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The Summer So Far (At the Movies)
Star Trek was amazing. I can’t imagine a better relaunch for a tired franchise than what J.J. Abrams and company delivered. I was pretty much the target demo for the reboot, since I was not a big fan of any of the previous incarnations of the series aside from a brief fluttering of interest anytime [...]
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movies, rants
My Masturbatory Self-Indulgence Has a First Name, It’s O-S-C-A-R
02.18.09 | Permalink | 2 CommentsHere’s my absolutely 100% guaranteed lock of the night for the upcoming Academy Awards: It will be boring, meaningless, and a waste of time for everyone involved.
I love movies more than most people do. At this stage of my life I could use my accumulated Movie Watcher points to make a down payment on a [...] -
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Derivative Pap, Actually: He’s Just Not That Into You Movie Review
I am not the target market for He’s Just Not That Into You. Even putting my Y-chromosomes and dangly bits aside for a moment, my disdain for the source material alone is enough to put me outside the target demographic of single women who can’t figure out that a guy who treats them like crap [...]
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movies
Visitors and Vikings, Monsters and Mead: Outlander Movie Review
01.26.09 | Permalink | 2 CommentsHere is what you should know: Outlander is a retelling of Beowulf where the hero is an intergalactic soldier who, after landing on 12th century Earth, teams up with a bunch of Viking warriors to slay an alien monster that caused his space ship to crash.
That’s right. It’s about Vikings versus Aliens. If the premise [...] -
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This Movie Was As Cute As Something, But I can’t Think of What: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Reviewed
01.05.09 | Permalink | 2 CommentsThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a good movie, whose grasp never quite closes around the great it is clearly reaching for.
Bard Pitt plays Benjamin, who is born old and grows younger. He loves a woman. He meets people. He has adventures. His story ends as all life stories do.
Benjamin Button is not alone. [...] -
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It Didn’t Quite Move Me: The Spirit Reviewed
If I don’t see a certain number of comic book movies every year, they threaten to revoke my geek credentials. But I was excited to see The Spirit, the first solo directorial effort of esteemed comic mainstay and Sin City creator Frank Miller.
The story of murdered rookie beat cop Denny Colt’s posthumous war on crime [...]
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