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The Expendables 2
I enjoyed the first Expendables, but felt like it was missing a little something. It had all the elements of a great action film, but the end result was a tad hollow and left me wanting more. Enter...
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Trouble with the Curve
Clint Eastwood is a man who has earned the right to do what he wants. Having starred in movies like Dirty Harry, A Fistful of Dollars, and The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, his acting career in...
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Looper
Science fiction movies like this don’t come along very often. Though Looper has all the hallmarks of the genre, such as time travel, futuristic weapons, and head-scratching plot twists, it offers...
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5 Reasons the Disney Acquisition is Good for Star Wars
I remember the moment I got the news with a crystal clarity usually reserved for momentous events like the birth of a child or the arrival of a long-lost loved one. I remember, like it was yesterday...
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
My affinity for J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit goes back a long way. In elementary school I purchased a copy of White Fang from one of those Scholastic book order flyers that got sent home once a month,...
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Why JJ Abrams Will Save Star Wars
The last few months have been interesting for Star Wars fans. First we got news that George Lucas was retiring, and his longtime collaborator Kathleen Kennedy was stepping up to help Lucasfilm. Then...
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House of Cards
A few weeks ago one of my Twitter followers asked me if House of Cards was a good show. I took a little while to figure out how to respond, because to answer that question requires a bit more than a...
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Pacific Rim
I remember when I first saw Independence Day. It was the weekend of July 4, 1996, and my friends and I were packed into the Stuart Theater in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska. the place was crowded, the...
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Mission: Impossible III
Now that JJ Abrams is knee-deep in the production of Star Wars Episode VII, I thought it would be a nice time to step back and look at some of the films he has directed in order to get a better sense...
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