Category Archives: Reviews

In which I review Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby

Have you seen Moulin Rouge? Did you like it? Do you want to see it on the big screen again? If you answered “yes” to these questions, then by all means, go see The Great Gatsby. However, if a “no” … Continue reading

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2012 Year-End Roundup – Some Top 5 Lists

Borrowing the idea from Nerdist, rather than just do a list of the best movies and TV shows of the year, I’m going to some more random lists. Makes it more interesting for all involved. Top 5 TV Shows That … Continue reading

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A Year in Movies – Looking Back at 2012 pt 2

101 movies is a lot to go through, so I’m breaking my list up into two parts. For a formal introduction to this list and for movies 1-50, please click here. Now for movies 51-101… 51. The Amazing Spiderman (AMC) … Continue reading

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A Year in Movies – Looking Back at 2012 pt 1

It’s 2013 today, so I can now officially look back at the past 365 days. I saw a lot of movies. How many you might ask? Well, it depends on how you decide to count. In January 2012 I decided … Continue reading

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Argo: Ben Affleck does good

Ben Affleck is really becoming quite the director. Even though I didn’t adore The Town, you can’t deny Affleck was building on the artistry that he started in Gone Baby Gone. And now with Argo, you can’t help but feel … Continue reading

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Premium Rush – Much better than it had any right to be

OK, so first things first. Work, real life, and more work have occupied me for the past few weeks, leaving me precious little time to watch things let alone write about them. But have no fear…just in time for the … Continue reading

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Pitch Perfect – Aca-mazing

I apologize for the puns. I had to and when you see the movie you’ll know why. Pitch Perfect is what Glee would be if it wasn’t trying ever so hard to be Glee. Great music mash-ups, funny characters who … Continue reading

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The Bourne Legacy: Almost But Not Quite

There was a lot of talk about how the Bourne movies based on the novels by Robert Ludlum re-engerized the action movie genre. We got a main character played by Matt Damon who didn’t automatically come to mind as an … Continue reading

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Beasts of the Southern Wild – One of the Best Films I’ve Seen This Year

I think to understand anything I want to say about this movie, you have to see the trailer first. Once there was a Hushpuppy and she lived with her daddy in the bathtub. Like the reviewer in The New York … Continue reading

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Catching Up on Reviews: Magic Mike, To Rome With Love

I see so many movies and watch so much TV, I sometimes find it hard to find the time to scribble aka type my random thoughts about said pieces of pop culture. I am in fact so behind that I … Continue reading

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