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[25 May 2003 | One Comment | ]

Friday night was like most Friday nights in our nape of the neck. We went to our local eatery to have a nice meal, several cocktails and take in the ambience of suburbia. The doorman served us with a smile and promptly found us seats…

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[22 May 2003 | 6 Comments | ]

Since my employer decided last week that they no longer had any work for me and eliminated my position, thus nudging me unwillingly into the realm of the unemployed, I’ve done many a thing to pass the time…

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[17 May 2003 | No Comment | ]

Okay, first things first: A Spoiler. TRINITY FUCKING DIES AT THE END OF THE MATRIX: RELOADED. Let that clear it all up, because I’m sick and tired of the lifeless fanboys whining that it happens after some websites posted the spoiler…

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[5 May 2003 | No Comment | ]

You’ve probably already seen CONFIDENCE. I mean, you may not have seen it, but yet, you already have. You’ve seen the dime-a-dozen con job that the characters pull off, you’ve experienced the slick directing tricks employed, you’ve heard the fast-talking dialogue before, you’ve had to put up with Ed Burns’ Boston accent…

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[5 May 2003 | No Comment | ]

Well, what can I say? Every Summer movie season comes and goes with one release I particularly look forward to, and in the last two, that release has been one of the first films out of the gate…

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[1 May 2003 | No Comment | ]

The two stars of the murder-thriller Identity are rain and a plot twist, with rain getting the most screen time. Amanda Peet’s hiphuggers co-star…

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[1 May 2003 | No Comment | ]

First off, to answer your obvious question: Yes, I did see the Powerpuff Girls movie. Willingly. In fact, I’m kind of upset that it took me this long to see it. I would have liked to seen it theatrically, but lacked a viewing compadre and couldn’t honestly bring myself to walk up to a box office and request “one for Powerpuff Girls”…

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[30 Apr 2003 | No Comment | ]

Spinal Tap is back! Well, sort of. But that’s the first thought that ran through my mind a couple months back when I first saw a trailer for Christopher Guest’s latest plunge into the mockumentary genre he has carved out for himself…

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[29 Apr 2003 | No Comment | ]

Well, here I go again. Over the weekend I got a chance to see Christopher Guest’s new film A MIGHTY WIND, and having also recently rewatched his two previous “mockumentaries”, I decided to go ahead and recap them before reviewing the new one…

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[28 Apr 2003 | No Comment | ]

In honor of the release of Christopher Guest’s new film A MIGHTY WIND, I have decided to go back and look at some of his previous works. You see, Mr. Guest has carved out quite a little niche for himself working with a particular kind of film that he’s apparently built to perfection…