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Spider-Man movies 2 – Spider-Man 2

Immediately after Spider-Man 2002’s success, director Sam Raimi signed on for a sequel. A sequel that, to this day, many consider to be among the greatest superhero movies of all-time. Although it didn’t make quite as much money as the … Continue reading

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Spider-Man movies 1 – Spider-Man

Spider-Man, from 2002, is actually the first superhero movie I saw from the early 2000’s superhero movie boom. Even before I saw it, I wanted to see this Spider-Man movie. While it didn’t necessarily spark my interest in superheroes in … Continue reading

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Bruce Willis month 1 – The Fifth Element

Before I get into this blog post, this past week I celebrated my third houseversary. Usually I write some sort of blog post related to that around the time of my houseversary, but this year, I’m working on completely redoing … Continue reading

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Jumanji month 4 – The Next Level

After the massive surprise hit that was Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Columbia Pictures began fast-tracking a sequel. Just like how there were so many trends working against Welcome to the Jungle, fast-tracked sequels to action movies and comedies generally … Continue reading

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Jumanji month 3 – Welcome to the Jungle

On paper, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle had everything going against it. It’s a sequel to what was then a 22-year-old movie. It’s a soft reboot that completely switches the overall tone, features a completely different cast of characters, and … Continue reading

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Jumanji month 2 – Zathura: A Space Adventure

Jumanji is generally considered a classic movie, and both of the recent reboot movies are generally liked. Zathura: A Space Adventure is another board-game based adventure movie, based on a book written by Chris Van Allsburg. It is technically the … Continue reading

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Jumanji month – Jumanji

Back in August of 2019, when I looked at Robin Williams movies to commemorate the 5th anniversary of his death, the hardest movie to leave out was Jumanji. I’m not saying it’s a masterpiece. It’s also not my favourite Robin … Continue reading

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War Movies Month 4 – Hitler: Dead Or Alive

The first three movies I looked at for this month’s movie theme were all relatively serious. Rightfully so, because war should be taken very seriously. But to close this theme month off, let’s look at something completely different. Let’s look … Continue reading

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007 – the Daniel Craig years 1: Casino Royale

I talked a lot about Die Another Day’s failures in my previous post, but there’s one major thing I didn’t mention at the time. While that movie chased early 2000’s action movie trends of being stylish, over the top and … Continue reading

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