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Bond is Back: A Skyfall Review

Posted on November 25, 2012 | Leave a comment

Alright, so I’m not the hugest Bond fan in the world, but I’m pretty damn close. I didn’t get into Bond until my sophomore year of high school when my friend let me borrow Die Another Day. After that, I was hooked. I asked my mom to get me some more movies and she bought me the 4 box sets on DVD.  I was ecstatic.  Then Casino Royale came out.  I was blown away. Daniel Craig is one of my favorite Bonds to date (but he is still no Sean Connery).

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I’m Gonna Wreck It: A Wreck-It Ralph Review

Posted on November 8, 2012 | 1 comment

2012 has been a very interesting year for Disney. The release of the box office bomb, John Carter, the box office marvel (Ha!), The Avengers, along with Brave, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, and Frankenweenie. While I thoroughly enjoyed The Avengers and Brave was just a lot of fun, I was eagerly waiting another movie from Walt Disney Animation Studios that showed much promise from the very first teaser trailer. That movie is Wreck-It Ralph.

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Batman: The Dark Night Returns Part 1

Posted on November 4, 2012 | 1 comment

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Over the past 5 years, Warner Brothers has been making animated features based on characters in the DC universe. The original intent was to adapt famous stories from this universe.  Due to budget restraints, many of these adaptations had to be shortened in order to fit the hour and fifteen-minute time frame. With this time restraint, they have had to condense many popular stories such as The Death of Superman into something that barely resembles the original piece.  However, when tackling The Dark Knight Returns, Warner Brothers did the smart thing by splitting it up into two films. The Dark Knight Returns is such a complex graphic novel that by cutting it down to an hour and fifteen minutes would be disrespectful, both to Frank Miller and fans of the original piece.

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