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20th Anniversary of The X-Files Celebration: More Best Of Lists
20th anniversaries only come around once and I’m making a big fuss for one of my favorite shows, The X-Files–IMHO, one of the best TV shows ever. So in the spirit of tradition, here are some of my votes for … Continue reading
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Tagged best of the x-files, most gruesome deaths, The X-Files
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Star Trek Into Darkness: Light on the Darkness but Still a Fun Ride
The multi-hyphenate JJ Abrams, writer-director-producer-ADHD wunderkind, pulled off quite the coup 4 years ago when he skillfully revived a beloved franchise even ardent fans thought was toe up. Abrams admitted he’d never seen the show, yet he managed to capture … Continue reading
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Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, JJ Abrams, Kirk/Spock, movie review, sci fi series, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness
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Iron Man 3: The Curse of the Threequel
When you make a film as close to perfection as Iron Man, of course it’s going to be hard to keep up the quality for the sequel and the next sequel and maybe the other sequel and the prequel. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Iron Man, Iron Man 3, Jon Favreau, Marvel Comics, movie franchises, Robert Downey Jr., Shane Black, threequels, Tony Stark
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The Life of Pi: Allegory in 3D
Yann Martel’s book club darling Life of Pi was long considered unfilmable because of the esoteric nature of the storytelling–and the starring role of a big tiger. But Taiwanese-born director Ang Lee not only took on the challenge, he did … Continue reading
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Tagged Ang Lee, movie review, movies, Richard Parker, spiritual movies, The Life of Pi, the tiger
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Copper on the BBC America
Kevin “Corky” Corcoran is a hard-case detective in New York’s Five Points neighborhood circa post-Civil War. He gives an egg to a starving child and doesn’t require pleasuring in return, so we know he’s a good hard-case detective. And, like … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC America, damaged detectives, Kevin "Corky" Corcoran, New York's Five Points, Tammany Hall
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Closing The Closer: Now That’s What I Call a Finale
Remember back in the day when Brenda Leigh Johnson first arrived at the LAPD? The pretty, dainty Southern belle was put in charge of alternately crusty, macho, and skeptical officers whom she would have to supervise. And, she was put … Continue reading
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Tagged Battlestar Galactica, Columbo, finale, Kyra Sedgwick, Mary McDonnell, Monk, The Closer, TNT
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Movie Review: The Dark Knight Rises
Director Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Rises is one seriously crowded movie. There are numerous references to characters and storylines from the previous two films. There’s a broken Batman. A weepy Alfred. Catwoman. A new villain named Bane. (Bane? Really? I … Continue reading
Movie Review: Ted; When Stuffed Animals Attack
In movies, kids toys that come to life can go many ways. Cuddly (Labyrinth). Creepy (Chucky). Wise and creepy (AI). Seth MacFarlane decided to combine all of them in the new movie Ted. Marky Mark Wahlberg plays John Bennett, who … Continue reading
Spielberg’s Lincoln: Brilliant, Yes, but a Little Shaky on the Dismount
It’s easy to take Steven Spielberg’s mad directing skills for granted. A biopic about a larger-then-life character doing great things for humanity? For Spielberg, it’s like falling off a log. But darned if Lincoln, sure-fire hit though it is, isn’t … Continue reading →