Category Archives: Movies
January 24, 2013 Trading Up
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock was the first videotape I ever bought. In fact, I still have that copy, and any time I run across it I am surprised again by how hefty it is. As time went on, videotapes got lighter (weight-wise, not brightness-wise), but that tape was the heaviest one I […]
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January 23, 2013 The Last Stand
Arnold’s latest movie didn’t do so well this past weekend. $6.2 million puts it at #62 on the Worst Wide Openings list, and I don’t really understand why. The first trailer I ever saw for the movie made me want to see it, and no following trailers changed my mind. I knew exactly what I […]
Tags: Schwarzenegger, The Last Stand, The Rock
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January 19, 2013 Batman Movie Marathon Liveblog
Let’s see how this liveblogging plugin works. It won’t be perfect, I’m sure, but it should be interesting, at the very least. The plugin, I mean. The liveblog could go either way. Last night we watched Batman and Batman Returns. Today we’re watching Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, and the Christopher Nolan trilogy. Good times.
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January 18, 2013 Finishing Batman Week
For the last Batman Week entry, I want to liveblog one of the movies in the marathon this weekend, but I can’t decide whether to do Batman or Batman Forever. Batman Pro: I love this movie. It is still my go-to answer to the “What’s your favorite movie?” question. Batman Con: Since I love it […]
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January 14, 2013 Favorite Things: Batman
My three favorite superheroes are Batman, Spider-Man, and Superman, in that order. Sure, I know Superman’s boring and Spider-Man’s Clone Saga was The Worst Thing Ever and Batman’s TV show Even Worse Than That, but these are my three. A lot of it has to do with my formative years – if you were going […]
Tags: Batman
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