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Christmas Classics 1: Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (1951)
When talking about classic Christmas tales, most people at some point bring up Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. This classic novella first released in 1843, and it’s quite possibly the most adapted story in the last 200 years. The different … Continue reading
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Adventures in Home Ownership – 6 months in
6 months ago to the day, I moved into my house. For almost 32 years before that, I lived in my parents’ house, which is fine. Living there made it much easier to save up money for a house. There … Continue reading
Disney Associated Movies 9 – The Nightmare Before Christmas
This is probably the only movie I’ve heard of that successfully celebrates two holidays at once. It manages to capture a touch of horror movies to tie into Halloween, while also celebrating Christmas. Although Disney Animation Studios had their hand … Continue reading
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MCU Movies 7 – Iron Man 3
Pretty much exactly one year after Avengers released, Iron Man released his second sequel, and Marvel’s second billion dollar movie. In fact, two movies released in 2013 earned over $1 billion, and Disney was behind both of them (Frozen earning … Continue reading
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Tagged ben kingsley, christmas, don cheadle, empire magazine, extremis, gwenyth paltrow, iron man, iron man 3, iron patriot, marvel cinematic universe, marvel movies, mcu, movies, pepper potts, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychology today, ptsd, robert downey jr., rotten tomatoes, stark industries, superhero movies, the hollywood reporter, the mandarin, the star-ledger, tony stark, war machine
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Comics of December 26, 2018
I hope everyone had a great Christmas. Mine was great. We had a big party with the extended family – I’ve got a big family on my mom’s side and everyone gets along, even if my one cousin’s kids are … Continue reading
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Tagged aaron kuder, adam hughes, age of apocalypse, alicia masters, beijing, benjamin grimm, boxing day, butterfly swim, christmas, comic review, comics, dan slott, david haller, ed brisson, erick arciniega, fantastic four, human torch, jack kirby, jonny storm, kelly thompson, laura allred, legion, marte gracia, marvel comics, matthew rosenberg, michael allred, michael phelps, nate gray, pere perez, rachelle rosenberg, stan lee, swimming, the thing, uncanny x-men, x-man, x-men
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Comics of December 5, 2018
It’s the first Wednesday of December, and exactly 20 days from Christmas. What’s really nice about this Christmas is it’ll be the first one in 13 years where I’m not working retail, which means I’m not forced to listen to … Continue reading
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