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Megan Fox

June 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Entertainment, Movies

Okay, so earlier I ripped on Transformers 2, so in the interest of being fair and balanced (and to drive up my site traffic) I present one reason to see the movie:

Actually her obvious hotness aside, I’ve never been that crazy about Ms. Fox.  To me she has too much potential to go Lohan on [...]

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RIP Ed McMahon

June 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Entertainment, Movies, News, TV, Uncategorized

Obviously, his Tonight Show legacy is his hallmark and he has several other things to be remembered by including the original American Idol (Star Search), and perhaps most impressive being a Marine pilot in both WWII and Korea — but let us not forget his foray into blaxsploitation in the early 70s.

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Transformers 2

June 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Entertainment, Movies, News, TV

Transformers 2 comes out today and while I usually take what most movie critics say with a grain of salt, I thought I’d pass along Ebert’s review since he can still review the hell out of a movie.  Sneak peak, to say he didn’t like it would be an understatement.  I’m shocked since the first [...]

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The Dark Knight – A good, maybe even great movie with some caveats

July 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Movie Reviews, Movies, News

“Best superhero movie EVER!!!!!!!”
“Heath ledger should get an OSCAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“The Dark Knight has rendered all other movies irrelevant”

These comments are not atypical of the hype ascribed to The Dark Knight, the latest installment in Christopher Nolans’s reboot of the Batman franchise. So did it live up to that hype? In short, no, but really no movie [...]

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Probably just a publicity stunt to get the movie some much needed exposure…

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Movies, News, Uncategorized

Batman star Christian Bale arrested for assaulting mother, sister
From the Guardian article:
This latest real-life drama looks likely to amplify the buzz still further.
Nothing amplifies the buzz of a movie like the star putting a good beat-down on his mom and sister.  Who writes this crap?

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My Indiana Jones 4 review (it stinks)

May 27th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Movie Reviews, Movies, Uncategorized

First, let me start by saying that I really wanted to like this movie, I honestly did. I went in with an open mind. However, after my initial viewing I must say that I was very unimpressed. To be honest, it sucked. It’s as if 20 years later, people NOT named Spielberg and Lucas decided [...]

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