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When the Male Gaze Settles on Nazi Zombies: Sucker Punch
Zach Snyder has failed colossally with his latest film Sucker Punch. I don’t mean that the movie flopped or won’t make the studio money, even though it’s been beaten at the box office by the sequel to Diary of a Wimpy Kid and a movie where Matthew McConaughey remains full shirted. I don’t even mean the film is [...]
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movies
On Shaky Ground: The Green Zone Movie Review
The Green Zone looks like a Bourne movie, which comes as no surprise considering that the director, Paul Greengrass was behind the wheel for the last two movies in that trilogy and the main character is played by Jason Bourne himself, Matt Damon. But while the visceral impact of the shaky-camera delivers the same sort [...]
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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
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 [...]
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movies
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 [...]
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