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The ‘buddy cop’ vs. ‘the triple threat’
A friend of mine and I are having a bit of a debate over something…He has hypothocized the following: The male driven “Friendship” movie always features 2 men while the same vehicle for women will inevitable require 3 women. Men get the “Buddy Cop” movie, but when women team up their movies will almost always…
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Podcasting with The Incredibles 2
My friends Todd and Casey host this Incredible (no pun intended) podcast based on a different super hero movie and I occasionally show up on the show. This week I got to join the guys and their kids for a review of the Incredibles 2 https://superpodherocast.podbean.com/e/episode-30-the-incredibles-2-2018/?fbclid=IwAR2-06TZDDifYIA1CDYgXgZFubiy4zotnXjDw-DqUG610Eux9P6O2lrtIAY
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Highs and Lows of the Golden Globes
Ok so confession time: the list of movies and TV shows I have actually seen this year in comparison to what was nominated for a Golden Globe wasn’t even close, so my rights to an opinion on this year’s award’s ceremony is probably in severe contention. I mean, I did a downright deplorable job of…
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Mary Poppins Returns
It is worth saying at the start that the 12 year old nephew O did not want to come with us. But his 5 year old sister (we will hence refer to her as Evil-icious) pitched a giant fit, refusing to go without him, and being the decent guy he is, he gave in. And…
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Which Christmas Movie are you?
Which Christmas movie are you? First of all I sincerely believe in one infallible Christmas movie rule: Everyone in this world is either a Christmas Carol-er or an It’s a Wonderful Life-er. There is no in between. It’s like Robin Williams says about smokers in the movie Dead Again… “You either are a smoker…
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The problem with Bumblebee
I don’t know if any of you have noticed the most recent readings on Rotten Tomatoes. If not I will give you three or four minutes to go and take a look. Go ahead. You are going to see a few of the top movies that opened the week before Christmas, the ones that we…
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Maleficent
Let me just say a few words about reviews. I used to love the “Star” system the newspaper used. 1 through 4…4 being the best, 1 being the worst. And my philosophy about seeing movies at the theatre, spending money on them that is, went accordingly: We don’t go see 1 star movies: Total waste of…
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Which Christmas movie are you? First of all I sincerely believe in one infallible Christmas movie rule: Everyone in this world is either a Christmas Carol-er or an It’s a Wonderful Life-er. There is no in between. It’s like Robin Williams says about smokers in the movie Dead Again… “You either are a smoker or…
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