Archive for T. Ward Porrill
Superbad (2007) Movie Review
Judd Apatow’s comedy smash “Knocked Up” started the 2007 summer movie season with a real, er, bang and with “Superbad,” the producer of the similarly sex-themed classic “The 40 Year Old Virgin” is certain to help this summer go down (again, sorry) as the funniest, if not horniest, summer in years. But really, [...]
August 21st, 2007 | T. Ward Porrill | 2 comments | Read MoreComic-Con ‘07: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Last month, an unprecedented 100,000 plus attendees descended upon the San Diego Convention center to get sneak peeks at upcoming installments of their favorite comic books, movies, and TV shows, as well as to meet and greet with their favorite authors, actors, and fellow geeks. This was without a doubt Comic-Con’s biggest turnout to [...]
August 14th, 2007 | T. Ward Porrill | 0 comments | Read MoreHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) Movie Review
If all the Harry Potter movies that have been released thus far could be placed into their own sub-categories, then “The Sorcerer’s Stone” would be, of course, the cute original; “The Chamber of Secrets” is generally regarded as the fun, but somewhat disappointing, follow-up; “The Prisoner of Azkaban” the cool, “arty”, one; and “Goblet of [...]
July 14th, 2007 | T. Ward Porrill | 1 comment | Read More1408 (2007) Movie Review
The most recent cinematic adaptation of a Stephen King short story was 2004’s “Secret Window,” a moderately satisfying suspense thriller in which Johnny Depp played a reclusive writer who, after secluding himself in a lake house so that he may escape his fractured personal life and concentrate on his latest book, is confronted by a [...]
July 1st, 2007 | T. Ward Porrill | 0 comments | Read More




