 The James Bond series is known for many things: action, women, danger, martinis, Aston Martins, the list goes on. These are all things the audience comes to expect. But what makes the Bond legacy so great is its variety and willingness to reinvent itself. Between the various actors playing the title role to the directors who have helmed the films, there have been many different t...
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 Sometimes I wonder if there is anything better than a great Sci-Fi movie? Why? Because a great Sci-Fi movie can both blow your mind and grip your emotions at the same time (i.e. it can bi-win). Despite the often fantastical premise they have, underneath the technology and impossible happenings, there is something incredibly real and human to be found. It's an effect th...
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 Top 10 lists are a tricky thing. I've seen a lot of movies in my day and narrowing all of those down to my favorite 10 seems darn near impossible (not to the mention the fact that I have not seen every movie and so the list will be inescapably flawed). So rather than try and say "These are the 10 best movies of all time that I have seen", I'm going through my collection and picking mov...
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 Here is a blog topic I've meant to hit for a long, long time. Movie music! For anyone who has talked movies with me, there is a good chance they have picked up on the fact that I pay close attention to the music (I can think of one person in particular whom I recently talked with). A movie's score can elevate a scene to something truly amazing. It helps to provide an all ou...
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 Lets get something out of the way. Thereare complaints thrown at the Oscars every year. Complaints of certainmovies getting snubbed, others being nominated when they shouldn't. Butat the end of the day, it's the freaking Academy Awards people. Studiosdon't list SAG awards or Satellite Awards on their DVD cases. GoldenGlobes are only advertised for movies that didn't w...
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 And so continues my constant posting of superhero news. In case you were completely unaware, the X-Men movie franchise is still moving forward. No, its not being rebooted nor are we getting another offshoot, but instead we are getting a prequel. Its a great idea really. We always hear about Professor X and Magneto being friends and starting the X-Men together, but we rarely...
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 Assuming The Dark Knight Rises is as amazing as I believe it will be, Christopher Nolan's Batman franchise will become a nigh untouchable part of comic-film history. Sadly, if Nolan's word is to be believed, this will also be his last Batman film. Considering the guaranteed millions of dollars the third movie will make, Warner Brothers will certainly make more movies. W...
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 It was a western theme this week for the movies of the day. I have to be honest. While I am a fan of the western genre, I often have a hard time getting into older movies. This is tricky considering the western genre isn't exactly a hot commodity in Hollywood. However, when we do get westerns, they are often made by very talented teams of people. That being ...
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 I realize Black Friday happened over a week ago and has probably left people's minds by now, but my blog has never really been about late-breaking news so I'm going to go ahead with this post. Truth be told, I wrote about half of it a few days ago and wasn't quite able to finish. That beings said, lets move to the post.Its no surprise that people aretrampled to death during B...
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 Imagine you were the smartest person in your high school, a veritable genius. You graduate and go to one of the best colleges in the world. Suddenly, you aren't special. You're a smart guy in a school filled with people just as smart not to mention richer, better looking, more athletic, and all around more personable. You are a brick of gold in the lost city of El Dorado. &...
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