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The Avengers

I’ve got to hand it to Marvel Studios, they make better comic book popcorn than anyone.  Warner Brothers has had complete access to the DC pantheon for years and they can seemingly only find gold with Batman(and even then they’re … Continue reading

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Act of Valor

Damn Few. Act of Valor began life as a training video for Special Warefare Combatant Craft crewmen.  After working with real Navy SEALs, filmakers Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh got several ideas for an action film.  Active duty SEALs started … Continue reading

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The Hunger Games

Ok, here it comes… The Hunger Games is a stupid movie. There I said it. This isn’t to necessarily take a crap on Susanne Collins’s novel.  I kind of like the combination of Shirley Jackson’s classic The Lottery with a … Continue reading

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21 Jumpstreet

Channing Tatum is a talented mother fucker.  Yeah, I said it.  The former stripper (stage name Chan Crawford) has some chops.  He was easily convincing as a military/intelligence contractor/thug in Haywire, he’s apparently proven he can dance other than exotically … Continue reading

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John Carter

I’ve always wanted to see Princess of Mars made into a movie.  But Disney got ahold of the rights.  Damnit. First, let me say what’s good about the film.  The cast is awesome.  Everyone is perfectly cast, and if a … Continue reading

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Chronicle

Most people don’t really remember how big a phenomenon The Blair Witch Project was.  I say “don’t remember” but I really mean actively suppress.  This is because a disturbingly large number of you idiots thought the footage was real.  I … Continue reading

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Shame

If you’ve ever wanted to sit and contemplate Michael Fassbender’s cock for about 5 minutes, this is your movie. Shame (by director Steve McQueen) reunites Fassbender’s cock with his director from Hunger and co stars the dude who somehow made … Continue reading

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Haywire

Beautiful people, dressed fashionably, beating the living shit out of each other, in exotic locations.  And that’s pretty much the movie. Seriously, do you need anything else?  I grudgingly noticed a plot.  Actually that’s not fair.  Steven Soderbergh lays out … Continue reading

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MI:4

So Mission Impossible has a 4th installment.  And it’s directed by Brad Bird!!  This is in keeping with tradition on the franchise of having a completely new and proven director for each separate film.  Maybe they’ll finally let Brad do … Continue reading

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Sherlock Homes 2

Let me say this first: The current Sherlock Holmes franchise would be non-existent without the stories of Alan Moore.  SH the modern franchise takes place in a world very like the one Moore created for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.  … Continue reading

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