Archive for the ‘Movies’ Category

Go See Outsourced

Man, I’m really loving Netflix. I watched “Outsourced” tonight. It’s a 78% on Rotten Tomatoes but I think it should be much higher. Maybe it’s because I’m a bit nostalgic about India, but seeing the main character get a sensory overload on his first day of India reminded me of my own arrival in Hyderabad’s [...]

Great Documentaries: King of Kong

Let me first say that being able to stream movies from Netflix is awesome. There’s a lot of low-quality movies you can watch to waste your time, but remembering that some of my coworkers had talked a bunch about King of Kong, I decided I would finally sit down and watch it. Wow. It’s been [...]

Go see Persepolis

What, 95% on Rotten Tomatoes isn’t enough for you? I majored in history, and even though my Middle Eastern history is a bit dusty, I found Persepolis to be a very compelling perspective on the Islamic Revolution and Iran’s history in the 70s and 80s. I encourage you all to learn more about Iran’s history [...]

Too many movies

So with all of my free time, I’ve been catching up on movies. Here’s what I watched: Pirates 3 – Not very good, especially compared to the first and second. It was way too long and predictable. The fight scenes on the ships were pretty awesome, however. Shrek 3 – Also not very good. The [...]