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    Cinematic Blues – August 31, 2010

    A slightly above average week in the Pop Bunker House of Blues. It's a Three-Star Extravaganza next...

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  • Sequel City

    Batman Forever

    A Batman film that I don’t hear talked about anymore is 1995’s Batman Forever. I think that’s a shame: it’s a fun movie, and a sequel which doesn’t deserve to be forgotten.

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    Netflix Fix: Best of Watch Instantly 8/21-8/28

    Cutting through the crud to the fun. The best of Netflix streaming for this week: Documentary The Botany of Desire: Michael Pollan explores the way plants manipulate human behavior, forcing us to spread their genes worldwide. Who knew apples, tulips, potatoes and pot were such...

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  • CB082410

    Cinematic Blues – August 24, 2010

    After a week off due to NetFlix shipping snafus – sorry – we’re back. This week: Fallen Angels, Scheming Co-Eds, and Meddling Kids…

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    BLOWN AWAY: by “Piranha” [Review]

    In theaters now, but you better hurry Directed by Alexandre Aja Starring Elisabeth Shue, Steven R. McQueen, Jerry O’Connell, Steven R. McQueen Rating 3.25 out of 5 It is a crime against all movie making that the backwash balderdash called The Expendables, led by what...

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  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    [Review] The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

    This one has been out there for awhile but we already had a review for The Expendables and there wasn’t anything else out that I was going to see without someone paying me to do it. I’m glad that won’t be an issue in the...

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    BETRAYED: By ‘The Expendables’ [Review]

    In theaters everywhere Millennium Films Directed by Sylvester Stallone Starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, David Zayas Rating: Sucks out of 5 This review contains massive spoilers. Don’t piss on my back and tell me it’s...

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    [Trailer] Age of the Dragons (2010)

    From the “is this cool or is this lame” department, comes this trailer of Age of the Dragons which is the classic Herman Melville novel Moby Dick, but with a dragon instead of a whale. Yes, really. It also stars Danny Glover as Ahab. Don’t...

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  • Sequel City

    Sequel City – Police Academy 3 – Back in Training

    Sequels don’t automatically suck just because they have numbers in their titles.  We’re hardwired to think that they do…the same way we’re conditioned to flock to them opening weekend.  In this column, I’m going to examine this strange love/hate, passive-aggressive phenomenon, one movie at a...

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  • Scott Pilgrim vs The World

    [Review] Scott Pilgrim vs The World

    A brief confession before I get into the meat of the review: I have not read all of the comics by Brian Lee O’Malley. I was going to do so but then I realized while I can see a movie and then appreciate the book...

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