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Hollywood Epics 1 – The Ten Commandments
The Hollywood Epic. These are movies that generally have high budgets, a large cast, and are grand in scope, but are not limited by genre. They also tend to be at least 2:30, and it’s not unusual for them to … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 plagues of egypt, academy award, ancient egypt, anne baxter, biblical epic, cecil b. demille, charlton heston, classic masterpieces, dorothea hulse, egypt, elmer bernstein, epic drama, hollywood epic, moses, movie review, movies, nefertari, nefretiri, paramount pictures, rameses, religious movie, sephora, yul brynner, yvonne de carlo
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Indiana Jones movies 4 – Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The first three Indiana Jones movies all released within the 1980’s. I don’t remember where I read this theory from, but there’s a theory where film sequels should either be released within 5 years of its predecessor, or at least … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure movie, aliens, cate blanchett, cgi, cold war, david koepp, george lucas, harrison ford, hawaii, iguaza falls, indiana jones, indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull, irina spalko, jim broadbent, john hurt, karen allen, kingdom of the crystal skull, Lawrence Kasdan, marion, movie review, movies, mutt williams, paramount pictures, razzie, sci-fi, science fiction, shia labeouf, soviet union, steven spielberg, young indiana jones chronicles
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Indiana Jones movies 1 – Raiders of the Lost Ark
Last year, I looked at all of the Star Ware movies, going through most of them in the spring, and looking at Solo much later. Indiana Jones shares a bit of history with the Star Wars franchise. Also as a … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, adventure movie, arc of the covenant, archeology, belloq, egypt, george lucas, harrison ford, indiana jones, indiana jones and the raiders of the lost ark, john rhys-davies, john williams, karen allen, Lawrence Kasdan, lucasfilm, marion, movie review, movies, new york times, paramount pictures, paul freeman, philip kaufman, raiders march, raiders of the lost ark, roger ebert, roland lacey, rotten tomatoes, steven spielberg, sullah, world war 2, ww2
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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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Tagged academy award, captain john h. miller, d-day, dreamworks, edward burns, john williams, matt damon, movies, niland brothers, normandy, omaha beach, paramount pictures, paul giamatti, private ryan, robert rodat, roger ebert, saving private ryan, second world war, stephan e. ambrose, steven spielberg, tom hanks, tom sizemore, vin diesel, war movies, world war 2, ww2
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MCU Movies 14: Doctor Strange
Dr. Strange is a unique entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in more ways than one. First off, it released far earlier than any of the other movies, way back in 1978. It never saw a theatrical release, as it … Continue reading
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Tagged adam frank, benedict cumberbatch, benedict wong, c. robert cargill, disney, doctor strange, dr. strange, jon spaiths, kaecillius, mads mikkelsen, marvel, marvel cinematic universe, marvel movies, mcu, mcu movies, paramount pictures, scott derrickson, sorcerer surpreme, superhero movies, the ancient one, tilda swinton, wong
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MCU Movies 3: Iron Man 2
With Iron Man being a huge success in 2008, Marvel Studios immediately began working on its first sequel, Iron Man 2. Director John Favreau returned to also direct the sequel, intending to eventually build a trilogy for Tony Stark. From … Continue reading
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Tagged black widow, don cheadle, industrial light & magic, iron man, iron man 2, james rhodes, john favreau, justin hammer, justin theroux, marvel cinematic universe, marvel movies, mcu, mcu movies, movie review, movies, natasha romanova, nick fury, paramount pictures, roger ebert, rotten tomatoes, samuel l jackson, Scarlett Johannsen, stark expo, superhero movie, the hollywood reporter, tony stark, whiplash
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MCU movies 1 – Iron Man
Marvel Comics’ history with movies is really complicated. There were a handful of made-for TV movies released in the 1970’s. There’s a Doctor Strange movie from 1978 that they hoped would turn into a TV show. Even if you’re 100% … Continue reading
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Tagged brian michael bendis, gwenyth paltrow, hans zimmer, industrial light & magic, iron man, jeff bridges, jim rhodes, john favreau, marvel, marvel cinematic universe, marvel comics, marvel movies, marvel studios, mcu, mcu movies, nick fury, obadiah stane, paramount pictures, pepper potts, rage against the machine, ramin djawadi, robert downey jr., roger ebert, rotten tomatoes, samuel l jackson, saturn awards, taurus world stunt awards, terrence howard, tom morello, tony stark
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