“THE THING” My rating: C (Opening wide Oct. 14) 103 minutes | MPAA rating: R We’ve already seen two very good versions of “The Thing” (based on the classic sci-fi/horror story “Who Goes There?”), so anyone making yet a third “Thing” had better bring some new ideas to the table. In the case of the [...]
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“THE THING”: Who goes there? And why bother?
Posted in Popcorn movies, tagged " Mary Elizabeth Winstead, "The Thing, aliens, Antarctica, flying saucers, Joel Edgerton on October 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
DVDs: Brainiacs
Posted in Deep thoughts...maybe, Documentaries, New on DVD, tagged Antarctica, astrophysics, nanotechnology, Ray Kurzweil on June 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The science is hands on and way out there in two recent documentaries just out on DVD: “BLAST!”: The title stands for “balloon-bourne large aperture submillimeter telescope” which, I’ll grant you, doesn’t sound all that sexy. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Paul Devlin’s documentary is about a group of astrophysicists who hope to photograph deep space by using [...]
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“If I'm King, where's my power? Can I form a government? Can I levy a tax, declare a war? No! And yet I am the seat of all authority. Why? Because the nation believes that when I speak, I speak for them. But I can't speak." _ Colin Firth as King George VI in "The King's Speech" (2010).The Best Movies playing in KC
1. "Undefeated"
2. "The Hunger Games"
3. "Jeff Who Lives at Home"
4. "First Position"
5. "The Kid With a Bike"
6. "Darling Companion"
7. "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen"
8. "Monsieur Lazhar"
9. "The Sound of My Voice"
10. "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"Recent TWEETS
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"I don't have to take this abuse from you. I've got hundreds of people dying to abuse me." -- Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) in "Ghostbusters" (1984)FREE MOVIES
"MAJOR LEAGUE", 6:30 Monday 6-4, KC Central Library
"THE MUPPETS" 2:30 Thursday 6-7 Argentine Library
"SAFE HOUSE" 6:30 Thursday 6-7 West Wyandotte Library
"THE HELP" 1:00 Friday 6-8, Westport Library
"CAR OF THE FUTURE" 11:00 Saturday 6-9, Linda Hall Library
"EIGHT MEN OUT" 1:30 Saturday 6-9, KC Central Library
"DAMN YANKEES!" 6:30 Monday 6-11, KC Central Library
"TYLER PERRY’S GOOD DEEDS" 6:30 Thursday 6-14, KCK West Wyandotte Library
"SCOTT PILGRIM vs. THE WORLD", 8:45 Friday 6-15, KC Central Library
"BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY" 1:30 Saturday 6-16, KC Central Library
"BULL DURHAM" 6:30 Monday 6-18, KC Central Library
"ADVENTURES OF TIN TIN" noon Friday 6-22, KCK West Wyandotte Library
"THE MUPPETS", 2:00 Saturday 6-23, KCK Main Library
"A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN" 1:30 Saturday 6-23 KC Central Library
"BINGO LONG TRAVELING ALL-STARS & MOTOR KINGS" 6:30 Monday, 6-25, KC Central Library
"BIG MIRACLE" 6:30 Tuesday 6-26 KCK West Wyandotte Library
"THE ARTIST" 6:30 Thursday 6-28, KCK West Wyandotte Library
"THE ROOKIE" 1:30 Saturday 6-30, KC Central Library
"BETWEEN THE FOLDS" 11:00 Saturday 7-14, Linda Hall Library
"DIRT" 11:00 Saturday, 8-11, Linda Hall LibraryMOVIE QUOTE
“I always gagged on that silver spoon." -- Orson Welles in the title role of "Citizen Kane" (1941)Movie quote:
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