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2012 Film #2: X-Men: First Class
Yep, Film #2 is also a comic book movie. From last summer. Trying to catch up, ok? Bottom line on this one? I liked it. Funny thing about expectations though, I think I ended up liking Thor better because … Continue reading
2012 Film #1: Thor
Thor. Bottom line? I liked it. Not an overly serious film, but a decent action movie. Thor was my first Marvel subscription from when I was a kid, a natural followup to an obsession with mythology books (the library … Continue reading
50 Films in 2012
Perhaps a modest goal, but given recent viewing habits, one a week is even possibly ambitious. We shall see how it all works out. As for reviews, I’m going to keep things simple. Goodreads has already taught me the … Continue reading
Reality Recap: Finished, In Progress, and New.
Thoughts on the various Reality (well, competition shows really, but that is another post) Shows. Spoilers? Yeah, Spoilers: Finished: Top Chef: Just Desserts. This one whimpered to a finish. The edits created someone to root for, or more probably someone … Continue reading
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Movie Time: Sucker Punch
Not going to waste a lot of time on this one. It was pretty awful. It is probably not even worth spending a lot of time with analysis. I was pretty sure it wasn’t going to be a good … Continue reading
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Movie Time: Date Night
We don’t watch movies as often as we used to. In fact we’ve been in a drought some time, but we had this one on the DVR from a while back (HBO), and it was only 90 minutes, so … Continue reading
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New TV shows
Fall has brought several new TV shows that we’re trying (or have tried) out. I’ll detail three of them in this post. American Horror Story Only watched the first episode of this one. Not sure what they were … Continue reading
TV Shows: Community
We finished Season 2 of Community on DVD this week, so I figured I’d post about the show. I won’t beat around the bush, I love this show. Easily my favorite sitcom since Arrested Development, and one I’m glad … Continue reading
Late Summer TV
So, one trap we fell into this summer was filling the DVR with a bunch of competition reality shows during that period of time where our more favorite shows are on hiatus. We went a bit overboard this year, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chopped, Project Runway, The Great Food Truck Race, Top Chef Just Desserts
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Glee Premiere!
So, Glee premiered this week. Not the most excited of opening sentences, and that does a reasonably good job of summing up my feelings. First, a quick summary of my thoughts on Glee. When the series started, I loved it. … Continue reading