So. I’m straying from the formula. Usually, I do the two most recent movies I’ve seen (and they can't have been movies I’ve seen previously). But I was thinking about Valhalla Rising, which I’d seen last year. I remembered enjoying it, and I remembered it being seriously Danish (slow, trippy, sloooooooowww, trippy....). But details were hazy. So I watched it again. And now I tell you about it...BUT, I will do so by invoking the

Both sides of the pond, both sides of the self...

In one corner, The Trip, a teeny movie featuring two middle-aged English actors imitating other actors! In the other corner, Captain America, a red, white, and blue bombast with a budget to match!

Captain America, the final installment of the prequels to the upcoming Avengers extravaganza, is unlike any of its brethren, which were all much modernized and shared a certain winking self-awareness. Those movies (especially Iron Man and Thor

Outside of a few distinct subgenres, my musical knowledge is laughable. I know next to nothing about A Tribe Called Quest, so when the boy proposed going to Beats, Rhymes & Life, I looked on it less as a movie than as a learning opportunity. Similarly, when the mercury rose to 95, the boy proposed seeing Cowboys & Aliens, which I looked on less as a movie than as a cooling opportunity. Let my education and temperature regulation begin.

Beats

WARNING: HELLA SPOILERS AHEAD!

Unstoppable is a based-on-a-true-story story of two regular dudes who prevented a biochemical disaster through the clever use of a spare locomotive. Source Code is the based-on-no-logic-whatsoever story of a regular dude who prevents a biochemical disaster through the clever abuse of space/time.

Neither is really a good movie. Unstoppable (2010), featuring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine, is weighted down by its commitment to reality. While the characters are all undoubtably better looking and wittier

Too easy! By chance I see two movies with so many similarities that it’s almost not fair to contrast them. One movie features a barely adult man-child, hounded by the government, who is obsessed with big, fast, flashy machines that only a tiny elite know much about. The other movie has Vin Diesel in it.

I usually like to compare random movies because it’s interesting to see if common themes or ideas pop up. Sadly, I think I

This time, I’m mashing a JJ Abrams movie and a Woody Allen movie. They’re both about struggling, self-doubting artists who find themselves in a very unnatural situation. They face antagonism and disbelief when they try to share their secrets. And both hope to win the love of a girl who seems far out of reach. Oh, and there’s spoilers. I ALWAYS have spoilers.

So JJ Abrams made a movie, right, with these kids who have a video