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Obvious Child: Worth Seeing*

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Steve

* — Some won’t find this movie funny because they’ll be too caught up in what the Right Wing movement tells them to think. I’ll go ahead and address the elephant in the room about Obvious, the main character (Donna) gets pregnant … Continue reading →

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The Princess Bride rendered in Legos!

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Steve

One of the Eighties’ greatest movies gets the magic brick treatment.

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X-Men: Days of Future Past: Worth Seeing*

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Steve

* – This chapter in the X-Men films isn’t terribly concerned whether or not non-comic book movie goers are very knowledgeable of this venerable storyline. There is some exposition but the flick doesn’t concern itself if general audiences get it. I gave up … Continue reading →

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Game over man!

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Steve

Lego Master Builder Missing Brick (she or he should be labelled one) has a rockin’ Flickr site with the greatest kit-bashing of Aliens. Well, my Lego abilities are pretty unimpressive compared to this person. I wonder if Missing Brick uses software to … Continue reading →

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Godzilla: Rental

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Steve

Godzilla hit bottom in 1998 with that abysmal version starring Matthew Broderick and half the cast of The Simpsons. So I figured it could only get better but I had a hard time caring. Then I saw Bryan Cranston and gambled on this … Continue reading →

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Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rental

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Steve

Congratulations to the two hacks (Orci and Kurtzman) who helped JJ Abrams crap all over Star Trek! They managed to make same error faster with the Amazing Spider-Man franchise by recreating the exact same gripe I had with Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man films…too many villains/plot … Continue reading →

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Summer of 1983: Wargames

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Steve

Seems Alamo hasn’t had as much luck with repeating the success of The Summer of 1982 since the choices for 1983 have been rather slim and sadly they’re not being screened closer to their release dates. Only the programming people could … Continue reading →

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Clever College Humor take on Cantina Auditions

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Steve

Yeah, yeah, the May the Fourth was last week but this bit was too good to pass up. I’m hoping my nephews who are still into Star Wars will dig it. I loved it. Numerous performers I like poked fun at … Continue reading →

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RIP Bob Hoskins and Al Feldstein

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Steve

A sad double whammy to lose a couple key figures in humor but the former had his run in drama with respected films like The Crying Game, Mona Lisa, Zulu Dawn and The Cotton Club. So first up is Bob Hoskins. I had read … Continue reading →

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Must See

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Steve

Marvel has taken the title away from Pixar for the kick-ass movie streak. Let me put in a quick qualifier. Only Marvel characters tied to The Avengers since the rebooted Spider-Man, the very dreadful Fantastic Four and uneven X-Men movies are outside … Continue reading →

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Cheap Thrills: Acquired taste

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Steve

This gruesome comedy-thriller is mostly an updated, modernized version of Hitchcock’s “Man From the South” but has double the protagonists and antagonists. I think it also throws in our contemporary obsession with photographing every damned thing every damned few minutes. … Continue reading →

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The Grand Budapest Hotel: Must See

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Steve

The mention of a Wes Anderson movie tends to make my eyes roll. Admittedly this opinion is based upon outdated information/experience. I saw Rushmore in theaters and the director’s name was put into my mental “do not bother” database. The Royal Tenenbaums … Continue reading →

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Muppets Most Wanted: Must See

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Steve

On the surface, this appears to be a remake of The Great Muppet Caper. With Hollywood being too scared to do anything original, rebooting everything from a successful franchise’s past is the norm. The easiest example is the steaming turd Star Trek … Continue reading →

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Mr. Peabody & Sherman: Rental at Best

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Steve

Compared to how poorly Jay Ward’s previous properties have fared, Peabody is a success over Dudley Do-Right, Boris & Natasha and The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. I almost forgot George of the Jungle which was way better than Peabody. Still this Dreamworks dreck is yet another … Continue reading →

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300: Rise of an Empire: Acquired Taste

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Steve

Seven years later, 300 receives a sequel. A “coquel” is what many seem to call Rise because this movie depicts how Themistocles and the Athenian navy kept Leonidas and his 300 Spartans from being flanked by the Persians. Any further facts to the … Continue reading →

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