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TV Spot for The Hobbit Airs
WHO CARES about the trailer for Iron Man 3 when there’s a new TV spot for The Hobbit? Spin-Off Online and Empire are reporting that the first of three new films from Peter Jackson is clocking in at 2 hours … Continue reading
Arthur Dent and the Frustrations of Long-Distance Travel
JUST BEFORE HE LOST HOME AND PLANET, Arthur Dent threw back six quick pints at the neighborhood bar on order from his (alien) friend, Ford. Why? To prep for the effects of on instantaneous travel. Dent learned that traveling far … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Dent, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Closing the Loop with Looper (no real spoilers, I think)
LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, I kept waiting for Looper to crash under its own weight, to short-circuit because of its story-telling overload. That crash, that short-circuiting, never happened. Looper is as taut and quality a movie as you can hope … Continue reading
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Trailers that Give Me Chills: Cloud Atlas
I’M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT MOVIES these days, and it’s not just the promise of The Hobbit at Christmas-time. I saw the trailer for Life of Pi at the theater again this Tuesday, and it still gives me chills (and I … Continue reading
Finding (More Than) Nemo
“JUST KEEP SWIMMING” is the line most remembered and quoted from Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo. When I saw the movie again in 3-D this past weekend, I knew that would be the moment that all of the kids and many of … Continue reading
Gandalf, Donald Miller, and Fear
THERE’S A MOMENT in the newest trailer for The Hobbit where Galadriel asks Gandalf, “Why the halfling?” Of the many he could call to action, why a hobbit who has never left home should go on such a dangerous adventure? … Continue reading
The New Trailer for The Hobbit
DON’T HEAD OUT YOUR FRONT DOOR without catching the new trailer for The Hobbit. The folks over at The Beat posted it this morning. Here it is below. I think the tone is spot on: tense but not as dark … Continue reading
Revisiting the Temple of Doom
SEQUELS LIKE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK set us up for a fall, I’m afraid. Empire is a classic example of second-movie-is-brilliant syndrome. Taken part-to-whole, one might think that most sequels (especially #2 in a series) are as good or better than … Continue reading
There are Perks to Being a Wallflower?
THE TRUTH IS, I SHOULD HAVE READ THE BOOK YEARS AGO. Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower has been a critical (and criticized) favorite for over a decade. I’d seen it and heard of it for most of … Continue reading
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Tagged Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
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Raiding the Lost Ark . . . Again
I SUPPOSE MOVIE RE-RELEASES have been around for a long time, which is easy to forget. Disney used to re-release some of their classics every few years. Cult-classic movies often get art house showings. And now that Blu-Ray is a … Continue reading
