Category: Film

  • The Greatest Showman

    The Greatest Showman

    Our daughter has been asking to watch The Greatest Showman for a few weeks. We watched the movie over the weekend, and it was wonderful.

  • Final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    Final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    The final trailer for the upcoming Star Wars movie, “The Rise of Skywalker”, has arrived: I’m looking forward to watching this one (obviously). 😁 I’m especially interested to see how this reveal at the end of the second trailer plays out: You can find the previous trailers in this playlist: unsplash-logoFeatured image by James Pond

  • Spider-Man Loves You

    I’m working with my team at a meetup in Lisbon, and really enjoying this track from the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse soundtrack:

  • This is how you dress for a Star Wars convention

    This is how you dress for a Star Wars convention

    Robin Moul apparently made this awesome Star Wars dress, completed with hand lettering. It’s brilliant! The hair stick things (there’s probably a real name for them – I’m clueless) are a nice touch! Robin also posted a tweet of her in the dress at a Star Wars Celebration event: Hat tip to my ever vigilant…

  • I enjoyed Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur movie

    I enjoyed Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur movie

    We watched Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword today. I’ve been listening to Daniel Pemberton’s soundtrack for the last week or so, and was looking forward to watching the movie. The movie didn’t do well at the Box Office, and a series of sequels was scrapped. That’s a big pity. I really enjoyed…

  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is one of the best movies I’ve seen

    Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is one of the best movies I’ve seen

    We finally watched Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and it’s comfortably one of the best movies I’ve seen. The story is compelling, the animation is brilliantly done. It’s just an incredible movie. If you haven’t seen it, and you’re curious, it’s well worth watching. This movie was the first of two movies we have planned for…

  • Keeping track of my media diet

    Keeping track of my media diet

    This idea of tracking my media diet really appeals to me: Just like last year, I kept track of almost everything I read, watched, listened to, and experienced in my media diet posts. Jason Kottke I follow a few people who do this too, sometimes pretty publicly. I’m not sure that I’d want to share…

  • Voyager 2 enters interstellar space and all I can think about are Klingons

    Voyager 2 enters interstellar space and all I can think about are Klingons

    Last week we learned that Voyager 2 had followed in its sibling’s metaphorical footsteps, and entered interstellar space. According to Ars Technica: On Monday, NASA announced that one of its longest-running experiments has started a new phase. Five years after Voyager 1 reached interstellar space, its sibling, Voyager 2, has joined it there. While the…