Posts Tagged ‘clive owen’

Movie Review: Killer Elites


12 Feb

I love Jason Statham and Clive Owen- love them. So, forever ago when I saw previews for a movie that included them both, I knew I would see it eventually. Of course, we don’t see anything in the theater, so I didn’t see Killer Elites until last night.

It was a slightly more serious movie than I would have hoped. Both men have a history of doing tongue in cheek action movies, but considering this was supposedly based on a true story, I guess they couldn’t get away with the ridiculous.

Now if only there had been some shirtless scenes.

Mythbuster (ep 160)


07 Apr

Mythbusters is back!

Amazingly detailed masks fool people, even people who know you well, from all but the closest distances, as long as you keep quiet. I just wonder, for this Mission Impossible myth, how would one get the detailed measurements needed to make the mask? You can’t exactly casually measure someone’s face with calipers.

You can’t shoot a merry-go-round to make it spin. I don’t care that the myth was busted, it came from a Clive Owen movie, and that’s all that’s important.

At the same time, you can shoot a gun away from your opponent. Good to know.

My Favorite Movies: Children of Men


02 Oct

I was nervous about Children of Men, despite all the good reviews it got. It was based on a short story by P.D. James, and the one mystery novel by her that I’ve read has a hole the size of a semi. My initial concern made the movie even more powerful.

The pacing of the movie, visually and aurally, was what made it really work. From frantic to quiet, especially those first moments after the baby is born, when the world stops and listens to its cries. Its how all new parents feel, brought to stark life on the screen.

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