what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
I’m not going to bother with a list of movie series that went downhill — there are lots of them. But here’s a much shorter list — movie series where the quality of each movie remained consistent. Back to the Future These 3 movies are best watched all in a row to get the full […]
Alien All of the Alien movies are worth watching, but the second one (Aliens, the one with the space marines) is one of the ultimate science fiction action movies. Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark is certainly great the first time you watch it, but the third one (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, […]
{4/5} “Granted, she’s not my first love. Granted, she’s not my great love. But she is… my last love. Doesn’t that count for something?” Coleman has quit his job as a professor and his wife has died. He befriends Nathan, a writer, initially hoping that he would write a book about him. He also begins […]
{4.5/5} “I like the plan. I just wonder if we’re not in a treason-adjacent place where the government will retaliate and execute us.” Michael and George Michael are both in college — in fact, they’re roommates. Michael later gets involved with making a movie based on his family — of course, he has to get […]
{5/5} “A deep cover job changes you in ways that are hard to describe. To become another man for months or years, it’s impossible to go through and not be affected at the most basic level.” Things have changed. Jesse is back at work in security, Fiona is back collecting bounties and has a new […]
{5/5} “So many battles waged over the years… and yet, none like this. Are we destined to destroy each other, or can we change each other and unite? Is the future truly set?” In the future sentinels — immensely powerful robots — were created to kill mutants but now they’re killing everyone. Some of the […]
I went to the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony’s performance of “Superheroes!” I didn’t know what the exact lineup would be but I expected it to contain many familiar pieces. The selection of pieces was a bit more eclectic than I expected, but it included some less familiar pieces that I’m glad I got a chance to hear. […]
{5/5} “Two things I bring to every open house, my lucky pen and a smile. I haven’t sold a house all month. Do you see me saying ‘I’m done’? Never. Because there is no ‘done’ in Dunphy.” Cam and Mitchell decide to get married — Cam starts planning an absurdly elaborate wedding. Manny and Luke […]
{4.5/5} “Spies are trained to deal with catastrophic events. They’re taught to separate how they feel from what they need to do. But some circumstances are so extreme that separation is impossible. Then, even a seasoned operative will have the same response as everyone else: horror, disbelief, shock.” Fiona has allowed herself to be arrested […]
{4.5/5} “I was a ghost. I didn’t see anyone. No one saw me. I was the barber.” Ed is a quiet, serious man who works as a barber in his brother-in-law Frank’s shop. He’s married to Doris, who works for Big Dave at a department store. Ed thinks Doris and Big Dave might be having […]