Posted by moviegeek916 on April 13, 2012 · 1 Comment
Slasher flicks thrived in the 1980s but a couple years into the 1990s the horror genre was in a noticeable decline. A screenwriter named Kevin Williamson decided that he wanted the final word on the slasher subgenre. He wrote a screenplay that was simultaneously a parody of and loving tribute to classic flicks like Halloween … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on February 26, 2012 · 1 Comment
If you want to know what I felt were the best movies of the year etc. then that’s a different article altogether (one that can be read here). This is about the Oscars. For most categories, I just offer a quick pick for what WILL win and a brief explanation for why I think that. … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on December 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Descendants (2011) – George Clooney is one of those actors who has personality that tends to bleed through to whatever role he’s playing. There’s even a sort of charm in him even when he’s playing a cold-blooded CIA assassin (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, or his Oscar-winning role in Syriana) or the single worst … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on October 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Community – “Competitive Ecology” Greendale Community College has other students. They’re in the background and some of them have even have popped up a few times (Starburns, Leonard, Magnitude) but we focus on the same study group because… well, that’s how TV shows work. So when the study group gets paired with random strangers for … Continue reading →
Posted by moviegeek916 on October 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Happy Endings – “Baby Steps” Okay, “Baby Steps” provides a perfect example of why I love Happy Endings. This episode has three storylines (showcasing the comedic ability of each of the six cast members) that have totally been done before on other shows. Plot 1: Adult women who were unpopular in high school get second … Continue reading →
Posted by moviegeek916 on September 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Community – “The Geography of Global Conflict” Okay, the only real problem I have with this week’s Community is that the interesting characters introduced last week played by Michael Kenneth Williams and John Goodman are nowhere to be seen. On that note, neither is Jim Rash as the unusual dean of Greendale Community college. That’s … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 26, 2011 · 1 Comment
American Dad! – “Hot Water” American Dad! is a show that I haven’t really watched regularly in a while. I don’t know why not. Every time I do it’s hilarious. I’d dare say that it’s a better show than Seth McFarlane’s more popular Family Guy. A big part of that is that it’s less reliant … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Community – “Biology 101” Community might just be my favorite sitcom on television right now. First, and most importantly, it’s hilarious. It also experiments with genre and style. How many other sitcoms have episodes that were spaghetti westerns, fantasy epics, or Claymation Christmas specials? At the heart of it though, it’s about the characters. You … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment
So I figured if I’m going to blogging about television, I should probably weigh in on the Emmys. I realized this though as the Emmys were already in progress and I had been drinking (I started to sober up somewhere around the Drama categories). These are my meandering real-time thoughts as I watched the broadcast. … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 