Surprisingly good.  Shockingly great effects.  Takes place in South Africa.  Obvious references to apartheid.  I am assuming there will be a sequel?

You are better off not Knowing... It's terrible. It starts out just fine. Nicholas Cage gets caught up finding a paper that a school girl left in a time capsule 50 years prior that correctly predicted all of the upcoming major disasters for the coming half century. It's mildly interesting, and there is some subtlety to the movie, then the movie takes a turn off the beaten path. Far, far off. So far, the path is only a distant memory. The first two thirds of the movie are about disasters and Nicholas Cage's character deducting things. The final third is OMGWTF.

We rented this on the RCN (a local cable company in Boston) DVR and it was not worth the $4.99. Fuck, they could have paid me $4.99 to watch this and I would have refused, knowing how terrible Knowing would turn out.

I Love You, Man (RCN Pay Per View)

I was convinced by G on Saturday night to watch this. I was worried that it would be too contrived and too gimmicky, and it was a little bit. But none of that distracted from TEH FUNNY! They really bring it! Hilarious. Totally worth renting.

I think this is some sort of Midwestern humor type thing:

Yeah, this movie could have been an hour shorter.  The music wasn't bad.  Not a movie to be eating food with or doing anything that could gross you out.

Watched this twice in the past couple of weeks.  Still funny.  FYI, don't cross the streams.

Caught the newest installment of the Harry Potter series this morning at the IMAX theater at Jordan's Furniture in Framingham, MA. Even though it was a 11am showing, the theater was sold out. The only experience I'd had with IMAX in the past was a thing about Mt. Everest at the Mugar Omni theater at the Science Museum in Boston, and that was a very different experience than this. First off, the first fifteen minutes of the Half Blood Price was in 3d. Second, the seats all shook. I mean SHOOK. The sound was very loud, but not overpowering. Complete wraparound sound and a gigantic screen really made the movie a great experience, and it was worth the cost of the $11.50 ticket.

The movie itself was pretty good. It wasn't like the old Harry Potter movies, which concentrated on Hogwarts, teamwork, and a lot more innocent themes. This one was markedly darker, and the ending was wicked sad. I never read the books by J.K. Rowling, so I didn't know what to expect.  There were some surprises and confusion (which I'm sure would not have been there had I taken the time to read the books), but it was a good story.

It was worth waking up that early in the morning.