A simple handwave that makes The Matrix tolerable for the scientifically literate

Suppose that controlled fusion power requires real-time control computations which can be much more efficiently implemented in ne…

Gross Pointe Blank is a great movie

So I'm watching this again, and I can't believe I ever thought it was merely OK. The skill with which it deftly weaves …

How destructive was Ozymandias's bomb in Watchmen (the movie)?

Attention conservation notice: nitpicky analysis of a detail that you probably don't care about, from some comic book movie. …

The other pie in My Blueberry Nights (a correction)

So, I've been slowly working my way through all Wong Kar-Wai movies, and tonight I watched My Blueberry Nights . It's not…

Sarah Palin's career: A concise explanation

As with so many other things, the answer can be found in Bill and Ted . She was a deeply thoughtless and incoherent woman, but sh…

Quickie video reviews

I've been intermittently sick the past few weeks. Partly as a consequence, I've been spending an unusual amount of time …