Tag: review
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Captain Marvel – A Movie Review
The good news is that my original concern regarding Captain Marvel seems unfounded. The bad news is that Captain Marvel is a wasted opportunity. Allow me to elaborate. I won’t go into too much detail about this movie for fear of spoiling it for you, but I will discuss some broad strokes. First of all,…
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A Star Is Born – A Movie Review
You may have noticed a trend in which I’ve been watching a lot of movies recently released on DVD that I wanted to see in the theater. A Star Is Born is yet another example of one such movie. I should start by mentioning that I haven’t seen any of the previous iterations of this…
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Acceptance (The Southern Reach Trilogy) by Jeff VanderMeer – A Book Review
I did it! I finally finished this series! Sorry. That’s not very eloquent. You’ll remember that I enjoyed the movie Annihilation, so I read the source material of the same name and found myself … less impressed. I let a bit of time pass by and then gave the second book–Authority–a chance. It also failed…
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The Favourite – A Movie Review
The Favourite has been slowly building acclaim for quite a while, but with it’s recent ten Oscar nominations, it shot up to my “must-view” list. We were fortunate enough to have it play again at our local theater tonight, so my wife and I made it a date and checked it out. I can honestly…
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Unsane – A Movie Review
I’ve been hearing a lot from critics about Steven Soderbergh lately. You know Steven Soderbergh even if you don’t know that you know Steven Soderbergh. He directed the Ocean’s 11 movies, Out of Sight, Erin Brockovich, Magic Mike, and Logan Lucky (just to name a few). He has a movie that just released on Netflix…
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First Man – A Movie Review
My wife and I really wanted to see First Man in the theater, but we just never got around to it. However, I made sure to rent it from the Normal Public Library as soon as it became available. If you’re unfamiliar with the movie, it stars Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong and follows his…
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Black Hammer – A Book Review
The cover to this book really threw me off. I thought it was going to be some kind of a dark magic or horror book. And though it’s got elements of both, it’s not at all what I expected. Black Hammer: Secret Origins is about a group of super heroes who have been transported to…
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Doctor Aphra: Remastered (Volume 3) – A Book Review
I still maintain that Doctor Aphra is one of the greatest additions to the Star Wars mythology in recent years, but this volume confirms my fear about the character–she cannot solely carry her own title. This installment tries to spice things up a bit by making Doctor Aphra beholden to Triple-Zero, the murderous entity in…
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Mission Impossible: Fallout – A Movie Review
I’m not a huge Mission Impossible fan, but I thought it would be fun to take this little movie in on its Thursday night release. The good news is that it’s an action-packed, fast-paced movie with jaw-dropping chase scenes, very cool hand-to-hand combat, and beautiful locations. You’re going to take thrill rides in cars, on…
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