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The Karate Kid
The Karate Kid made in 1984 is a movie icon. I've heard references to it all my life. We see influences in many, many other movies. Although it was itself strongly influenced by Rocky, which was...
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Get Him to the Greek
Get Him to the Greek starts out with what may be the most hilarious music video ever filmed. From the credits, we know exactly what this movie is going to set out to do. In the vein of other R-rated...
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Trailer Tuesday
Two movie trailers for your Tuesday enjoyment!I think we're going to make this post a regular thing. Who doesn't love making it to the movie on time for the previews? Who doesn't love some movie...
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Scott Pilgrim vs The World Trailer
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World Trailer...This is the movie I think JD might be looking forward to most this year and honestly, I can see why. This movie looks like a ton of fun.
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Trailer Tuesday and a Call For Volunteers
Two more trailers for you Tuesday enjoyment and a small-ish request...So, I want to apologize for the lack of reviews this week. I've been on swing shift this month, so I can't see movies on days I...
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The A-Team
I feel that before I start talking about Joe Carnahan's re-make of the 1980's TV series The A-Team, I state that I'm not opposed to fun action movies that don't make a whole lot of sense. I enjoyed...
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The Last Airbender
Going into The Last Airbender, I wasn't expecting an exact reenactment of the nearly perfect animated television show. Adaptations from one medium to another can be tricky. Where a television show has...
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Trailer Tuesday...erm, I mean Wednesday
I know these are late, but hey, I spent yesterday getting 15 stitches in my leg. Give a girl a break. Also, enjoy!Two words: Cannot. Wait. This one made me giggle.
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Toy Story 3
Over the last decade and a half, Pixar has established itself as the most reliable name brand in Hollywood. Every two years or so, Pixar puts out an animated feature that rivals just about any other...
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Trailer Tuesday
The two trailers today are for Devil and Due Date. Oooh alliteration. I like it!So, it seems M. Night Shyamalan is still doing the movie making thing. There's just no stopping this man. The trailer...
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Predators
The fearsome warrior creatures in dreads have come a long way. From picking off Arnold Schwarzenegger's elite military team in a Central American jungle to fighting acid-spewing Aliens to fighting the...
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Best Albums of Summer 2010: Day One
In the world of movies, this past summer was fairly forgettable. We've seen better, and we've seen worse. The world of news has been...frustrating. But in the world of music, this summer has been...
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Best Albums of Summer 2010: Number Two
The National may very well be my absolute favorite band of the moment. I fell in love with The National quickly and passionately upon hearing their “breakthrough” album, Alligator. When I bought it, I...
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A movie about garden gnomes...
I--I have no words...Ok. I found some words. This looks absolutely terrible. Garden gnomes? Really? Reenacting Shakespeare? Hardly. This story has been done a thousand times over much more creatively...
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Caprica Recap - Episode 10
Is everyone as excited as me that Caprica is back? No? Well, that makes me sad. I feel like this show has lots of potential and is just floating around in a sea of average. Eventually it'll get to the...
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Caprica Recap - Episode 11
And now for the second episode of the rest of the series, in which we find out what the other characters have been up to. Well, not really, but close enough I suppose. I am very patient after all,...
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Pan Am
One peaceful day while bored on a long flight I decided to flip through a passengers’ cast-off issue of Cosmo. Therein nestled between the makeup and fall fashion ads was an advertisement for the new...
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Straw Dogs
For years now, I have wanted to see the Original Straw Dogs (1971). For one reason or another, I just never got around to it. This is due in most part to Netflix not having it; a travesty! Anyway, I am...
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Water for Elephants
I had mixed feelings going into the movie, Water for Elephants. I read the book by Sara Gruen on a long flight from Frankfurt, Germany to Chicago. I finished it over the eight hour flight, but to be...
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The Hunger Games
Adapting a wildly popular book series to film is always tricky. Sometimes it fails miserably such as in The Golden Compass. Sometimes, the series has ups and downs like the Harry Potter series. It's...
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