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Professional nerd. Lover of licorice.

Wayback Review: One Day

As always, clicky for the original piece! Nutshell: I didn’t particularly care for this film when I first saw it.  I’m even more nonplussed now.  Patchy, with sloppy edits and even sloppier screenwriting, One Day doesn’t deliver the connection it … Continue reading

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Baltimore Screening Pass-palooza (and trivia!): Poltergeist

UPDATE: WINNERS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN.  Thanks to everyone who played — there were some fantastic answers!  All for simply clicking on the “31 in 31” tab at the top of the home page.  😉 Time to get spooky, y’all.  It’s … Continue reading

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Age of Ultron delivers the destruction

Nutshell: More aptly titled The Avengers: Battle of Helm’s Deep, this nonstop action-packed thrillfest will get fans of bam-pow totally stoked, while others may wish they could take a breather every now and then.  Would have liked more on Scarlet … Continue reading

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Baltimore Screening Pass-palooza: Hot Pursuit!

The weather’s warm, so why not a little more heat? I’ve got passes for the Baltimore area screening of Hot Pursuit. What’s that? Here you go: From New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures comes the comedy “Hot Pursuit,” starring Academy … Continue reading

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Frank Miller returns to Gotham with “The Dark Knight III: The Master Race”!

HOLY BLIP. Seems Frank Miller is ready to make a trilogy out of  his Dark Knight saga (The Dark Knight Returns and Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again) by adding The Dark Knight III: The Master Race.  According to DC: … Continue reading

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Off the Shelf — Batman Vol. 6: Graveyard Shift

Nutshell: A great series of stand-alone stories that are hamstringed by a strange shuffle of continuity, and my inability to connect issues with stories.  Could be my bad, but this TPB doesn’t make it easy either.  N00bs, be prepared to … Continue reading

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Mystery & Mayhem: Ali Brandon, Literally Murder

(Parts of this taken as a blurb over at my Goodreads page) Nutshell: Literally Murder fits in nicely with the rest of the Black Cat Bookshop series, though the change of venue from the bookshop to Florida left me pining … Continue reading

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Baltimore Screening Pass-palooza: Far From The Maddening Crowd

TGIF!  Thank Goodness It’s Free (Screenings)!  Today it’s for the film based on Thomas Hardy’s novel, Far From The Maddening Crowd.  Here’s the synopsis: Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy, FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD is the story … Continue reading

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TrailerWatch: Dear M. Night, please let The Visit be good.

Oh M. Night.  You try so hard.  Or you hardly try; I’m kinda having a tough time determining which is which.  But M. Night, you still have a whole lot to answer for, after the terrible crapfests called After Earth … Continue reading

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BronyCon Announces: Discord (John de Lancie)!

Discord’s coming! DISCORD’S COMING! That’s right, everypony — John de Lancie is headed to BronyCon! Not only do I love me some Discord, but I adored de Lancie as Q in Star Trek.  So totally pumped for this! I can’t … Continue reading

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