Category Archives: Movies
Three Musketeers: the (newest) movie review
Well, by luck and happenstance we ended up seeing a screening of the Three Musketeers today. Now, I am going to disclaim my feelings about this movie a little. I am a big fan of the Milla Jovovich / Paul … Continue reading
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Steampunk Trifecta – Sherlock Holmes, LXG, and Van Helsing
These are three mainstream movies that say “Steampunk” to Burgandy and I. I am sure there are purists who (possibly angrily) disagree. But, for the sake of argument, I am going to say that we had a steampunk marathon this … Continue reading
Sherlock Holmes (2009) – A review
As you can tell, I put off seeing this movie for a long time. I am a big fan of Robert Downey Jr. I’m also a big fan of Sherlock Holmes, having read every Holmes story I could get my … Continue reading
Pirates of the Caribbean 4 – On Stranger Tides
Good – All of the characters were a lot of fun. Johnny Depp still has Cap’n Jack nailed. The stories for Pirates continue to be ambitious and brain-challenging, with a lot of twists. The addition of voodoo and ships that … Continue reading
Fast Five – Ocean’s Eleven with Cars
Before we watched Fast Five, we watched all the previous four films to prepare. I’m glad we did, because not only did I enjoy 3 of these 4 movies (Tokyo Drift was pretty meh in my book), but Five basically … Continue reading
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A Perfect Storm – Review of Thor
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly style: Good This was a really fun movie – there were a lot of laughs and satisfying moments to be had, plus Thor himself seemed to be right on. The special effects were … Continue reading
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Game of Thrones – A Warning
So, with the new series coming, Burgandy bought me a spontaneous birthday gift of “A Game of Thrones“, which I had not realized was actually the first book of the rather famous novel series ”A Song of Fire and Ice”. ASOFAI is a … Continue reading
You get what you pay for…
After seeing a post about it on the Mom Blog on the OC Register’s page, we picked up passes to see a pre-screening of “Rio” at the Block. Free tickets to see a kid’s movie in 3D and ETX days … Continue reading
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Vanity Fair – what are they up to?
Vanity Fair is far and away my favorite magazine. Unlike a lot of the fluff in other magazines these days, it tends to be chock full of long, well researched, interesting essays and long, in-depth interviews about subjects that are more interesting than … Continue reading
Second Suckerpunch Review
We needed two because I had such a different reaction to the movie than, well, everyone else who watched it with us last night, apparently, but most importantly, different than David’s. Honestly, I liked Suckerpunch. I liked it in the … Continue reading
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