Category: AIA Archive

Except for the impractical high heels and the Saxon looking sword, this version of Wonder Woman looks like Xena and by that, I mean it looks absolutely spot on. Kudo’s to Zach for getting it right. I’m hoping the red will pop more in her costume in the actual film, though Zach is fond of…

President Obama was elected largely because of his talent in speech making, which is why I’m dumbfounded by his recent speech addressing the tidal wave of illegal minors crossing the border. Over 50,000 children have been detained in just the last 6 months. • Instead of saying straight out that these children will be DEPORTED back to…

Damn, at first I thought it was Cosplay. But is it just me or do you think Natalia Poklonskaya, the new Russian Attorney General of Crimea, looks shockingly like Lt. Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist. Which leads me to wonder if Putin isn’t actually Führer King Bradley and possibly a Humonculi. And yes Natalia does put…

THE BEST Finding Nemo Possibly the finest children’s film every made because it is actually a ‘parents’ film. A perfect balance of emotion, comedy and action. It is visually rich and realistic without the ‘cotton candy’ color scheme used in A Bug’s Life and Monster’s Inc. Toy Story This classic established a new paradigm and is the benchmark for every…

We read the various spoilers and discussions on the “Disney Princess” trope and weren’t sure if we wanted to see this but our 4 year old daughter did. We’re glad we went to see it. It was a much better film than Wreck-It-Ralph (which was a bit of a wreck, pun intended). • A TON…

The good news is that my family in Manila were unaffected at the edge of the typhoon cyclone (the typical street flooding Manila during a typhoon). My mother’s side of the family on Panay were on the path of the eye but they too are safe with minor damage to the farm. But many thousands…

  Thinking about the mayoral election here in NYC and DeBlasio’s promise to raise taxes on the rich. He’s right on track to reduce income inequality in NYC. Because the rich are sure to move or simply claim their beach house in the Hamptons as their primary residence. With far less rich residents in the…