The Reckoning of Expectations
Is The Dark Knight Rises the movie we deserved instead of the movie we needed? [Note: This article contains major spoilers for The Dark Knight Rises] One of many iconic lines uttered throughout the nine…
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A Gallery of An Arrested Development Art Show in Vegas
Arrested Development has risen from the dead with an upcoming movie and miniseries, and artists are celebrating by throwing an art show dedicated to the beloved program. The gallery below is from Gallery 1988 in…
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Double Feature Duels: John Carter vs. Avatar
A disgruntled soldier from Earth is on the run from his past when he winds up the key figure in a war on an alien world. Along the way, he encounters beautiful natives, uncompromising villains,…
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That Guy Actor of the Week: James Gammon
I’m always upset when I find out an actor died and I never knew about it. Hell I doubt James Gammon even got a clip at the Oscars back in 2011. But at the age…
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Weird Weapons Concepts from the Past
As everyone knows, technology moves at a pace that we basically can’t measure. By the time one concept rolls out it appears to be old and outdated within days. So when decades go by we…
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Batman’s Thoughts on Gun Control
No need for a lengthy political debate regarding Thursday’s tragic shootings in Colorado (which can be summed up with the equally unrealistic “No one should have guns” or “Everyone should have guns”), but I did…
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New Pet Peeve: Trailers Using Other Movies’ Soundtracks
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jKWJZsjm5U The first time I saw The Dark Knight Rises this weekend, all the trailers were pulled because one of them, Gangster Squad shows a group shooting up a movie theater (how eerie is that?)….
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The Dark Knight Rises Spoiler-Filled Discussion Thread
I’ve written my official review of The Dark Knight Rises, and if you want to check it out, you can do so here where it was published an hour ago. Like most reviews, I tried…
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Unreal Movie Review: The Dark Knight Rises
Expectations are perhaps any big movie’s greatest foe. When the acting, filming and editing are all over, the greatest challenge comes in the form of pleasing legions of diehard fans waiting for any reason to…