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It’s been years since I saw a movie in the theater twice in as many days-Guardians of the Galaxy is that special.

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Guardians of the Galaxy throws you in at the deep end and turns away, confident you’ll love what you’ll see, but not really giving a darn if you do or not. And it blasts “Cherry Bomb” on a boombox at you the whole time.


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I have been terribly remiss in keeping up. Life sometimes gets the better of all of us. Several reviews have gone up on buzzymag.com and I haven’t shared! Here are links for your edification: X-Men: Day of Future Past, Maleficent, and How to Train Your Dragon 2.

Some tidbits-here’s what I had to say about Peter Dinklage playing the villain in X-Men ( Read more... )

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a great movie for fans of the comic book-it’s got the “look and see” of traditional Spidey in all his teenaged angsty goodness. Both Spidey and Peter Parker pack a ton of growth into a really solid movie, with a great cast of supporting characters. See the full review at buzzymag.

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It is not power-packed with ( Read more... )

This movie picks up after the events of The Avengers, with the world reeling after the discovery of super-powered beings and picking up the pieces after the Battle of New York. There’s more Asgard this time, more physics, and some dark elves for good measure. And it all happens as the planets are moving into a great convergence. See what I had to ( Read more... )

Hugh Jackman is back in The Wolverine, bridging the gap between X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men: Days of Future Past. While not his best outing, it’s far from his worst, and there is enough here to recommend going to see. A detailed review is up at buzzymag.

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On the plus side, I cannot say enough good things about Yukio-the character as ( Read more... )

The latest outing of Superman is out, and the reviews are . . . mixed. This is a new take on Superman, grittier, more Dark Knight and less Boy Scout in blue tights. I’ve got a detailed review up at buzzymag.

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I didn’t know I was such a purist.

I love comic books.

But my Superman is definitely NOT science fiction. And Man of Steel is, at ( Read more... )

Iron Man
Director: Jon Favreau
Writers: Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, Stan Lee (comic book), Don Heck (comic book), Larry Lieber (comic book), Jack Kirby (comic book)
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Leslie Bibb, Clark Gregg, Shaun Toub, Faran Tahir, Paul Bettany, Samuel L. Jackson ( ( Read more... )

Dredd 3D is a dark, real take on the adaption of Judge Dredd that leaves the 1990s version in the dust. See the full review at buzzymag.

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From the beginning voiceover by Karl Urban, it’s clear this is not the 1995 adaption of Judge Dredd-it’s a darker, grittier, Christopher Nolanesque treatment of the material that never lets up. For fans ( Read more... )

I spent Friday in the movie theater. Pretty much all day. Early matinee of House at the End of the Street, then Mike met me for a later matinee of Dredd. We hit the local Red Robin for dinner with Mark, then back to the theater for End of Watch followed by Trouble With the Curve. Now I just have to keep them all straight in my head and write them ( Read more... )