the blog of nathan loding

Trans­form­ers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) Star­ring: Shia LeBeouf, Megan Fox, John Tur­turro Directed by: Michael Bay Writ­ten by: Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtz­man Rated: PG-13 Rat­ing: ** (two stars out of five) I’ve waf­fled for some time about whether I should give this two or three stars.  I’ve decided on two.  It just …

The Assas­si­na­tion Of Jesse James By The Cow­ard Robert Ford (2007) Star­ring: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rock­well Directed by: Andrew Dominik Writ­ten by: Andrew Dominik, Ron Hansen (novel) Rated: R Rat­ing: 5 (five out of five) When a movie begins with a voice over nar­ra­tion, I can’t help but shud­der slightly.  Voice over’s are rarely …

It’s a new year, and I’m look­ing at begin­ning this blog anew.  To start things off, I’m going to share a few arti­cles that have peaked my inter­est. O.T.I.S.: Fly­ing Mon­keys “Odd Things I’ve Seen” (O.T.I.S.) is one of my favorite blogs to spend a few min­utes on every few weeks.  It is exactly what …