Category: Review
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Kung Fu Panda 2 – Sequels 101
I saw Kung Fu Panda 2 this weekend with the kids at the Movieland 8, and we enjoyed it immensely. Even my 3 year old sat through most of it with rapt attention, except for the times when I let her little popcorn tray get empty. ;) Kung Fu Panda 2 is an excellent example…
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Movie Review: Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers: Dark of the Moon is not a bad movie. I know that seems like faint praise, but considering the flack Michael Bay gets for the first two, I thought I’d put that right out there. I enjoyed myself, and if you suspect that you might as well, go see it without guilt. Wait for…
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Favorite Books
Since I’ve been reading more lately, I’ve been getting nostalgic for the favorite books of my youth, which is why I’ve been going through the Orson Scott Card library again in part. When I was a kid, there was an easy way to tell my favorites. I had a waterbed, and the headboard had a…
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Movie Review – Green Lantern
I went and saw Green Lantern last night with the guys, and I enjoyed it. It was not a top-flight movie by any stretch, though. I came into this with almost zero knowledge of the Green Lantern Corps, it’s lore, other members than Hal Jordan or John Stewart, and him only in passing, from an…
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Rules and Guidelines for Watching Comic Book Movies
Some people just don’t ‘get’ comic book movies. Critics, or more critical moviegoers at least, analyze the movies as if they are watching Citizen Kane, fretting over characterization and plumbing for deep meaning. On the other hand, you have the comic book fanboys, who examine every teaser frame by frame, looking for inconsistencies in every…
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Movie Review – X-Men: First Class
Went to see this movie Saturday night (had a busy weekend and needed the time), and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Great, not REALLY SUPER great, but one of the better comic book movies. Lightyears beyond what Brett Ratner could do, that’s for sure. Now, to reiterate something – I am not a comic…
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Lightning Movie Review – Rango
Things are returning somewhat to normal around these parts, enough so that I took my family to see Rango at the Movieland 8. I enjoyed it, and it’s interesting that we had a trailer for Kung Fu Panda 2 in front of it, as Rango feels much like Kung Fu Panda – a good representative…
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More on Thor: Come ON, Roger
Roger Ebert is one of the few critics I play attention to. I don’t always agree with him, but he thinks really hard on even the silliest movie he has the misfortune to see. That is, most of the time. He didn’t review Thor officially, but mentioned in his ‘Journal’ today. I can understand him…
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Book Review – The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham
I just finished The Dragon’s Path, the latest novel by Daniel Abraham. Once, dragons ruled the land where the book takes place, but mostly what is left are the roads. The city of Vanai, often used as a token swapped back and forth between empires, is again threatened by war. It’s a war former hero…
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Movie Review – Thor
I went and saw Thor at the IMAX 3D last night, solid, enjoyable movie. I was never a fanboy of the Thor comic, mostly only reading it when it came in the big bulk packs that I bought, but I’m glad I went to see this movie. This is normally where I’d explain who Thor…
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Book Review – Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey
I wish I had more time to read, as I really enjoy it. In fact, much of my formative internet time as a kid on up was spent in the discussion boards and later websites/forums for my favorite author, Orson Scott Card. It was awesome – here was a whole group of people who spoke…
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Movie Review: The Lincoln Lawyer
We had a rare grown-up movie night this weekend, and the group wanted to see The Lincoln Lawyer. Mickey Haller, played ably by Matthew McConaughey, is a criminal defense attorney who gets his clients mostly from the realm of drug dealers, bikers and the like. Until, that is, his name is dropped by a rich…