Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Easily the worst Indiana Jones movie. Perhaps it had simply been too long since the last one and I’d forgotten how campy the series was or perhaps the Star Wars prequels revealed just how poor of a scriptwriter Lucas was. The movie felt like it was designed to be licensed for the theme parks and [...]
Sex and the City
Honestly, I think for a guy to watch this, he should watch it on the opening night when all the girls are dressed up like Carrie Bradshaw and co. I didn’t, I saw it the second day with a large group of mostly female viewers. I laughed at many of the jokes in the movie [...]
I’m Writing a Book!
photo by chotda
After two years of discussions with Lou Rosenfeld, I’ve finally signed with his publishing company, Rosenfeld Media, to write a book entitled See What I Mean: How to Use Comics to Communicate Ideas. For those that don’t know, Rosenfeld Media is like an O’Reilly for user experience books. They focus on compact, practical [...]
How Improv Teaches You to Build a Better Product
Improvisation: a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation)
Last year, I started attending a weekly informal group of improv enthusiasts. We’d spend a few hours in a living room practicing various improv exercises. Occasionally, we’d bring in instructors to help us improve our craft and give us more specific pointers.
As unstructured as [...]
Wanted
Any movie about assassins, except for Assassination Tango, already goes up a few notches in my book. I think it’s something to do with the cat and mouse aspects of the genre. Unfortunately, there aren’t a lot of cat and mouse aspects to this film and assassination seems to only involve guns here. Fortunately, some [...]
Wall·E
You won’t hear anything new here. It’s a beautifully done film and illustrates just how much can be communicated without words. I often talk about how the eyebrows and mouth are all you need to show emotion. The EVE character proves you only need the eyes. [imdb link]
Iron Man
Many people were surprised that Robert Downey Jr. was playing Iron Man. Personally, I instantly thought it was a perfect fit. Tony Stark is a celebrity with great hubris and revels in women, wine and fast cars. Robert Downey Jr. is a talented actor and recovered drug addict. Somehow, the two are a match to [...]
The Assassination of Jesse James
Casey Affleck is a really really creepy guy - or at least he does a really good job of playing someone who is that and innocent, idealistic, nervous, scheming, twitchy, angry and bitter all in one. The movie runs a bit long and could have done with some more editing. Brad Pitt plays a decent [...]
Cloverfield
When I saw the Blair Witch Project, I was sleep deprived and ended up getting motion sickness because instead of turning away, I thought I had to really focus more to “get in character” and feel like I was there. I puked after the movie. Remember to turn away when you watch Cloverfield (on a [...]
Balls of Fury
A movie that has ping pong in the style of Mortal Kombat and stars Christopher Walken. It’s as good - and bad - as you expect. [imdb link]
About
Kevin Cheng is a global nomad who's settled in San Francisco after calling Vancouver, Hong Kong, Austin and London his homes. Founder of Off Panel Productions and OK/Cancel. Director of Product Strategy at Raptr, a social network for gamers, and former designer of Pipes and Bravonation at Yahoo!. Presenter on numerous design subjects. Reachable at kc -at- this domain.
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