Category Archives: Movie Reviews

Movie Review: Man of Steel

It’s been years (seven, if you’re counting) since the movies gave us a man in tights with a kryptonite allergy.  With the influx of superheroes lately, does the world need another Superman?  All I can say is comic-book-movie-guru Zack Snyder … Continue reading

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Movie Review: This Is The End

Tired of apocalypse films yet?  No?  Me neither.  So even with the crop of pre/post/during the apocalypse films that have come our way, I’m up for more.  World War Z, for example.  But what happens to the idiots — the … Continue reading

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From Geek for e: Star Trek Into Darkness

As always, clicky on the hyperlinked title for the original piece! Movie Review: Star Trek Into Darkness Star Trek meets Sherlock.  At least that’s what it’s seeming like on all the fannish boards along the Interwebs.  With Benedict Cumberbatch’s character … Continue reading

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Movie Review: The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby focuses on the social and cultural conventions of the time.  Today, we still see the use of excess to temper boredom, the longing for a better, different life, and how life can turn on a dime based … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Iron Man 3

Tony Stark,  “man-in-a-can.”  And yet we can’t help but love the guy, because even with all the films Robert Downey Jr. has been in, it’s the Iron Man universe that he seems to have the most fun with.  And when … Continue reading

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From Geek for e — Movie Review: Oblivion

As always, clicky on the hypertext title for the original piece! Movie Review: Oblivion Oh please, let this not be Vanilla Sky.   That was the thought that ricocheted through my brain at the start of Oblivion.  With it’s sleek, … Continue reading

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From Geek for e — Movie Review: 42

As always, clicky for the original piece! Movie Review: 42 For me, 42 is the answer to the universe.  But for baseball fans, 42 is the answer to their personal universe, one where amazing athletes run around a grassy field … Continue reading

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Reviews from Geek for e: Evil Dead and Jurassic Park 3D

Shoulda had these up earlier.  But I had a busy long weekend (of avoiding my laptop).  As always, clicky for the original piece! Movie Review: Jurassic Park 3D Yes.  I know what you’re thinking.  “Why, Denise?  Why?”  I’m guessing that … Continue reading

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The Call, or why I’ll never be a 911 operator

There are some things I know I’ll never do.  I’ll never be a secretary, because I can’t multitask worth beans.  I won’t be a waitress because my dexterity is, shall we say, less than admirable.  I’ll never jump out of … Continue reading

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Movie Review: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

Alakazam!  Abracadabra!  A bunch of other groovy magician words!  The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is a film that takes the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas, stirs in some magic and plays for laughs.  It’s got stars playing familiar roles that … Continue reading

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