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TOP 5 MOVIES OF THE YEAR
(Listed alphabetically)


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Trying to compile these entries has taught me that I need to keep better records of my media consumption each year. Let me give it a go anyway…

Videogames

Portal 2
One of my favorite games of ALL TIME. I love logic puzzles, and the collaborative mode of this game had me scratching my head then whooping with joy every time I solved a new challenge. ( Read more... )

I saw Les Misérables four times on Broadway when it first came out. I have listened to the soundtrack hundreds - if not thousands - of times, and used to be able to sing the entire thing from start to finish.

And yet… I didn’t like the movie.

[Spoilers follow.]

I’m struggling to say exactly why I didn’t like it. The theater production is magic. You ( Read more... )

I just saw Pixar’s new movie, BRAVE. It’s been at the top of my must-see list for a long time because although Pixar makes excellent movies, they’d never made one starring a girl or woman before. I couldn’t wait to see Merida, an amazing archer with wild red hair, save the day.

First, I must say that the movie is gorgeous - absolutely stunning. It’ ( Read more... )

Do you remember last year when I got my first SAG-qualifying voice acting job? (If not, here’s a reminder about My First Movie.) The movie was supposed to go direct to DVD, but the producers lost their original distribution deal. Eh. These things happen all the time in Hollywood, and I barely thought about it at all.

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It makes me sad when there’s a movie I really want to see, and that does so many things right, but that seems to go out of its way to belittle, objectify, and/or marginalize women. Below I’m going to mention some of the things in X-MEN: FIRST CLASS that upset me. To do so, I will have to mention some spoilers. Proceed at your own risk.

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I stumbled across IP MAN while browsing Hulu Plus on Friday night. (It’s also on Netflix instant streaming.) I recognized “Ip Man” as the name of Bruce Lee’s first Wing Chun teacher (although I had always seen it as “Yip Man“), and thought I might find a few good fights scenes to enjoy. I ended up loving the film.


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In case you haven’t seen this yet (or you want to see it again), settle in, turn up the volume, and enjoy:

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I’m not sure what I love most - Gaiman’s words, the way he reads them, or the way the colors spread across Vess’ illustrations as if they’re soaking into the paper. I also love that the main character is a cat person, not a boy or a girl. It ( Read more... )

Beginnings are tricky in almost every medium - novels, movies, comics, videogames, you name it. You’re often dealing with a world different from our own, sometimes in huge ways, and sometimes in small, subtle ones. You need to convey the salient differences smoothly, so they’re absorbed but not necessarily noticed.

I’ve noticed two main styles of ( Read more... )