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Where the Wild Things Are – New [HD] Trailer

By On August 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Personal

via youtube.com

If this is half as good as the trailer makes it seem like it could be, I’m going to love this movie. The music is absolutely perfect. Fingers crossed…

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Christopher Nolan’s Joker Problem

By On February 1, 2009 · 1 Comment · In Pop Culture

No matter who wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor three weeks from now, Christopher Nolan has a serious dilemma in front of him as he decides where to go with his inevitable third installment in the juggernaut Batman franchise.

To Joker, or Not To Joker?

Even if he hadn’t received a single award nomination [...]

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Random Reviews: Inkheart, Wanted, Chalk

By On January 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Reviews

We’ve been having a lot of Blockbuster nights since we bought the house last summer, while managing to catch whatever kid-friendly movies worth seeing in theaters whenever possible, and I’ve been reviewing a lot of them on Flixster but wanted to round up the most recent batch and post them here, including expanded [...]

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How Wonderful Is It?

By On December 9, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Personal

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It’s A Wonderful Life is one of my all-time favorite movies, and the New York Times has a nice Critic’s Pick video (which they won’t let you embed!) with A. O. Scott talking about “the dark undercurrents of the holiday classic” that often go overlooked.

Back in 1996, when I was publishing [...]

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Review: The Incredible Hulk

By On November 1, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Pop Culture, Reviews

I skipped The Incredible Hulk in theaters because I was fully expecting to be disappointed, but my son really wanted to see it and Iron Man was unexpectedly good, so we picked up the DVD and I was pleasantly surprised.

Ed Norton isn’t as dynamic an actor as Robert Downey, Jr., [...]

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