Sunday, October 4, 2015

Particle Fever

Not as good as the critics said but not terrible.  The physics was distilled down to meaningless Hollywood nonsense.  3/5 stars.  Interesting inside look at the people who work on the Large Hadron Collider.

Friday, October 2, 2015

Man Up

Slightly better than the critics said, 3/5 stars.  Big heart, great acting, dialog, plot twists, post production.  Weak message, shallow Hollywood values.  Nice rom-com chick flick.

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Terminator Genesys

Extremely disappointing!  Bad acting, terrible story.  2/5 stars.

Zwischen Chaos und Krieg Wer zerstört die Ukraine


This documentary is extremely insightful.  The fragility of the status quo in Europe is exposed in detail.  4/5 stars.


Use of weapons

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This one is better, examining the boundaries of ethics in the "culture" utopia. 4/5 stars. 






Sunday, September 27, 2015

The Silver Ships

This book is great!  4 / 5 stars

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Tomorrow Land

I really liked this one; but the rest of the family was on the fence.  3/5 stars.  Worth watching.  Great social commentary.  Up-beat, positive, optimistic.  George Cloony still has the juice.

Air

Awful!  0 out of 5 stars.

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Schiller: Der Verbrecher aus verlorener Ehre

Beautifully written, gritty story with well-crafted characters, tight dialog, and emotional appeal.  I loved the surprise ending.  4/5 stars.

State of the Art

The third "Culture" book by Iain Banks is another witty examination of the utopia and even more praise by faint damnation of Banks' ethics.  The "Culture" stories are getting boring.  However the humor is fantastic and the characters really come alive.  3/5 stars.