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War Movies Month 2: Black Hawk Down
Saving Private Ryan is often regarded as one of the greatest war movies of all-time, and for good reason. It doesn’t hold back with showing the horrors of war, most notably with the near half hour D-Day beach invasion scene. … Continue reading
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War movies month 1: Saving Private Ryan
Well, I’m in the middle of my first week of living on my own, in a house that I own. I’m planning on doing some sort of “Adventures in home ownership” blog post this weekend, possibly turning it into a … Continue reading
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MCU Movies 21: Captain Marvel
When Marvel first announced their Phase 3 lineup of films at comic con, the two movies that received the loudest cheers were Avengers: Infinity War part 1 and part 2, and Captain Marvel. At the time, I was actually a … Continue reading
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MCU Movies 20: Ant-Man and the Wasp
The first Ant-Man felt like a fresh entry in the MCU when it released in 2015, shortly after Avengers: Age of Ultron. With every other Phase 2 movie going bigger in scale, along came Ant-Man with the smallest scale we … Continue reading
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MCU Movies 18 – Black Panther
Before I get into this movie, there are a couple things I heard around this movies’ release that should be dispelled. Some people praised it as the first superhero movie starring a black superhero. That’s not true; in fact it’s … Continue reading
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MCU Movies 17: Thor: Ragnorok
The first two phases of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe weren’t all that kind to Thor. As much as I enjoy the first Thor movie, and I still do despite how it hasn’t aged well, I admit that it’s not the best … Continue reading
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