Archive for the ‘Movies’ Category

Death of Physical Media

Posted by Ferndave April 16th, 2009

Since moving almost two years ago, I realized that I hate physical media. I have a large CD collection and moving it was tedious and backbreaking. Those boxes of CDs now sit in a cubby under the stairs. Why? Because I had already ripped and encoded 98% of those CDs to the computer. Moving and storing [...]

Bee Movie

Posted by Ferndave June 29th, 2008

Jerry Seinfeld didn’t do bad with this film. It was entertaining and fun, but it somehow left me a little empty. The animation is great, the bees are great, but the story just doesn’t have that same x-factor that Pixar brings to the table. Kids likely eat it up.
Not bad, but it’s no Ratatouille.

The Pursuit of Happyness

Posted by Ferndave April 3rd, 2007

Will Smith and his real-life son Jaden Smith star in The Pursuit of Happyness about the personal triumph of real-life person Chris Gardner.
In 1981, Chris Gardner was a struggling salesman in little needed medical bone density scanners while his wife toiled in double shifts to support the family including their young son, Christopher. In [...]