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Pain & Gain (2013) – I would just like to point out, before venturing into any sort of valid critique, that this is the only movie about which one can say and be grammatically correct “from the director of and starring The Rock.” Had to get that out of the way… Let us consider the … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on July 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Licence to Kill (1989) – Timothy Dalton is an actor who I generally rather enjoy, particularly his wonderfully wicked turn in Edgar Wright’s Hot Fuzz. He is, of course, most famous for playing everyone’s favorite superspy James Bond. He only did it twice, in The Living Daylights and this film. He was actually the second … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on May 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Avengers (2012) – Many many decades ago, Timely Comics decided to take its two most popular comic characters, the Human Torch (the original 1930s robot one, not the Fantastic Four’s Johnny Storm) and Namor the Sub-Mariner, and have them fight each other. Timely (eventually renamed Marvel Comics) really ran with this idea and soon … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on January 22, 2012 · 1 Comment
Attack the Block (2011) – I’d been hearing about Attack the Block for a while before I got around to seeing it. Most of what I was hearing was that it was a phenomenal alien invasion flick from the U.K. that was being unfairly under-marketed in the U.S. Plus it’s produced by Edgar Wright (and … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on January 21, 2012 · 1 Comment
The Adventures of Tintin (2011) – So nothing about the trailer for this movie really grabbed me and said “JAKE, SEE THIS MOVIE RIGHT NOW.” In fact most of it sort of indicated “wait for disc,” but there were some things that led me to believe there could be more to it than meets the … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Paul (2011) — So the first thing to get out of the way is you need to manage your expectations. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost were the stars (and in Pegg’s case co-writer) of two of the very best movies of the 2000s: Shaun of the Dead & Hot Fuzz. Expecting Paul to be on … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Machete (2010) — SECOND REVIEW [ON BLUE-RAY] Well I’ve already reviewed this film at length so, although I may repeat many points from the original review, I have decided to write his one as an itemized list of awesome things about this movie… [many of these are SPOILERS] 1. The mere fact that this movie … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) — The ensuing months have done nothing to diminish my love of this movie. If you want to bitch about the lack of unique film-making these days, you better have seen this movie because when movies like this tank at the box office (as this one did) it doesn’t … Continue reading →
Posted by moviegeek916 on September 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Grindhouse (2007) — Sweet Jesus I have been waiting for this for about three years, ever since I got out of the theater after seeing this the first (and until now only) time. Planet Terror and Death Proof have been available separately for years now but this is what Grindhouse was all about: getting the … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Hot Fuzz (2007) — Fucking love this movie. A Brit parody that doesn’t condescendingly mock so much as adoringly worship American cop action movies. Who would have thought that the day would come when the Shaun of the Dead guys would give us a renewed appreciation for the trashy brilliance of Michael Bay’s Bad Boys … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 