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Back to the Future
With most movies I’ve seen, I have a fairly good memory of the first time I saw them, especially if they had an impact on me. I don’t remember the first time I saw Back to the Future too well … Continue reading
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Tagged amblin pictures, back to the future, biff tannen, billy zane, bob gale, christopher lloyd, claudia wells, comedy, comedy movie, crispin glover, eric stoltz, frank price, george mcfly, j.j. cohen, lea thompson, lorraine mcfly, marty mcfly, michael j. fox, movie review, movies, robert zemeckis, sci-fi, sci-fi movie, science fiction, steven spielberg, thomas f. wilson, universal studios
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Western Movies Month 4 – Shanghai Noon
I didn’t plan on the first three Western Movie Month reviews to all be about relatively dark, serious movies, but that’s how it turned out. While “The Searchers”, “True Grit 2010” and “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” are … Continue reading
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Tagged chon wang, comedy, comedy movie, disney, jackie chan, lucy liu, martial arts, martial arts movie, movie review, movies, owen wilson, randy edelman, roy o'bannon, shanghai noon, tom dey, western movies
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Cheesy Christian Movies Month 2 – Newsboys: Under the Big Top
Unlike most Christian movies, this one doesn’t really have a central message. It’s mostly a silly comedy, created by the Australian Christian pop rock band, Newsboys. There’s very little information about the making of this movie online. In fact, like … Continue reading
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Tagged cheesy christian movie, christian movie, circus, clowns, comedy, comedy movie, duncan phillips, jeff frankenstein, jody davis, john james, kevin mills, lost the plot, movie review, movies, musical, newsboys, newsboys: down under the big top, peter fuller, phil joel, shine, steve taylor, take me to your leader
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War Movies Month 4 – Hot Shots! Part Deux
As much as war is a serious subject, whenever I do a War Movies Month on this blog, I like to talk about at least one movie that shouldn’t be taken seriously. Last time, I looked at Hitler: Dead Or … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century fox, charlie scheen, comedy, comedy movie, gulf war, hot shots!, hot shots! part deux, jerry haleva, lloyd bridges, martin scheen, movie review, movies, parody, richard crenna, roger ebert, rowan atkinson, ryan stiles, saddam hussein, slapstick comedy, topper harvey, valeria golino
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Tom Hanks month 2 – Splash
For this week’s look into Tom Hanks’s early career, I was split between this movie and Big. Both are comedies with a touch of romance. Both are also movies that helped propel him into stardom. As much as I remember … Continue reading
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Tagged brian grazer, comedy, comedy movie, daryl hannah, disney, eugene levy, fairy tale, hans christian anderson, john candy, mermaids, movie review, movies, new york city, roger ebert, romance, romantic comedy, ron howard, saturn awards, splash, tom hanks, touchstone pictures
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Tom Hanks month 1 – Forrest Gump
Most people who have even been casually watching movies at some point between the mid-80s and today would at least recognize Tom Hanks if they saw him in a movie, whether they know him by name or not. His movies … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, comedy, comedy movie, dick cavett, drama, elvis presley, forrest gump, gary sinise, haley joel osment, historic fiction, kurt russell, lieutenant dan, movie review, movies, mykelti williamson, peter dobson, robin wright, sally field, siobhan fallon hogan, tom hanks, vietnam war, winston groom
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Bruce Willis month 3 – Red
It’s been a while since I’ve looked at a movie based on a comic series, which feels strange considering this started off as a comic blog. Red, released in 2010, is loosely based on a 3 issue miniseries by the … Continue reading
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Tagged action comedy, action movie, brian cox, bruce willis, cia, comedy, comedy movie, cully hamner, dc comics, erich hoeber, ernest borgnine, frank moses, helen mirren, john malkovich, jon hoebner, karl urban, mary-louise parker, mi6, movie review, movies, red, richard dreyfuss, robert schwentke, spy movie, warren ellis
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Home Alone movies 3 – International Criminals
Since Home Alone 3 is the only sequel without a subtitle within its title, I’m including a major plot element in the title of this blog post. Home Alone 3 is the first sequel to not include any cast members … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century fox, aleksander krupa, alex d. linz, alex pruitt, chicago, comedy, comedy movie, david thornton, fox family films, hans zimmer, haviland morris, home alone, home alone 3, home alone movies, john hughes, karen pruitt, kid's movie, lenny von dohlem, movie review, movies, nick glennie-smith, peter beaupre, raja gosnell, roger ebert, rya kihlstedt, Scarlett Johannsen
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