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Zombieland isn’t exactly a movie that I feel inclined to wax philo­sophical about. I’m not going to write up a long winded review or anything. It doesn’t deserve my beau­tiful prose. I’m just going to wing it, so here goes. What do I love about zombie movies? It’s that sense that the entire world has collapsed into despair, that the […]

As usual, Wistful Writer will not spoil movies he reflects on. There are no major spoilers here, only one very minor one. “Observe and Report”. As a security profes­sional myself, I imme­di­ately recog­nized the phrase. It is a phrase used to summarize the some of the primary duties of a security officer. It is not the place of a security officer […]

Okay, so I just finished watching Magnolia. I have to be honest. It was a humongous waste of my time. And it was no small chunk of time either: it clocked in at a very hefty three hours. The main thing that’s wrong with the film is its flimsy premise. I was tricked with a promise of inter­re­lated events woven artfully into […]

Warning: Spoilers ahead. Don’t worry, the movie’s not worth much anyway. Jumper, a recent addition to the science-fiction genre, places our favorite Star Wars prequel trilogy anti-hero Hayden Chris­tensen front and center as a tele­porting young man chased by those who find his gift to be an abom­i­nation. The concept is pretty awesome: being able to teleport anywhere […]