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I like the XMen franchise, but I was quite leery about this particular movie.  I guess that I wasn’t really interested in seeing the mutants as youngsters.  There’s just something about using different actors for familiar characters that doesn’t always work for me. Not this time!  I was pleasantly surprised ...

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[Originally posted Apr 17, 2009] SPOILER ALERT!   IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON WATCHING THE MOVIE “KNOWING”, DON’T READ THIS BLOG POST! My friend and I went to a movie on Tuesday night.  I know… I’m still in shock too.  Not that I have friends, but that we actually went out ...

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It’s been awhile since I’ve waited in anticipation for any movie, but Glee 3D was different.  I’ve been a fan of the show since episode 1 (although it took me a long time to watch that episode, and I was essentially forced into it).  So when the Glee 3D concert ...

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I was a little worried that I wasn’t going to get a chance to see Iron Man 2 in the theatre!  Every time that I wanted to go see it, it didn’t match up with someone else’s schedule.  I was even prepared to go see it myself if I had ...

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I went to see a movie recently. Date Night.  It’s not going to win any Academy awards, but it’s not a bad little movie if you’re looking for a night out… maybe even a date, perhaps!? I was easily the most… ahem.. senior… person in the movie theatre that night. ...

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I’m not normally into independent films.  I don’t think that I make a conscious decision to avoid them.  I think that it’s more of a lack of awareness that they even exist.  And that’s a shame because I watched a very good one recently.  I remember seeing a preview for The ...

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I have a pretty high tolerance for those “coming of age” teenage flicks that seem to pepper the walls at Blockbuster.  But for every 1 American Pie there are 100 duds.  I Love You, Beth Cooper was definitely not one of the former. I really wasn’t expecting an Oscar-winning performance, ...

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