Tag: movies
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Sin City – A Movie Review
I don’t know if I’m getting older or what, but movies like Sin City just don’t do it for me anymore. I went into this movie thinking I was going to love it. I mean, it’s based off a comic book, so right there I was pretty excited. (Yes, I am an unrequited comic book…
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou – A Movie Review
What can I say other than I loved this movie? It’s quirky, it’s understated, it’s inadvertently hilarious, and it’s the opposite of most every other movie I’ve seen lately. And that’s why I loved it. This film is brought to you by Wes Anderson, the guy who gave us The Royal Tenenbaums (which was also…
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Batman Begins – A Movie Review
I know this was a good movie because I went to see it with several friends and their wives, including mine, and the wives, including mine, loved it! This was the Batman that every fanboy has longed to see. He was intense, guilt-ridden, an expert fighter, truly frightening, and took what he did very seriously. …
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – A Movie Review
Let me get this out in the open before I begin: I have never read a Harry Potter book. Therefore, the sum of my Harry Potter knowledge is completely and utterly derived from the films I’ve watched and from what my wife, who is an avid fan, tells me. I’ve seen all the Harry Potter…
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The Legend of Zorro – A Movie Review
I greatly enjoyed the film The Mask of Zorro, so when I heard they were finally going to follow it up, I naturally became quite excited. Soon the previews arrived, and I started to lose my enthusiasm a bit. Okay, Zorro’s married now with a ten-year-old in the sequel. Okay, I can handle that. I’d…
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The 40-Year-Old Virgin – A Movie Review
I’d heard a great deal of good things about this film starring former Daily Show star Steve Carell. I won’t lie to you, it had its funny moments. It had many funny moments. However, my biggest issue with this film was not its vulgarity, because face it, if you’re watching a film about a 40-year-old…
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The Fantastic Four – A Movie Review
Let me begin by stating that while I am a self-admitted comic book fan, I am by no means a die-hard Fantastic Four fan. I’ve always thought they were a neat team, but I’ve never really been interested in them or their comic. Okay, with that out of the way, I think we all understand…
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Cinderella Man – A Movie Review
When this film initially came out I thought it looked good, but it didn’t look good enough to spend my hard earned cash on. I think this may have been the underlying problem when it came to this film’s promotion. I now wish I’d trusted my instincts and gone to see this film on the…
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Red Eye – A Movie Review
You know, I really didn’t have a problem with this movie. It starts off with pretty standard dialogue, but that didn’t bother me so much as I knew it was simply working to establish character. This is, of course, so that when a shift in character arrives later on it seems more surprising and threatening. …
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In Her Shoes – A Movie Review
I’ll admit it. The only reason I watched this movie was because I thought my wife deserved a “chick flick” after weeks of watching my picks. And, though I’m loath to reveal such a thing, this film wasn’t terrible. It stunk in the beginning. Cameron Diaz plays a deplorable character so well that you really…
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