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Honest trailer: THE AVENGERS
Oh, this is well-done. I liked THE AVENGERS and THOR, along with CAPTAIN AMERICA and IRON MAN, though I do agree that IRON MAN 2 was smothered in useless sidekick nonsense. Favorite line: “Witness the...
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Why Hollywood is plagued by The Invincible Hero problem
Now that the Avengers have assembled into a giant machine that prints dollar bills, the X-Men are getting rebooted and Batman/Superman are teaming up to create billions more for an entirely different...
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THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 skips right to three villains, which is nuts
So, it’s the second movie in the series that already had three movies in its previous incarnation. Let’s skip the usual insane pattern of having two villains and go straight to three: Electro, the...
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A montage set to music: The best movies of 2013
Movies are all around us. Kind of like the Force, before George Lucas ruined it with all that claptrap about midichloridians or whatever. Films live inside your TV, your iPhone, your laptop. They’re...
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Super-powered mutant Avenger of the ocean: The Mighty Cuttlefish
I understand an octopus, a squid and a clam. Clams have shells. Squids and octopuses (octopi?) have tentacles and such. But this alien beast has a shell — inside its body. The cuttlefish’s bone is made...
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Many Bothans died to bring us this teaser for STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
Long ago, in a galaxy named after a candy bar for some reason, I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced–because the...
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Top 3 reasons why the new, extended trailer for AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON rocks...
1) It’s funny, and not in a forced way, like a Saturday Night Live skit that repeats the same joke seventeen times. The actors seem natural and relaxed. 2) The director lets this scene play out. Today,...
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What you need to know before seeing AVENGERS 2: AGE OF ULTRON
Unless you live in an ice cave, you know that AVENGERS 2 opens on May 1. When it does open, all your friends will go see it, then ask what you thought about it, and What This Movie Means for the …...
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Top 6 reasons why MAD MAX crushes AVENGERS 2: AGE OF ULTRON
Now, I enjoyed AVENGERS 2: GIVE DISNEY ANOTHER BILLION DOLLARS and it’s perfectly fine as another piece of the Marvel movie assault on the galaxy. It’s just that I wouldn’t happily head to the theater...
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What Thor was doing during CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
I like it, I love it, I want some more of it. So why does this short bit with zero special effects work so well? Let’s take it apart. Comedy … Continue reading →
View ArticleChapter 18: Will a shield save your apocalyptic bacon?
When you see a tool or weapon used again and again throughout history, in just about every culture, it makes you think: yeah, that’s pretty useful. Hammers and saws. Ropes and wheels. Swords and...
View ArticleHere’s how Marvel lost its mojo–and why DC never had it
Unless you live alone in an ice cave, you have seen these things we call “movies” along with shorter, lower budget shebangs we call “shows.” And doesn’t it feel like half of all movies and shows are...
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