Tag: movie
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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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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. Â I don’t always agree with him, but he thinks really hard on even the silliest movie he has the misfortune to see. Â That is, most of the time. Â He didn’t review Thor officially, but mentioned in his ‘Journal’ today. Â I can understand him…
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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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Classic Rock Will Never Die
…because we keep slipping the songs into our kids’ movies. Whether it’s Elvis records via Lilo & Stitch, to Crazy Train, Welcome to the Jungle and Bad to the Bone in Megamind, to every other movie ending with a dance party of some type thanks to Shrek, these songs are everywhere. That’s not even counting the comic book…
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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…
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Spring and Summer 2011 Movies
The meat of the 2011 movie season is coming up, including the Summer blockbusters, and I thought I’d run them down and see which ones I’m planning to check out. Note that as a Dad, the list leans towards animated movies as well as comic book movies and summer blockbusters. I don’t like horror and…
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Movies With Repeated Theater Viewings
The title says it all – I thought I’d start a discussion about what movies you just HAD to see more than once in the theaters. Where possible, I will be putting how many times I saw it and any other details I think of. Despicable Me – (2) – Once was at the drive-in…
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Wired: Best Sci-Fi Movie Effects
Wired has an article up about the Best Sci-Fi movie effects scenes of all time, which has some classics, from Godzilla to 2001: A Space Odyssey to Avatar. To be sure, though, they missed some of my favorites: Iron Man – specifically the scene when Tony puts the upgraded suit on for the first time and…
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Movie Review – TRON: Legacy
I caught a 3D showing of TRON: Legacy this weekend, and I love it. I might just be their ideal movie-goer. I did see the original TRON at some point, far enough back that I watched it on one of these bad boys. My Grandfather liked to buy wacky things at auctions, and came home with a…
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Lightning Movie Review – Tangled
We took the kids to see Tangled this weekend, and Mattie in particular LOVED IT. As in, during the moving saying ‘Mommy I WUV DIS MOVIE!’, and having to come over and sit on my lap so she could tell me the same thing directly. Okay, and get direct access to more popcorn. I thought…