December 2011
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Review
By: Joshua “Soon you’ll know us all too well, with my apologies” Richey
Nearly every review for David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo compare it to either Steig Larsson’s award winning novel or Niels Arden Oplev’s 2009 film by the same name. That won’t be the case here. I’ve not read Larsson’s books nor have I watched Oplev’s highly praised film adaption. I am, however, a huge fan of...
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A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas Review
By: T.J. “I’m not going to let you rape my friend on Christmas Eve” Mulligan
Few genres have seemingly less in common than that of the stoner comedy and the Christmas/Holiday movie. The former usually includes raunch and/or gross-out humor, immature jokes and excessive drug usage and nudity, found in such cinematic offerings as Dude, Where’s My Car?, Jay and Silent Bob...
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The Muppets Review
By: T.J. “maniacal laugh… maniacal laugh…” Mulligan
By the time the closing credits to 2008’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall started rolling across the screen, a few things were made abundantly clear: A) Jason Segel was a runny man who could write a funny movie, B) Jason Segel was a funny man who could star in a funny movie and C) Jason Segel was a funny man who could...
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Hugo (2011) Review
By: T.J. “If you ever wonder where your dreams come from, look around; this is where they’re made” Mulligan
Major motion picture production is an over 100 year-old process. Think about that; that’s over a centuries worth of work, stories and history all captured on film, preserved for the world to see. It has been an art form and a way of life for so many people for so...