Kung-Fu Panda 2: Completely Rad! Po the Dragon Warrior Panda is full-on in a sequel I’d been waiting eagerly for. The story wastes no time throwing Po neck-deep into hordes of kung-fu fighting jackals. The bad guy has discovered gunpowder, and is intent on conquering China with his (beautiful!) fireworks of doom. The ending kindof [...]

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A bunch more things we’ve seen lately, if only to get that cow picture off the top of my blog newsfeed.
Our Idiot Brother: Sweet! Paul Rudd plays a chronically optimistic and naively trusting brother to a bunch of cynical sisters who are ignoring their problems, and as he couch-surfs through their lives he [...]

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In between naps on our flights, Natasha and I caught a couple of movies on the Air Canada in-flight entertainment system.

Limitless – Pretty cool – A film about a guy who gets his hands on a drug that unleashes the full capacity of the mind, with the nasty side-effect that if you stop taking it, [...]

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We haven’t been watching a lot of movies this summer, but on very hot days we retreat to the basement (or to the movie theatre) to take advantage of the air conditioning. A bunch of quick movie reviews!

Horrible Bosses – Hilarious but don’t think about it too hard – Natasha and I thought [...]

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Natasha and I took advantage of our unhealthy downtime by getting caught up on a stack of movie rentals, and I’m behind on describing our theatre visits (thanks for the XMas gift cards!). Here’s a handful of quick reviews from stuff we’ve seen lately:
The Black Swan – Sexy McAwesome – Who knew watching Natalie Portman [...]

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Defendor – Awesome! – Woody Harrelson is utterly convincing as a mentally ill vigilante super-hero wannabe, beating up villainy with a trench-club and diving off of rooftops into dumpsters to thwart Captain Industry – who he blames for his mother’s murder. He does the “Batman Voice” even better than Christian Bale. The ethics of the [...]

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I’m a bit behind on my movie reviews – I’ve seen a bunch of things the past few weeks that I ought to give you the low-down on.
Skyline – What did I just watch? – We went out to see Skyline for John’s birthday, and it was hard for me to review. The script was [...]

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So a bunch of people remarked that the G.I. Joe movie didn’t seem like the kind of thing I’d normally watch, and it they were probably right. I don’t want to give everyone the wrong impression though! While I object to the glorification of violence, I think it can be applied in really powerful ways [...]

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I’m excited about the new Where The Wild Things Are movie – I’ve heard about a lot of production problems in trying to get it filmed (the first cuts were “too scary” for kids) but the trailer looks awesome and maybe it’ll turn out all right in the end. I was a big fan of [...]

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I got this quote off the WideScreen Museum page, about the history of lenses:
This one has an unusual and regrettable legacy. It should not have been made for countless reasons, specifically, John Wayne was not talented enough to pass himself off as a Mongol, the story line was dopey, and worst of all it is [...]

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