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Originally published at The Substream. I stand by the Alien films. Yes, even that one. Yes: that one too. What eventually becomes clear in looking at Alien, Aliens, Alien3 and Alien Resurrection is that each one is something unique and…
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Watch This Instead: The Phantom Menace
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Review: WAR HORSE
I’ve been trying something new with my moviegoing, based off a recent David Bordwell blog post in which he affirms that the front row is the best place from which to watch a movie. I can’t quite get all the way in…
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Video Review: Martin Scorsese’s HUGO
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Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART TWO
When we were young So that’s me. Ten years and out. I picked up my first Harry Potter novel just a few months over ten years ago, which was right around the time the first trailer for the first Harry Potter film made its…
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Review: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES
Why is the rum gone?
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Review: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATRILOGY
Burn all the rapists In February, with the arrival of David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo at the end of 2011 staring us in the face, and having never read the books, I took home the Swedish version of the…
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Review: The ROCKY Movies
Yo! I am now a leading authority on the Rocky movies. Five days ago, I hadn’t seen any of them. Now I’ve seen ’em all. You know that theme? I’ve heard it a lot lately. I won the “Undisputed Collection” Blu-ray set about a…
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Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART ONE
The long, sad end of the road Look, at this point you’re either on board with Harry Potter or you’re not. Those who disdain the films (or the books) will find nothing in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part One, to redirect…
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Pure Cinema and the Serendipity of Visual Storytelling: Firework Nutshot Fail
I have never been much predisposed to believe in karma, but my newfound fondness for / obsession with “fail” videos has me looking over my shoulder and considering the Greater Forces. I predict that if there are truly any laws…
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