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Pink Panther series 10 – The Pink Panther (2006)
The original Pink Panther series remains fairly popular even to this day. The films made during Peter Sellers’ lifetime are well-known and if they’re not legendary comedies, they’re not far off. The film series sadly suffered greatly after Sellers’ death … Continue reading
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Pink Panther series 2 – A Shot in the Dark
The backstory behind this week’s review is almost as interesting as the movie itself. With the huge success of The Pink Panther, United Artists immediately approached Peter Sellers to star in an adaptation of the stage musical, L’idiote. The stage … Continue reading
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Tagged a shot in the dark, alec coppel, anatole litvak, blake edwards, burt kwouk, cato, comedy, comedy movie, commissioner charles dreyfus, henry mancini, herbert lom, inspector clouseau, l'idiote, maria gambrelli, movie review, movies, mystery, peter sellers, pink panther movies
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Pink Panther series 1 – The Pink Panther (1963)
More often than not, when a comedy series stretches beyond two movies, each successive entry is worse than the last. Comedy writing is hard, and when you’ve got a series starring the same main character, and at least some of … Continue reading
Harry Potter Movies 8 – The Deathly Hallows part 2
There are only two Harry Potter movies I saw in theaters, Order of the Phoenix and Deathly Hallows Part 2. The first was back when Order of the Phoenix arrived, and I was completely lost, having not seen any of … Continue reading
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Harry Potter Movies 2 – The Chamber of Secrets
It’s been more than half a month since my previous Harry Potter movie post, partly because it’s been a busy month, and partly because today is Halloween. I figured that a movie where the main story involves giant spiders, ghosts, … Continue reading
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Tagged chris columbus, daniel radcliffe, defense against the dark arts, draco malfroy, dumbledore, emma watson, fantasy, fantasy movies, gilderoy lockhart, harry potter, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, harry potter movies, hermoine, hermoine granger, john williams, kenneth branaugh, magic, mystery, richard harris, roger ebert, ron weasley, rotten tomatoes, rupert grint, severus snape, snape, the chamber of secrets, tom felton, witches, wizards
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Harry Potter movies 1 – The Philosopher’s Stone
Before I started looking at movies on this blog, I read through all of the Harry Potter novels for the first time and reviewed each of them. As much as I’d like to get back into novel reading for this … Continue reading
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Tagged alan rickman, cgi, chris columbus, daniel radcliffe, david heyman, draco malfroy, dumbledore, emma watson, fantasy, hagrid, harry potter, harry potter and the philosopher's stone, harry potter and the sorcerer's stone, hermoine, jk rowling, john williams, maggie smith, movie review, movies, mystery, professor mcgonagall, richard harris, robbie coltrane, roger ebert, ron weasley, rupert grint, severus snape, snape, witches, wizards
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Gotham Academy 6 review
This series is a delightful surprise so far. After several years of DC only releasing dark books in Batman’s corner of the DC Universe, not only did Batgirl have a redesign, but this delightfully unique series came into being. Writers … Continue reading
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Tagged batman, becky cloonan, brenden fletcher, comic review, comics, dc comics, gotham academy, gotham city, karl kerschl, killer croc, maps, mingue helen chen, mystery, new 52, olive silverlock
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Comics of February 25, 2015
It’s the last week of February, and at least for me the month flew by. The most significant comic I picked up today is Spider-Gwen 1, which is a special comic in its own right. Gwen Stacey was introduced as … Continue reading
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Tagged all new marvel now, all new x-men, amazing spider-man, amazing x-men, andrea sorrentino, batman, becky cloonan, black vortex, bobby curnow, brenden fletcher, brian michael bendis, cain marko, comic review, comics, cory smith, court of owls, crossover, dan slott, dc comics, death of wolverine, event comic, fang, Giuseppe camuncoli, gotham academy, gotham city, greg capullo, guardians of the galaxy, gwen stacey, idw comics, jason latour, juan doe, juggernaut, karl kerschl, kevin eastman, killer croc, laura kinney, marvel comics, marvel now, mystery, mystique, new 52, ninja turtles, olive silverlock, raven darkholme, ray fawkes, robbi rodriguez, scott snyder, spider-gwen, spider-man, spider-verse, storm, teenage mutant ninja turtles, the black vortex, the joker, tmnt, tom waltz, wolverine, wolverines, x-23, x-men
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Gotham Academy 4 review
This series is a breath of fresh air for the Batman franchise. Written by Becky Cloonan and Brenden Fletcher, this series about a boarding school in Gotham City meshes teenage drama, a supernatural mystery and fun. While I enjoyed the … Continue reading
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Tagged batman, comic review, comics, dc comics, ghosts, gotham academy, gotham city, maps, mystery, new 52, olive silverlock, supernatural mystery
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Pretty Deadly 2 review
Pretty Deadly 1 was, in terms of quality, the best comic I read last month. It somehow combined a western, a fairy tale, mythology, a mystery and poetry into one comic. There were so many layers of storytelling, and so … Continue reading
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Tagged comic review, comics, creator owned comic, death, death's daughter, emma rios, kelly sue deconnick, mystery, pretty deadly, western
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