March 2012

I’ve decided one of the best ways to decide what movie to watch is to find out what international movies are being remade by Hollywood, and then watch the international version instead. Denisa and I watched La Chevre the other night (IMDB rating: 7.1), a very fun French film that was later remade as Pure Luck, with Martin Short and Danny Glover (IMDB rating: 5.1. See a difference?). I had seen the remake years ago, and I remembered enjoying it as a light piece of fluff. So when I saw La Chevre pop up on Netflix Instant, I decided to […]

Two movie review days in a row. Whaddya know? Hugo and The Help have been sitting on my shelf waiting for watching for a week or two each now, and we can’t have that, can we? Yes, I realize I’m hopelessly behind the times in reviewing these movies, but I’m betting I’m not the only one out there. Maybe you’re behind, too? It’s all good here at Bryce’s Ramblings. We aim to please. Ready? First up, Hugo–a movie you sort of feel Obligated to Like, after all the tremendous buzz about it. Did I enjoy it? Yes. Did I think

Denisa and I went to the movies this weekend once I was back from my conference. (Yes, I’m back. Yes, it went well. Yes, I’m glad to be back.) We were worried we wouldn’t be able to get tickets to The Hunger Games, but we went to the late show, and got right in easily. (The theater was packed, though–we just were there in time for the tickets, then waited in line and got seats.) But you don’t care about that. You want to know what I thought of the movie. First off, I loved the book. It was riveting–I