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Month: September 2014

  • The Killing

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    Yeah, I’ve stuck with The Killing until this final season – although I did give up early on in season 2, but got back on with season 3. I do like these characters (especially Holder), and this final season was indeed quite good – if a bit frustrating in terms of the emotional upheavals of…

  • The Purge: Anarchy

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    Sure, it’s a crazy-ass premise – one night a year, killing is allowed – but I did enjoy watching the first one, and this was good too. Whereas the first one gets you to experience the night in tight quarters and in the form of a home invasion, this one reveals the larger chaos that…

  • 22 Jump Street

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    This movie was so incredibly unfunny. I actually liked the first one, it had a bunch of good laughs, but this one just falls flat. The biggest – and ongoing – joke throughout the movie is that they act like they are a gay couple. Ha, ha. The only thing I enjoyed was the sequel…

  • The Zero Theorem

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    This movie is weird, interesting, fascinating, and oh-so Gilliam. The future depicted is just crazy – in a good way, think Brazil – and the actual plot is, well, that’s not really important. And I so enjoyed the performance by Mélanie Thierry – and her lovely accent. So glad Gilliam is still making movies like…

  • Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

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    I really don’t get why this bombed at the box office, while the first one made a decent amount. I’d say it’s just as good as the first one, with the added bonus of Eva Green, who is fantastic (and yes, incredibly sexy). I doubt they’ll get to make another one, which is a shame.

  • Destiny

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    I’ve gone through some mixed feelings on this game, since I’ve been playing (for 2 days now). At first I was disappointed that it didn’t really end up having more story that what we experienced in the Alpha and Beta tests – and it also made me regret playing those 2 releases, since I was…

  • Gotham

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    I think the reason I ended up enjoying the first episode of this is because I came in with such low expectations. The buzz I was hearing wasn’t very good, and to be honest, the concept didn’t really sound that interesting to me – just give me a fucking Batman show. But based on what…

  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

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    As I wrote before, I really didn’t like this series when it started, but then when the season was over I kept hearing that it got good, so I binged it, and I did indeed end up liking it – it gets good from the last third of the season. Season 2 has just started,…

  • Divergent

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    I have tepid interest in all of these YA movies – even for The Hunger Games, I find it OK, but it doesn’t really grab me – but I did want to check Divergent out because of the sci-fi setting, and because I like Shailene Woodley. I liked this. Sure, the premise is kinda hokey –…

  • The Party

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    OK, you’ll need to get past the fact that Peter Sellers is basically doing “blackface” – portraying an actor from India – but I so loved this film when I was a kid, and watching it again now, I’m still in love. At the core is of course the wacky/zany performance by Sellers, but what…