By the Numbers Archive

  • 2009 The Year in Movies | 55 – 56

    2009 The Year in Movies | 55 – 56

    A brief two movie post to get me on the five-at-a-time schedule. #57 Surrogates “Surrogates” had a few ideas attached. The message and method should be spotted in a very short time after starting the film. My problem with the movie, however, is that it...

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  • 2009 The Year in Movies | 57 – 61

    2009 The Year in Movies | 57 – 61

    I know most folks are doing an end of the decade best of list, but when collecting movies for 2009 to start my decade list I noticed that this might be one of my favorite years for movies in a long time. Therefore, taking advantage...

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  • Did That Just Happen? Four Movies That Define "What The??"

    Did That Just Happen? Four Movies That Define "What The??"

    I tried really, really hard not to make my first entry a list. My recycle bin is full of crumpled ideas (thirty years ago, I would have a metal trash can next to my desk to collect all my false starts; somehow a desktop icon...

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  • TV Spin-Offs Set Decades Later

    TV Spin-Offs Set Decades Later

    The big screen has been pilfering my childhood for years with mostly terrible movie adaptations of good-in-memory television staples of the 70s and 80s. I liked The Brady Bunch Movie, but that was mostly because of the Greg and Marcia sub-plot and the fun that...

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  • PopBunker.net Recommends: 10 Foreign Movies

    PopBunker.net Recommends: 10 Foreign Movies

    My intent is not to list the best foreign language films. That list would be impossible because I’ve seen so many and the list would be dominated by Kurosawa movies. Instead I hope to spotlight a few foreign films that I love that may have...

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  • 10 Mind-Bending, Violent, Scary, or Otherwise Messed-up Songs Of Which You're Unaware.

    10 Mind-Bending, Violent, Scary, or Otherwise Messed-up Songs Of Which You're Unaware.

    To get you in the mood, here is a playlist of the songs contained with in. 10. Flowers On The Wall / The Statler Brothers “Wha-?” You may ask, “Who the hell are the Statler Brothers? Or didn’t they sing gospel songs on albums my...

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  • 8 Influential Bromances

    8 Influential Bromances

    8. Han Solo & Chewbacca Where would the galaxy far, far away be without Chewie playing conscience for smuggler with an eventual heart of gold Han Solo?  Although it was Chewbacca who owed a life-debt to Han, it was Han who much of the time...

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