Posted by moviegeek916 on August 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Expendables 2 (2012) – RAWR! EXPLOSIONS! MORE FIREPOWER! GRRRRRR!!! What? You wanted something coherent? Oh fine… Sorry about that I’m just still pumped a day later after seeing this movie. The “blood and testosterone” approach is still in full force as Stallone brings us a sequel to his action superstar showcase from two years … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on August 24, 2012 · 1 Comment
The Expendables (2010) – Recently, on Facebook, I found myself having to defend my love of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s movie career (I defend none of his political career). I got into me explanation of what the difference (in my mind anyway) is between actors and movie stars. Actors try their best to immerse themselves in a … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on October 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Thing (2011) – John Carpenter’s 1982 thriller The Thing is one of my all-time favorite movies. That means I have a pretty strong bias and a natural predisposition to hate this movie. By comparison, it is nothing but a pale imitation. The suspense of Carpenter’s film (or Howard Hawks and Christian Nyby’s 1951 The … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Thing (1982) — So the second film in my Halloween Movie Marathon [last week] was one of my all-time favorites: John Carpenter’s The Thing. I love movies about paranoia and from the 1950s to late 1980s there were a lot of good ones (gee, I wonder why). There are just so many things this … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 