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Entries in Cinema (101)

Saturday
Mar032018

My Thoughts On Black Panther And Black Heteronormitivity 

If this image was the movie, I would have died happy.

 

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Saturday
Jun222013

Fast & Furious 6 Altered My View On Sequels

They Throw Several Cars At A Jumbo Jet

My hope is that I can die in my late 90s having watched, some version of a Fast & Furious film in every year leading up to my timely demise. I’ve written a great deal about games with numbers after them. Snarking on the internet for less sequels.  I’d always championed the idea of experiencing something new, though I’m still not sure what that means. I think this is a concept I’d like to think applies to all forms of media. However, in the case of a Fast & Furious film, feelings must be altered. Maybe I need to change how I think about the concept of a sequel.

 

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Monday
May062013

Iron Man 3 Is The Best Of All The Iron Man's. Please Stop Making Iron Man Films.

The real star of Iron Man 3? Jarvis the Stark-programmed companion, possibly dying from some form of robot cancer.

So, this was the best Iron Man movie of all the Iron Man films. Crazy talk, right? How does one forget the awe-inspiring original film that shocked the moviegoing world by not sucking all the way? We expected nothing from a character that wasn’t already sewn into the fabric of idealized American superhero idols. Iron Man 3 is the best we could have ever hoped for in a third installment of ANY film in this day and age, while managing to embrace the “full hokeyness” that the previous two films seemed to lack. Unfortunate timing surrounds the film given one of the major themes of Iron Man 3 is localized terrorism.

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Sunday
Jun102012

Brometheus

"Bro, I think I can see my house from here. Can I use this to order pizza?"

Enough time has passed to where even Harrison Ford jokes about how terrible an archaeologist Indiana Jones would be. Prometheus doesn’t have the advantage of a strong character lead, like Indy does. Prometheus’ edge is its beautiful use of cinematography and art direction, accompanied by a multi-million dollar special effects budget. It’s a shame that Michael Fassbender is, once again, the only quality figure in another summer blockbuster. How creepy is that?

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Tuesday
May152012

The Avengers -- The Best Movie, For Everyone Else

If anything, a nation of Mountain Dew drinkers now know what Shawarma is.

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Sunday
Apr152012

The Hunger Games Review -- Why Didn't They Just Burn Down The Tree?

The true star of the show was Elizabeth Banks' wardrobe/costume design

[Before we get this thing going, it should be noted that I fought hard by not putting “...More Like Hungry Lames” in my title for this post. I see it as a sign of maturity.]

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Monday
Feb132012

Chronicle Review -- Found Footage Failure

Poor Chronicle. It takes a special kind of movie to make nose-bleeding, telekinetics look boring as s**t.

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Friday
Nov042011

Moneyball Review -- So Tired Of All These Moneyballs

Moneyball is a movie about how one man, no one expected much from, beat a system corrupted by money. Also, Jonah Hill's creepy stare

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Monday
Oct312011

Contagion Review -- Worth It For "Cthulu Paltrow"

Never Forget.

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Saturday
Sep032011

Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes -- James Franco Raises A Monkey

"Do it for Dunstin!"

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