by Melinda Snodgrass | Nov 17, 2015 | TV & Movies
I have really enjoyed the first two Hunger Games films. Jennifer Lawrence proves forever lays to rest the argument that women can’t be action heroes. Her portrayal of Katniss Everdeen is fierce and powerful. I wanted to be ready for the final installment of the franchise so I streamed Mockingjay Part 1 to the XBox and gave it a watch. They should have made one really long movie rather then break it up. I understand why they did — the financial incentives to milk this for all...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Nov 8, 2015 | TV & Movies
Otherwise known as the-Bond-franchise-takes-a-trip-down-memory-lane-and-we-remember-that-road-was-pretty-damn-silly. This film was a real disappointment for me. I’d been looking forward to it for months and last night I headed over for the 9:30 showing at the Cinepolis. Thank god I was at the sybaritic theater with the big leather reclining seats with footrests and waiters ready to bring you food and alcohol. I should have gone with the alcohol. I almost ordered a margarita about...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Oct 30, 2015 | TV & Movies
Oh, dear. Where to start. First the good. Tom Hiddleston is so handsome and so charming and such a good actor. He can do more with a look then many actors can manage with a half page soliloquy. He also dances beautifully. yes, Tom I’ll waltz with you anytime and he’s in this film a lot. Then there’s the rest — ********SPOILERS*************SPOILERS************SPOILERS************SPOILERS**********SPOILERS You have been warned. I said to a friend this...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Oct 28, 2015 | TV & Movies
Okay, so now I can talk about the work I’ll be doing for Star Trek: Renegades. As many of you probably know there has been a tradition of fans of the show making their own episodes and putting them up on-line. They range in quality, but some are produced by people in “the Industry” as we call it. Renegades is one of those. I was approached by executive producer Sky Conway and asked if I would come on board. I said I would have to look at the pilot they had produced and also...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Oct 23, 2015 | TV & Movies
I love this show. Yeah, the first 3/4 of the first season were shaky, but I liked the people enough — especially Coulson to hang in there. I was also fascinated with Grant Ward and not just because he’s pretty (though that helped). I just knew there was more to that guy then just being the pretty boy. Then the whole Hydra thing hit, and yeah, I was totally there. Now we’ve got inhumans and other planets, and wow. What we also have is really interesting analysis of human...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Oct 20, 2015 | TV & Movies
Last night I went over to the Cocteau theater to listen to George R.R. interview Andy Weir, author of THE MARTIAN. I had read the book several months ago and enjoyed it enormously because I’m a giant space geek. It’s fun and funny and makes science and scientists cool. It’s also a very short book so I finished it with in two days. I then went off with GRRM and others to see the movie. Which was great fun and inspiring, and apart from making cuts was a very faithful...
