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Dune 2021 (shades of 1984)

October 23, 2021 | 0 Comments

Musing about Dune, particularly the 2021 version with some reflections on the 1984 and literary antecedents…

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Gods of Egypt

March 2, 2016 | 0 Comments

Sure Gods of Egypt was panned and is tanking at the box office, but it’s a big budget fantasy movie with (vaguely) Egyptian deities — how could I not go see that?

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The Force Awakens

December 23, 2015 | 8 Comments

My spoiler filmed thoughts on the newest installment in the greatest of all pop myths…

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Warcraft Movie Trailer

November 7, 2015 | 2 Comments

Well the first “real” Warcraft Movie trailer is here…

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The Martian – Saving Private Damon Again

October 23, 2015 | 4 Comments

A solid blockbuster of a SciFi film, with some real SciFi…

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Why Lucy Why?

February 20, 2015 | 3 Comments

Lucy was clearly written to require that we shut off 90% of our brain to watch Scarlett Johansson boost hers…

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Jupiter Ascending – All in the Script

February 11, 2015 | 2 Comments

All sorts of Science Fiction awesome mixed in with some sad flaws, ultimately a bit of a gilded apple, but wow does the gilding sing…

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The Hobbit: The Battle of 5,000 Animators

December 18, 2014 | 2 Comments

What happens when you expand 44 pages at the end of a novel into 144 minutes of film?

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

December 10, 2014 | 0 Comments

Fundamentally, this film is The Hunger Games without the thing that made The Hunger Games good: i.e. The Hunger Games!

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Guardians of the Galaxy

August 8, 2014 | 6 Comments

If you like galactic romps, this sure beats watching a battered video of Ice Pirates…

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Time for Everything

March 31, 2014 | 2 Comments

A film in which I explore the mechanics of time travel shallowly, but in far more depth than the screenwriter…

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Dragon in the Hole

December 16, 2013 | 2 Comments

Nearly three hours of geek heaven: dwarves in barrels, elves dancing on their heads, and a dragon coiled inside a mountain of gold!

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

November 25, 2013 | 1 Comments

Let’s see who gets voted off in this year’s episode of The Hunger Games: All Star Edition…

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Pacific Rim – Robots vs. Monsters

November 13, 2013 | 13 Comments

I wanted to like this gorgeous but ultimately shallow film more than I did…

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Gravity – Puts the Thrill Back in Thriller

October 16, 2013 | 2 Comments

Everyone says it’s good — and well, they’re right. Gravity is a relentless thrill ride really firing on all cylinders…

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The Bling Ring is Pretty Wild

October 4, 2013 | 1 Comments

Watching Sofia Coppola’s latest film, The Bling Ring, I scratch my head and rip out my hair — not at the movie but at…

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Catch the Dragon by the Trailer

October 1, 2013 | 0 Comments

Sure it’s overdone and really should have been only two films, but I can’t help but get a little excited…

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Agora – The More Things Stay the Same

September 9, 2013 | 7 Comments

Agora, set 1600 years ago, centers around riots in the Egyptian city of Alexandria between government and mob. Between conservatives and fundamentalists. Sound familiar?

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Hansel & Gretel – Arrrrrgg!

August 21, 2013 | 3 Comments

OMG, someone finally ripped off Van Helsing! Hansel & Gretel takes bad to new lows, blending poisonous styles in a foul and bizarre cauldron…

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Man of Steel

June 19, 2013 | 19 Comments

A triumph of style over substance, can about 4 billion explosions and the CGI obliteration of nearly two planets make up for a lack of characterization?

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