Category Archives: In Theaters

The Great Gatsby: Rental at best

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Steve

 Fifth time is not the charm for this famous 20th century novel which I will quickly admit to being one of my favorite books. I read it in high school as most teenagers in the Eighties had to and I’ve … Continue reading →

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Iron Man 3: Worth Seeing

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Steve

Any movie with the number three in its title screams “SUCK!” in my mind. Namely The Hangover 3, Lethal Weapon 3, Doctor Dolittle 3. There are exceptions which whisper “mediocre,” like Star Trek III, Spider-Man 3. Iron Man 3 was leaning toward the former … Continue reading →

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Oz the Great and Powerful: Worth Seeing

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Steve

The Summer movie season kicks off this weekend with a Marvel-based character making it official. Should we be surprised it coincides with the annual Free Comic Book Day? Before we launch into what a great run (2012 was eventful) or … Continue reading →

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Russellmania was a fantastic day

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Steve

Matters are calming down enough for me to finally share with everybody some rather past-due stories, especially all the hype I pushed last month over Alamo’s first and hopefully not its last Russellmania. I won’t put a Roman numeral after … Continue reading →

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Django Unchained: Worth Seeing

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Steve

Nothing says Christmas like a Quentin Tarantino movie filled with cursing, racial slurs and splatter. I think Jackie Brown was the last time he had the same opening date, usually his stuff appears in the Fall and Spring during the … Continue reading →

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The Hobbit part one: Worth Seeing*

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Steve

* – This receives a “Worth Seeing” rating if you’re familiar with The Lord of the Rings and a Tolkien diehard like I was from age 12-14, meaning you’ve read The Silmarillion. The average movie-goer might have his/her patience really … Continue reading →

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Skyfall: Worth Seeing

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Steve

I have to give this chapter of Bond’s further adventures a grudging worth seeing rating because M’s past coming after her and 007 being dead have both been done before; see The World is Not Enough and You Only Live … Continue reading →

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Wreck It Ralph: Worth Seeing

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Steve

My initial reaction to this was, “Ugh! A video game version of Toy Story with flavor-of-the-month voice actors, namely Jane Lynch.” Jane has always been cool (her part in 40 Year Old Virgin was clever), I just feel she’s getting … Continue reading →

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Phase IV with the director’s original ending

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Steve

The night I stumbled upon this movie’s showing in the Alamo’s November-December schedule my brain had to do a double-take. For years I had to ponder if Phase IV really existed thanks to the few people who have heard of … Continue reading →

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Argo: Worth Seeing

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Steve

Two years ago I saw what was actually Affleck’s sophomore attempt, The Town, I made the mistake of thinking it was his directing debut. Regardless, I said I would give his next movie a try because the cliche-ridden bank-robbery movie demonstrated … Continue reading →

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