Alan Williamson

Observations on software, leadership,
and thinking like a CTO

  • Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

    This absolute gem of a movie from the very talented Mike Myers broke the mold when it came to parodies.  In fact to call this a parody is being disingenuous, because this movie stands on its own two feet, even if you don’t know all the back references to the early James Bond outings. Playing the Read Post ⇢

  • San Andreas (2015)

    This movie I walked into with my eyes wide open and with full expectation this was going to be a cheesy Sharknado type of disaster flick. The full on B style movie with awful laughable special effects and a lame story line.  Boy was I surprised. Relatively lame story line aside for the moment, from Read Post ⇢

  • Terminator Genisys (2015)

    Can you believe this is my 50th movie review in this movie-a-day-for-a-year series?  What a better way to mark this milestone with a good old fashioned post-Governor Arnie terminator romp? We can all agree that the first Terminator, from James Cameron, out 31 years ago, truly set the standard and put Arnold into the big Read Post ⇢

  • Z for Zachariah (2015)

    Post nuclear war and very few human survivors are left.  We open up with Ann (Margot Robbie) taking various things from an abandoned town in her radiation suit.  She then walks out far enough into the country and gets rid of the suit – clearly setting up that there is an area that for some Read Post ⇢

  • Results (2015)

    Where do you even begin with this train wreck of a romantic comedy?   Though, if we look at it as infomercial for how fit and trim  Guy Pearce is then we have a winner. So the setup is around a private fitness center run by the aforementioned Mr Pearce.   He, Trevor, is very passionate Read Post ⇢

  • Galaxy Quest (1999)

    This is one of those movies that creeps up on you over the years.  While not an instant hit at the box office on its arrival, it has attained cult status as we learn to appreciate some of the in-jokes and references to the science fiction convention sub culture. The basic premise of the story Read Post ⇢

  • Jurassic World (2015)

    Here we go again with the CGI dinosaurs 22 years from the first outing.  This time we have a brand new theme park that is built upon the old Jurassic Park location.  So plenty of opportunity to have the odd nod back to the original movie, complete with buildings named after the late John Hammond Read Post ⇢

  • Gallipoli (1981)

    This movie is about the famous failed World War One military operation to attack Gallipoli as told from the prospective of the Australian army.   The movie started off life as a 2 part mini-series that was later edited into a feature length. The first half of the movie is the back story of all Read Post ⇢

  • The Martian (2015)

    This is going to be a tough year for best movie.  We’ve had some real high quality delivers and the year has still to finish, with James Bond, Yoda and Tarrantino still to make an appearance.  The Martian was one that came out of no where.  The trailer was giving the same excitement I had Read Post ⇢

the leg-end that is, Alan Williamson.

For over 20 years, I’ve shared my thoughts whenever the muse strikes. It’s unpredictable, honest, unedited, and occasionally witty. I’m living the best years of my life, working harder than ever, and enjoying every second.