Tag: movies
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Twisters – Hell Yeah
While I was visiting home, I saw Twisters with my daughters. I think they were more interested in Glen Powell, but everybody had fun. The plot isn’t complicated, but neither was the plot of Twister. There’s some will-they, won’t-they/love triangle stuff between the leads, there’s a tragic loss to overcome, but more than anything there’s…
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The Despicable Me Universe Makes No Sense
We went to see Despicable Me 4 recently, and it got me thinking about the Despicable Me universe. This isn’t a review, but if you need one, it’s perfectly fine, solid enough family entertainment. My kids and I have a soft spot for the series, and the Minions don’t bother me. How the heck does…
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Let RDJ Rest
Look, I love Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark as much as anybody. I was excited for him to play the role long before the first Iron Man movie came out. A lot of people forget that there were doubts about him as Iron Man. He pulled it off, though, bringing some surprising depth to one…
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Let’s talk about Inside Out 2
I watched Inside Out 2 with my girls recently, and it was an interesting experience. My older daughter, 16, enjoyed it but said it was ‘totally unrealistic’. Which is funny, considering I’ve witnessed all the drama and angst that two teenage girls can generate (three, if you include my niece). Anyway, I really liked Inside…
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Movie Review – The Garfield Movie (2024)
Okay, look. I love Garfield immensely. Growing up, for reasons I can’t truly fathom, the Garfield strip was my favorite. I had dozens of the books collecting the strips, even the ones from the 70s that didn’t make sense to a kid. The classic Garfield that stuck to your car window? We had it! I…
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Movie Review – The Marvels With Some General MCU Musings
The Marvels I’m late to the party for a lot of reasons, but I finally got to watch The Marvels tonight. I loved it! It’s not in the top tier of MCU movies for me, but solidly in the middle. The main issue is one that’s existed in the MCU for some time – a…
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Movie Review – Black Adam
*sigh* How can DC/Warner Brothers can find a bunch of attractive, talented, charismatic people, and make a movie that is so aggressively mediocre? Black Adam is a HUGE missed opportunity, one that Warner keeps making over and over again. Thousands of years ago, the kingdom of Kahndaq (a stand-in for Egypt) was ruled by an…
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Marvel’s Black Widow Problem
We watched Black Widow a little while ago, and it was fine! Solid action, and the new characters were great. Especially Yelena. There’s just one problem with the movie – there’s no reason for it to exist in the MCU, except for setting up other shit. The character of Black Widow is currently dead (and…
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Movie Review – Lupin III The First
“LUPIN!!!” shouts Interpol Inspector Zenigata as the crafty thief outsmarts him and escapes yet again. It’s a classic scene required in any movie about a master thief. Lupin III: The First follows the eponymous thief as he attempts to steal the Bresson diary, which links back to his own past via has grandfather, Arsene Lupin,…
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Rest in Peace, Stan Lee
I think most of us know that Stan Lee’s legacy at Marvel for comics is fraught. Who truly created what, who deserves credit. That’s covered elsewhere, like the obituary/profile linked above. I’d like to talk about Stan’s place in my life, as a budding geek who wasn’t sure of his place in the world. Millenials, for…
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Movie Review – Ghostbusters (2016)
I’m happy to report that I have seen the new Ghostbusters movie and did not, in fact, experience the death of my childhood.  We all enjoyed it quite a bit.  Sure, there’s a few bits that don’t land but that’s true of the original Ghostbusters if you can manage to view it without the rose-tinted glasses…
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Lightning Movie Reviews – Ant-Man, Ultron, Minions
I have some catching up to do, so you get some quick thoughts on some recent flicks. Avengers: Age of Ultron – The first movie was so successful, so it would’ve been difficult to meet expectations here. Ultron definitely was a half-step down but still had some great action and humor. Ultron himself could’ve used…