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Box Office Bomb month 4 – Strange World
This blog post could also double as Disney Animated Movies 61, but I think I’m done with being a completionist in that sense. I enjoy doing these theme months enough that I’m no longer going to look at every single … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure movie, box office bomb, dennis quaid, disney, disney animated movies, disney animation studios, don hall, jaboukie young-white, jake gyllenhaal, karen soni, movie review, movies, qui nguyen, sci-fi, sci-fi movie, science fiction, strange world
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Box Office Bomb month 3 – Waterworld
This post is later than I would like because my thermostat failed over the weekend … right in the middle of a heat wave. Well, it’s fixed now – turns out it was just a blown fuse on my furnace’s … Continue reading
Back to the Future Part III
I’ve been interested in looking at the Back to the Future series for a while now, but it just feels right to take a retrospective look at this timeless trilogy following a month focusing on Western movies. Why? Because Back … Continue reading
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Tagged alan silvestri, back to the future, back to the future part III, biff tannen, bob gale, christopher lloyd, clara clayton, comedy, comedy movie, doc brown, lea thompson, mad dog tannen, marty mcfly, mary steenburgen, michael j. fox, movie review, movies, robert zemeckis, roger ebert, romantic comedy, sci-fi, sci-fi movie, science fiction, thomas f. wilson, universal pictures, western, western movies
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Back to the Future Part II
When Back to the Future became an instant phenomenon, with a joke ending that implied a sequel, you know a sequel was guaranteed at some point. Director Robert Zemeckis said that no sequel was planned, and he and co-writer and … Continue reading
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Tagged alan silvestri, back to the future, back to the future 2, back to the future part II, biff tannen, bob tgale, chicago cubs, christopher lloyd, comedy, comedy movie, doc brown, doctor brown, elisabeth shue, hoverboard, jennifer mcfly, 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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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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Fantastic Four month 3 – Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Of the three attempts at starting a Fantastic Four film series, only one ever got a sequel. Today, we’re looking at Rise of the Silver Surfer, which in many ways is an improvement over its predecessor. That basically makes this … Continue reading
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Tagged .michael chiklis, benjamin grimm, chris evans, doug jones, dr. doom, fantastic four, fantastic four: rise of the silver surfer, golden trailer awards, invisible woman, ioan gruffudd, jessica alba, jonny storm, julian mcmahon, kids' choice awards, laurence fishburne, mark frost, mister fantastic, movie review, movies, new york times, reed richards, rotten tomatoes, sci-fi, sci-fi movie, science fiction, silver surfer, superhero movies, susan richards, susan storm, the human torch, the thing, tim story, weta digital
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Fantastic Four month 2 – Fantastic Four (2005)
A lot of people think of Chris Evans as Captain America. After all, that is his most well-known movie role, and he’s very good in the role. That said, I’ve got several friends who never quite saw Evans as Captain … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century fox, benjamin grimm, bernd eichinger, chris evans, doctor doom, dr. doom, fantastic four, human torch, invisible woman, ioan gruffudd, jessica alba, jonny storm, julian mcmahon, marvel comics, marvel movies, movie review, movies, mr. fantastic, reed richards, roger ebert, rotten tomatoes, sci-fi movie, science fiction, sue richards, superhero movies, the human torch, the thing, tim story
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Bruce Willis month 4 – Armageddon
I knew sooner or later I’d get around to talking about Michael Bay as a director. As explained in my The Sixth Sense review, Bruce Willis agreed to a three picture deal for Disney at a lower pay cut because … Continue reading
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Tagged aerosmith, aj frost, ben affleck, billy bob thornton, bruce willis, charlton heston, dan truman, disaster movie, gene siskel, general kimsley, grace stamper, harry s. stamper, hilariously bad movies, I don't want to miss a thing, jennifer watts, jessica steen, keith david, lev andropov, liv tyler, michael bay, michael clarke duncan, movie review, movies, mtv movie awards, nasa, owen wilson, peter stormare, rockhound, roger ebert, saturn awards, sci-fi movie, science fiction, steve buscemi, stinkers bad movie awards, trevor rabin
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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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Tagged action movie, bafta, bruce willis, cannes film festival, cesar awards, cgi, chris tucker, columbia pictures, french cinema, gary oldman, ian holm, jean-baptiste emanuel zorg, korben dallas, leeloo, luc besson, milla jovovich, movie review, movies, patrice ledoux, roger ebert, ruby rhod, sci-fi, sci-fi movie, science fiction, sony pictures, the fifth element, vito cornelius
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