Monthly Archives: October 2008
DVD reviews: “Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D,” “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl,” “Zombie Strippers”
Looking at the world through two-colored glasses You want escapism, adventure, a chance to go slip-sliding away from worldly woes? Then consider immersing yourself in “Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D.†The disc has a 2-D version on … Continue reading
John McCain, wedding crasher
Don’t know about the polls but John McCain has a definite lead over Barack Obama in the box-office race. If you scratch your brain you may remember Sen. McCain doing a cameo as himself, shaking hands with Christopher Walken and … Continue reading
Movie writer/director gets ‘Callback’
Follow that dream Eric M. Wolfson got his first role at 9, thanks to some fractured teeth. A San Francisco native, Wolfson says his neighbor, Linda Ayers, was making a movie called “Victims†and she needed a little kid to … Continue reading
San Ramon native Klein and wine movie
Like young wine I meant to see “Bottle Shock,†the Napa-wines-are-champs film, when I was vacationing in Monterey. But the timing wasn’t right. Had I gone, I would have seen 1993 San Ramon Valley High grad Hal B. Klein — … Continue reading
My cable guy
It’s a small world after all So I’m sitting on the couch watching the cable guy connect a fat white wire to a modem the size of refrigerator. With the other wires dangling from my media center, that side of … Continue reading
DVD reviews: ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,’ ‘Mongol,’ ‘Holiday Inn,’ ‘War, Inc.’
Give ’em hell, Harrison Harrison Ford may outlive us all. Though he qualifies for Social Security, he still looks spry doing most of his own stunts in “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.†Granted, he lumbers more … Continue reading
DVD reviews: ‘The Happening,’ ‘The Visitor,’ ‘Touch of Evil’
“Happening” happening better on small screen ‘The Happening†is not quite the morbid slog it was on the big screen. It’s still loonier than a box of Jujubes. And M. Night Shyamalan jackhammers his green theme with the subtlety of … Continue reading