Moms and dads need entertainment and these posts, for one reason or another will do just that
Living in Alpharetta presents people with lots of things to do on date night. We have a rule in our house that date night must occur at least once a month. If we get lucky then date night will happen more than once and if we get super lucky then it’ll be a free date night! This week in Alpharetta presents frugal couples with multiple options to get their date on, while saving a bit of cash.
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I gave our 4 YO son an ‘all ages’ comic the other day. While the characters were appropriate for any age, they used phrases like “shut up”, “stupid” or “idiot”. Kudos to my wife for catching that. What a relief Llyod and The Bear is, it truly is an all ages comic book that is funny, sharply drawn and creative- everything you’re looking for in a comic book that is OK for young children.
Continue reading Lloyd and The Bear is a perfect all ages comic book
Elysium is the follow up movie by Neill Blomkamp who directed the incredible District 9. Elysium is not a sequel to District 9, but does have some of the same themes. The rigid class system, divide between rich and poor and spectacularly sublime special effects are all present in both films. Elysium has high aspirations and does go higher than most sci-fi films; but doesn’t reach ‘classic’ status because of the frequent moments that it takes its foot off of the accelerator. Continue reading Elysium: moments of excellence, but empty at the same time
The Smurfs 2 is the sequel to The Smurfs from 2011. Smurfs, if you’re from Belgium or didn’t know, are small blue creatures that are generally happy, sing lots and use ‘smurf’ as an adjective for just about everything. It’s a live action movie with Smurfs running around Paris looking for Gargamel and his two gray helper pseudo smurfs called ‘the naughties’. Continue reading The Smurfs 2 is smurftastic fun for the demographic it’s aiming for
Rare are scary films that are good. More often than not it’s just violence, creative (sick) ways to murder and most recently torture porn. The “Saw” type movies that were popular in the mid 00’s weren’t really scary, just had moments of tension. The “found footage” movies that were trendy after that weren’t scary either, just mildly surprising. The Conjuring is a throwback movie that is genuinely scary-without being bloody, has strong characters and succeeds in going past the genre and actually being a great film. Continue reading The Conjuring, very scary thrills-and a great film
Pacific Rim is a movie that I didn’t want to like. “Hurry up and make HellBoy 3 Gulliermo Del Toro, why are you messing around with Pacific Rim?”, my inner fanboy said a couple years ago. Now that I’ve seen Pacific Rim I’m eating my words to an extent because it is great fun, still has aspects of what makes all of Del Toro’s movies great, except with a much bigger budget. Continue reading Pacific Rim: quality film plus an old soul with monsters & robots
Super Siblings #1 is a comic book adventure that’s written for geeks and their kids. Super Siblings is a weekly comic strip about the adventures of Courtney and Conrad, who are also super heroes, The Scout and The Banshee. Their parents don’t know about their super powers or their alternate life as the savior and scourge of Bay City. Continue reading Super Siblings #1, fun for geeks of all ages
I love to read. I’ve always loved to read and it was comic books that introduced me into the fact that reading is fun. That totally sounds like a PSA, but it’s true. I still read comic books, but, as a child I started reading easy reader comics like Spidey, and, to a lesser extent, Richie Rich. Thus, as a dad, I’m on the hunt for easy reader books that children will love. If your child is into fantasy adventure they will love The Kitchen Witch and here is why. Continue reading The Kitchen Witch is great, comic book fun for kids
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