Movies Archives

I am a huge movies fan. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) I don’t get much free time to enjoy watching movies. But when I do, I try to share my thoughts about the movies that I’ve seen. Movie reviews, celebrity news, trailers of upcoming flicks, etc – are all in this category.

  1. In the loop

    By Leonid Mamchenkov

    In the loop

     

    It’s been a really long time since I saw a comedy which was funny in a smart way.  Yesterday however I had excellent time watching “In the loop“.  It’s political, satirical and smart.  No toilet humor, no teenage sex humor.  It’s modern, yet it stays away from references that won’t be understood ten years down the road.  There are a few familiar faces in the cast, but not too much.  And, there is plenty of awesome English swearing, which, though, can be understood.

    Overall, 5 out of 5.  Highly recommended, unless swearing upsets you.

  4. Daily Prompt: No, Thanks

    By Leonid Mamchenkov

    The Daily Post asks the question:

    Is there a place in the world you never want to visit? Where, and why not?

     Being genuinely open to travel opportunities, I was surprised how quickly my brain came up with an answer – Burma. Why?  Because I’ve seen Rambo.  And before you scream at me for it just being a movie, read a bit further – Wikipedia page for Rambo movie, and Wikipedia page for Burmese anti-government protests.

  7. Game of thrones life-size throne

    By Leonid Mamchenkov

    While doing a bit of shopping over at ThinkGeek.com (yeah, my t-shirts keep shrinking), I noticed something totally awesome – a full-size throne from the “Game of thrones” TV series.  Here is one of the pictures they have for the product.

    As it is obvious from the other picture, the throne is not actually made of real swords, but it does look pretty impressive.  The price, however, makes it rather inaffordable for most people – $30,000.  There is an interesting bit of discussions in the comments to the product, where someone suggests that it might be cheaper to have one custom-made from real swords, and someone else doing a rough estimate, pointing to the cost of a real thing easily exceeding $300,000.

    Even though I won’t be buying of these any time soon, I have to say I pretty impressed with the whole thing.