OK, what’s wrong with me? I thought that Superman Returns was pretty mediocre, but I loved Dead Man’s Chest! All the critics seem to find it pointless and over-the-top (but they think that the Man of Steel has made a triumphant return). While I admit that Pirates took a while to get going—getting all the…
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Cartoons: The Adventure is Back
Do you remember the good ol’ days? When cartoons were full of heroic characters, fantastic villains, and exciting adventures? Remember the days of He-Man? Thundarr? Megatron? Visionaries? Orbots? Herculoids? Space Ghost? Mumm-Ra, the ever-living? Even She-Ra (in her “I’m just like He-Man but targeting the female demographic” kind of way)? For a kid like me,…
Pride and Prejudice – Movie Review
OK. First, let’s get this out of the way: I liked this version better than the BBC mini-series. Gasp?! Sacrilege? Colin Firth is coming to get me? Bring it. Now let me put this preference in perspective. I loved the BBC mini-series—6 hours long, but I have seen it at least twice, once staying up…
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Movie Review
With each successive movie in the Harry Potter franchise, the action level is amped up a notch. There is no doubt about that in Harry Potter and the Tri-Wizard T—I mean Goblet of Fire. The 700-page story has been neatly trimmed (i.e. most of the side plots have been left out) around what is arguably…
Serenity (2005) – Capsule Review
After hours of listening to fan podcasts and rewatching the entire TV series on DVD, there was no way that I wasn’t going to love Serenity. And as a fan hoping for sequels, I’m glad that most reviews and audience response seems to agree. Despite the sci-fi trappings of this movie, it’s the interesting characters…
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