Posted by moviegeek916 on June 7, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang(2005) – Amidst the various Jason Friedberg/Aaron Seltzer monstrosities we see nowadays that pass for parody (Any movie with a [Genre] Movie title and a couple others) it’s easy to forget there is such a thing as AFFECTIONATE parody. Something that aims to deconstruct, while as the same time pay loving homage … 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 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) – Well let me cut to the chase (before I pad this out): how you feel about Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows really depends on how you felt about Guy Ritchie’s 2009 Sherlock Holmes because in a lot of ways it’s just more of the same. I, … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Due Date (2010) — This movie doesn’t break any new ground. In fact it’s pretty much Planes, Trains & Automobiles with Robert Downey Jr. and Zack Galifianakis replacing Steve Martin and the late John Candy (and none of that Christmas stuff). But fuck originality, it works. I laughed heartily from beginning to end and that’s … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Sherlock Holmes (2009) — So this movie won’t go down in the annals of film history as a cinematic masterwork or anything but it managed to satisfy what I expect of a Sherlock Holmes movie as well as what I expect of a Guy Ritchie movie (minus the Brit-rock soundtrack, due to the Victorian setting). … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 