logan Lerman (Percy), Brandon T. Jackson (Grover), Alexandra Daddario (Annabeth), Pierce Brosnan (Chiron), Sean Bean (Zeus), Kevin McKidd (Poseidon), Uma Thurman (Medusa)

Plot Summary: Percy Jackson is a regular kid who suddenly discovers that he is the son of Poseidon, god of the sea. He is then dragged into a world of Greek myths and monsters.

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Pigeons: Harbingers of Evil

// February 11th, 2010 // No Comments » // Ramblings

That’s right, I said pigeons. They’re evil.

Don’t try to argue, this kid will prove you wrong.

But this isn’t about you or that kid, this is about the Evil that has infiltrated my balcony and my life.

I’ve never liked pigeons much. Aside from the fact that they are dirty, disease-ridden birds, pigeons have absolutely no qualms about attacking innocents (which we learned from the great Alfred Hitchcock), and they will look right at you with those beady yellow eyes while they do it. (Their EYES are YELLOW. That’s a sign right there.)

Trivia: The most enormous (and correspondingly the most evil) pigeons are found in London’s Trafalgar Square.

This is the one, the very pigeon that yesterday tried to peck his way through a glass door and into my apartment. Oh sure, he tried to cover his intentions with what he clearly thought was an innocent coo, but I knew what he was up to. Immediately I ran for cover (and my camera) while coming up with an escape plan, but the demon’s supersonic hearing kicked in and he flew away to the next balcony. I was safe… or so I thought.

The demon returned. For a while he hid out sniper-style on the balcony across the way, consorting with his pigeon friends and plotting other ways to torture me. This particular pigeon sensed my fear and returned to my balcony again and again, cooing his evil coo and flapping his enormous wings. Finally night fell and I thought the psychological warfare was over…

But this morning, there he was, the Devil’s Spawn himself, waiting on my balcony. He was just biding his time until I was sitting on my couch, leisurely eating Special K and daydreaming about a pigeon-free day.

If only my life were that simple.