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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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Paranorman’s Zombies, Ghosts, and Confused Story

In 2009, Laika Entertainment produced one of my favorite animated films ever, Coralinebased on the book of the same name by Neil Gaiman. Coraline did everything an animated film should do – it was visually inventive, the characters were complicated … Continue reading

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Kids learn of death in the Odd Life of Timothy Green; sob uncontrollably

And it is, sad to say, really sorta funny. I feel I can say that only because I went through the same thing when I was younger. My mother had taken me to see E.T. and like every other child … Continue reading

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New Trailer Alert: Great Expectations

Confession time: I don’t particularly care for Charles Dickens. As a former English major, I know that is close to sacrilege for some, but I find the man just too darned wordy. I could barely make it through A Tale of Two … Continue reading

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Just how clueless is Mel Gibson?

The answer is: very. In an interview on Comingsoon.net, Gibson basically says he didn’t do anything wrong: CS: Robert Downey went out of his way to publicly support you as you did him when he was going through personal crises. … 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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Ghostbusters 3 With No Bill Murray?

That is not a Ghostbusters movie my friends. Metro has reported that Dan Ackroyd has fessed up and admitted that Bill Murray will not be involved with Ghostbusters 3: The Search for More Money. When asked how feels about this, … Continue reading

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Despicable Me Minions To Get Own Film

Sure, I love animated films, but I’m always wary of anything that looks too cutesy. When I saw the original trailer for Despicable Me I was intrigued but mildly cautious. Of course there was no need for caution as Despicable Me was surprisingly … 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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