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  • The Punk Singer

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    This was just so great to watch. I’m a huge fan of Kathleen Hanna’s music – mostly Le Tigre and The Julie Ruin – but I didn’t really know much about the health issues she was dealing with. The film itself does a great job of telling her story, and of course, you get to…

  • Foul Play

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    I’ve been thinking of going back and watching some of the top grossers of the 80s, year by year, and as I was coming up with titles for 1980, a couple of friends suggested I go back to this movie, which came out in 1978. It was pretty fun to watch, and wow, what a…

  • Legion

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    This is not a good movie. Since I enjoyed the pilot for the sequel series, Dominion, I figured I’d finally give this movie a try. It’s actually interesting to see that they’ve come up with a cool concept for a TV show, but the movie that inspired is just boring and lifeless. It takes so…

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel

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    What a fantastic film. No big surprise there, considering my love for all of Wes Anderson’s film, but I am happy to report that this is just as good as any of his other films. Beautifully framed, cast to perfection, music to enhance it all, there’s just not much to not like about it. By…

  • 300: Rise of an Empire

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    Here’s why I wanted to watch this: Eva Green (no secret there, I’ll watch pretty much anything she’s in) and I do really dig action movies set in ancient times. I liked the original 300 – was a huge fan of Frank Miller’s book before that – and although I wasn’t particularly excited at the…

  • Robocop

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    Let’s start by saying that this is nowhere as good as the original film, and its biggest fault is that it ignores what made the original so genius and fun: the extremely dark comedy that made it feel like satire more than just your average sci-fi action flick. But looking at this new version as…

  • The Lego Movie

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    Spaceship! Yeah, this was a pretty funny movie, and I definitely had a soft spot for that retro space dude – those Lego sets were my favorite when I was a kid, and just like we see towards the end of the film, I would constantly make battleships using those pieces. Most of the other…

  • Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

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    First of all, why the fuck did they have to put Jack Ryan in the title of the movie? James Bond: Skyfall would be just as dumb. But I do like seeing spy/international intrigue movies – which we don’t get much of – and so I was actually looking forward to watching this. I quite…

  • Captain Harlock

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    I should start by saying that as a kid, Captain Harlock – or Albator, as I knew him in French – was my absolute favorite series. I loved that show so much, and my obsession with LEGO blocks was to constantly be building massive Arcadia-style ships, one after the other. So I was of course…

  • The Desolation of Smaug

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    Despite the fact that I love the original LOTR trilogy to death – and have watched the extended editions multiple times – I’ve had trouble getting excited for The Hobbit trilogy. I’m pretty sure it’s the tone I don’t like, due to the overly jolly band of dwarves that form the focus of the films.…