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Month: August 2017

  • Alien: Covenant

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    Despite the mixed reviews when it came out, and a bunch of friends all telling me they didn’t like it much, I was still quite looking forward to watching this. Firstly, I have a thirst for hard sci-fi stuff like this, and secondly, I actually really liked Prometheus. As for Covenant, I can say I…

  • Short Circuit

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    This is one of those movies that you’d think I’d have watched early on in my 1986 run, but I decided quite early on that I wanted to keep it for the end (this is my 38th film from 1986, and I have two left to watch since my plan has always been to hit…

  • Little Shop of Horrors

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    This was a joy to re-watch. There’s a lot to love in this, and it reminded me how fun it is to see Rick Moranis on screen, and how I missed that (feels like he disappeared from making movies too early). But the absolute scene-stealing performance comes courtesy of Steve Martin, especially when he does…

  • No Magazines, No Life (Not Anymore)

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    Magazines are dead. I write this first line as someone who loves magazines to death — I used to run a site called The Magaziner, after all — and who looks forward to picking up the latest issue of Monocle each and every month. But they really are dying, aren’t they. The latest sign for…