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This Week In Cinema: January 19-25, 2014

Posted on January 26, 2014 | Leave a comment

saving mr. banks

If I ever need saving I’m hoping an animated mouse can come to the rescue!

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Posted in 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Australia, Hong Kong, Jae-gon Son, John Lee Hancock, Michael Pressman, Shane Black, South Korea, This Week In Cinema, United Kingdom, United States Of America

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Retro Week In Cinema: May 09-15, 2013

Posted on May 16, 2013 | 4 comments

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I’m pretty sure that lifting my house up into the air with balloons would not solver our plumbing issues!

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Posted in 1990s, 2000s, Bob Peterson, John Sayles, Michael Bay, Miranda July, Pete Docter, Quentin Tarantino, Retro Week In Cinema, United Kingdom, United States Of America

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This Week In Cinema: March 24-30, 2013

Posted on March 31, 2013 | 1 comment

the unloved

I have a feeling that in America the version of The Unloved would be a lot more like something seen on Lifetime!

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Posted in 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Christopher Cain, Mary Lambert, Rod Daniel, Sam Raimi, Samantha Morton, This Week In Cinema, United Kingdom, United States Of America

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This Week In Cinema: December 09-15, 2012

Posted on December 16, 2012 | Leave a comment

image courtesy of www.bloody-disgusting.net

Funnily enough, Bill the comic book geek has never read any of The Crow comic iterations, and I get the feeling I’m not missing out on a whole lot!

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Posted in 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Al Szymanski, Alex Proyas, Carlos Saldanha, Chris Renaud, John Singleton, Mike Thurmeier, This Week In Cinema, United States Of America

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This Week In Cinema: June 10-16, 2012

Posted on June 17, 2012 | 4 comments

Ah, the glory days of my youth!

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Posted in 1990s, 2000s, Germany, Hong Kong, Karey Kirkpatrick, Steve Barron, This Week In Cinema, United States Of America

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Comica Obscura Marathon: Review: Shurayukihime (Lady Snowblood, 1973)

Posted on April 8, 2012 | 10 comments

The final film in the Comica Obscura Marathon is some great female driven revenge!

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Posted in 1970s, 400+ Word Reviews, Comica Obscura Marathon, Japan, Toshiya Fujita

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Comica Obscura Marathon: Rebuttal: Mo Gong (Battle Of The Warriors, 2006)

Posted on March 18, 2012 | Leave a comment

The first rebuttal in the marathon where there is a major level of disagreement!

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Comica Obscura Marathon: Review: Mo Gong (Battle Of The Warriors, 2006)

Posted on March 11, 2012 | 1 comment

Another trip to the Far East for the Comica Obscura Marathon, they do put out a lot of comic books ya know!

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Posted in 2000s, 400+ Word Reviews, Chi Leung 'Jacob' Cheung, China, Comica Obscura Marathon, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea

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This Week In Cinema: January 01-07, 2012

Posted on January 8, 2012 | Leave a comment

I like sports, thankfully I’m not the obsessively think about and call into sports talk radio type of sports fan!

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Posted in 2000s, 2010s, China, Harald Zwart, Robert D. Siegel, This Week In Cinema, United States Of America, William Lau

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Review: Shi Mian Mai Fu (House Of Flying Daggers, 2004)

Posted on August 22, 2011 | 8 comments

A trip to a land as beautiful as I have ever seen!

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Posted in 2000s, 400+ Word Reviews, China, Hong Kong, Yimou Zhang

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