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Movie Meme

It’s been a while since I did one of those silly internet games, yes? Well, Frykitty recently posted a movie meme, and I’m going to join in. This list is apparently based on Entertainment Weekly‘s 100 classic movies of the past 25 years. I’m going to break from the ongoing list method (“bold everything you’ve …

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Watchmen Trailer

I’ve been sorely disappointed by a lot of comic book movies. That’s a tough thing for a life-long comics geek like me. There’s a bare handful of comic films I like: Spiderman 2, Iron Man, Batman Begins. (And I hear The Dark Knight, the new Batman film, is pretty good.) When I first heard that …

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Kris and I met Dave and Karen on Sunday to see the new Indiana Jones movie, The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. This was a fun nostalgic throwback for me because I saw the first two Indiana Jones movies in the theater with Dave when we were much younger. (Much younger.) Though I had hopes …

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Coming Attractions

“You know, I’m usually excited about the summer movie season,” I told Dave at lunch last week. “But this year, I have no idea what’s coming out.” “There’s Iron Man,” he said. Iron Man opens May 2nd “Ugh,” I said. I may be a comic book fan, but there are limits to my enthusiasm. Iron …

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Atonement

Kris and I watched Atonement tonight. It’s a movie about love and betrayal set in England between 1935 and 1940. The film opens with a shot of an English manor. But panning back, we see that it’s not actually a manor, but only a dollhouse. Lined up in front of the house in meticulous order …

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As a follow-up to yesterday’s musical extravaganza, here’s a masterpiece of narration. George Lucas should take lessons: I can picture it now: a blog devoted to the creative arts for the pre-school set. Song! Film! Naps! (My favorite part of this clip? The “symbolic” calendar. (Which is the same cat calendar that Kris and I …

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Go, Speed Racer, Go!

When we were boys, which cartoon did we like better than any other? The one with race cars, of course. As lousy as I thought the last two Matrix movies were, the first one was brilliant. And based on that alone, I’ll go see this: Coming in May!

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During our Thanksgiving road trip to bend, we listened to the audio version of The Golden Compass. Kris and I have both read the book several times, but since the film is coming out soon, we decided to refresh our memories. Tiffany enjoyed the book so much that she insisted on borrowing my iPod so …

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Best Picture

In which Kris and I both love the film Little Children.

In which Kris and I both love the film Little Children.

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Harry Potter Trailers (including Order of the Phoenix!)

In which I collect a bunch of Harry Potter trailers.

In which I collect a bunch of Harry Potter trailers.

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