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Movies in Theaters and on our TV

Thor

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Steve

Summer officially kicked off with the latest Marvel adaptation, making this at least the seventh time in 10 years if you start with Spider-man around 2002. Since they’re holding off on Captain America until Independence Day and the Hulk and … Continue reading →

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Despicable Me

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Steve

A rare demonstration of “the competition closing the gap on Pixar.” I think the last one I saw that deserved this title was Over the Hedge which also had Steve Carel. The latter’s success owes more to its source material, … Continue reading →

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Time Bandits 30 years later

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Steve

Here is the conclusion to my recent Sick Day Theater run, a movie I couldn’t wait to see as a teenager and decided to revisit. Due to my feverish condition, it took several viewings because I fell asleep from the … Continue reading →

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Moon

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Steve

This should be in another series I could call “Movies I let sit in my Netflix streaming queue and finally watched because it was going to expire!” I wanted to catch Moon while in (art house) theaters but we went with … Continue reading →

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Confederate States of America

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Steve

As a huge fan of alternate realities (Sliding Doors and the upcoming Another Earth), seeing this take on a Confederate victory for the anniversary of the Civil War was somewhat disappointing. The initial approach taken is interesting (see below) but … Continue reading →

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Paul

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Steve

A joint UK-US fanboy venture which is simply an R-rated version of ET. The Brits Pegg and Frost provide the writing, acting and inspiration. American director Mottola of Superbad keeps it in a setting, package and pace more digestible for … Continue reading →

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Cold Souls

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Steve

For number five in my recent Sick Day series, I watched this Black Comedy covering one of humanity’s biggest questions: What is the soul and is it really tangible? Science, Religion and Philosophy have been trying to answer this for … Continue reading →

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Hopscotch

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Steve

Movie number four in the Sick Day run is one that reminds me of why I miss Walter Matthau. This was obviously built around him; nobody else could be such a wiseass like Walter. I found Hopscotch a bit prescient … Continue reading →

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The King’s Speech

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Steve

I always wanted to catch this since I saw the trailer during Nowhere Boy because I rather enjoy Geoffrey Rush’s acting. It’s good to see him doing something beyond another Pirates flick yet I feel he’s getting typecast into historical … Continue reading →

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Cashback

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Steve

Number three from my possible (I’m still debating) Sick Day Theater run and it had been sitting in my insta-queue for over a year. Back when we signed up, NetFlix streaming was heavier with Foreign/Indie stuff I like. I think … Continue reading →

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Sherlock Holmes

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Steve

Last week I read the announcement on the Onion about the sequel’s title so I had to really get cracking about our recent viewing of this via Netflix. It wasn’t part of my being stuck at home, nursing my ugly … Continue reading →

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Quest for Fire

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Steve

I think this educated guess of a movie has held up well after 30 years. We’ve made major strides in anthropology since then (we aren’t descended from Neanderthals now) but I wonder if beginner courses ever show Quest with genuine … Continue reading →

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World’s Greatest Dad

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Steve

Bobcat Goldthwait was the last person on Earth I ever thought could make the transition from Eighties schtick comic to successful director. Sure Shakes the Clown is hilarious but I didn’t think he had anything left creatively like Kevin Smith … Continue reading →

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Predators

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Steve

Other than the title having the letter ‘s,’ tacked on the end, this sequel is not a vast improvement nor a different movie like Aliens was. It’s almost the same movie from 1987 but it did suck much less than … Continue reading →

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The Princess and the Frog

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Steve

Two weeks ago we saw Tangled, several days later we cleared The Princess and the Frog from our Netflix queue. Again, I thought Disney cleared out all the well-known stories collected by the Grimm Brothers so they just remade this … Continue reading →

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