Movie Trailer – Kon-Tiki
Director: Joachim RonningStarring: Pal Sverre Valheim Hagen, Anders Baasmo ChristiansenRelease: 2013 It’s nice when you stumble across a foreign film that you would never have heard of and it looks…
Sports – Broncos vs. Ravens
Today’s game between the Broncos and the Ravens is an important one for many reasons. It is a personal rivalry between my team and the Scott’s team. Now, they’re not…
Book Review – The Cider House Rules
Author: John IrvingYear: 1985 Apparently it’s easier to write a review of something I hated, because I am finding this very difficult. When a book exceeds all your expectations, when…
Movie Trailer – The Impossible
Director: Juan Antonio BayonaStarring: Ewan McGregor, Naomi WattsRelease: December 21st, 2012 Rarely do you watch a trailer that is so stunning and terrifying. This happened, recently enough so that we…
Movie Trailer – After Earth
Director: M. Night ShyamalanStarring: Will Smith, Jaden SmithRelease: June 7th, 2013 The last sci-fi post of the week, I promise. I couldn’t pass up this one though. Will Smith and…
Sports – NFL Picks, Week 15
Here are my NFL Week 15 Picks:(I was 11-5 last week)Bye teams: none Cin @ Phi – I think ‘yucky’ describes this matchup fairly well. At least the Bungles are…
Movie Review – Event Horizon
Director: Paul Anderson Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Joely RichardsonYear: 1997 As I’ve said, I enjoy sci-fi a lot, both books and movies. I understand that in order to like…
Movie Trailer – Oblivion
Director: Joseph KosinskiStarring: Tom Cruise, Morgan FreemanRelease: April 19th, 2013 I must be on a sci-fi kick right now. Star Trek Saturday, Oblivion today, and a review of Event Horizon…
Movie Trailer – Star Trek Into Darkness
Director: J.J. AbramsStarring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe SaldanaRelease: May 17th, 2013 I’m not a huge Abrams fan (Star Trek, Super 8), but I liked the first one much more…
Sports – Rivalries
The NFL and other sports leagues got at least one thing very right; divisions. Competition between divisional opponents is the key to their success. Why? Because it creates rivalries, and…