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August 5, 2014 Tuesday 6: Movies of 1983

Eventually I’m going to have to go forward in time because the farther back I go the fewer movies I’ve seen. I have only seen 15 movies in the 1983 list, and only six of them are movies I’d consider putting on my list.  I’ll address all 15 of them, but I can’t in good conscience […]

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August 4, 2014 Monday Links

Happy new week to you, folks! I have a couple of things I wanted to share with you that didn’t warrant a whole post just on their own, so here you go: Finally (after three long days of waiting!) the voice actor for the after-credits scene in Guardians of the Galaxy was revealed (spoilers, obvs) […]

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August 1, 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy

  My wife and I went to see Guardians of the Galaxy last night. I knew before going in that I would most likely enjoy it, and, hey, I did! A bunch! I knew almost nothing about the movie going into it, other than the official synopsis that had been floating around and the trailers. […]

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July 31, 2014 Lies Lies Lies

Last week I saw both Lucy and Hercules. I went to see the first one despite it’s “10% of the brain” nonsense because the trailer made it look like a superhero movie of sorts – woman gets dosed with an experimental drug and gains powers – okay, cool. Sorta Black Widow-y without actually being Black […]

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July 29, 2014 Tuesday 10: Movies of 1984

My initial whittling of the “released in 1984” list got it down to 37. 1984 was a pretty good year for movies, as you’ll see. There are seven movies from the “highest grossing” that didn’t make it onto my list, but that doesn’t bother me much. 10. The Muppets Take Manhattan – Kermit & Miss Piggy […]

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