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Untimely Movie Review: Full Metal Jacket
If you saw Full Metal Jacket years ago, or you’ve only watched a few key scenes on YouTube, you probably love the movie. Or, you think you do, anyway. If it’s been a while since you’ve seen it, it may come as … Continue reading
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Tagged Commentary, Matthew Modine, Movies, R. Lee Ermey, Reviews, Stanley Kubrick, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers
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NCAA Football without the “NCAA”
Originally posted on The Axis of Ego:
NCAA Football, long a staple of the EA Sports gaming line-up, will cease to exist after the current version—a least under that name. The NCAA announced yesterday that it would not renew its long-standing…
Posted in Commentary, Gaming, Sports
Tagged Amateurism, Commentary, Gaming, NCAA, NIL, Sports
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Untimely Movie Review: Lethal Weapon
The next stop in my meandering, years-long journey through the Warner Bros. 50 Film Collection is Lethal Weapon, a film that walks a thin line between wildly entertaining (if absurd) action movie and borderline-self-parody buddy-cop trope-fest. Man, that was a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged Commentary, Danny Glover, Mel Gibson, Movies, Reviews, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers
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Untimely Movie Review: The Color Purple
The Color Purple has the distinction of being the most-nominated film not to win an Oscar. The 1985 adaptation of the Alice Walker novel earned an impressive 11 nominations, but failed to win a single Academy Award, tying the record … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Walker, Commentary, Danny Glover, Movies, Oprah Winfrey, Reviews, Stephen Spielberg, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers, Whoopi Goldberg
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Untimely Movie Review: Amadeus
There are two vital pieces of insight I’ve learned about Amadeus in the years since I first saw it. The first was Milos Forman’s observation that the film had not two brilliant stars, but three: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, … Continue reading
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Tagged Amadeus, Commentary, F. Murray Abraham, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Milos Forman, Movies, Reviews, Tom Hulce, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers, Wimbledon
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Let’s All Make Fun of Tom’s Brackets (2021 Edition)
Although my March Madness expertise remains as low as it was in 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, I am at least reinvigorated following the absence of a tournament last year. It won’t be quite the same as it … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Sports
Tagged Basketball, Brackets, Humor, Insanity, March Madness, NCAA, NCAA Basketball, Sports
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The WandaVision Series Finale
And, so, the first (and, presumably, only) season of WandaVision came to a conclusion with Episode 9, “The Series Finale.” Before I get into the spoiler-y bits, let me recap the key finale expectations I had after last week’s episode. … Continue reading
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Tagged Agatha Harkness, Agnes, Avengers, Commentary, Darkhold, Disney, Doctor Doom, Fantastic Four, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Comics, MCU, Mephisto, Movies, Nexus, Pietro Maximoff, Quicksilver, Reed Richards, Scarlet Witch, Spectrum, Television, Vision, Wanda Maximoff, WandaVision, X-Men
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No Multiverse Required
Over the last month, WandaVision seemingly opened the door to a much larger multiverse, but still left several crucial issues unresolved. Episode 8, “Previously On,” gave us a few answers, and seemingly ruled out some of the more wild-eyed possibilities. Well, … Continue reading
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Tagged Agatha Harkness, Agnes, Avengers, Commentary, Doctor Doom, Fantastic Four, Ian McKellen, Magneto, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Comics, MCU, Mephisto, Movies, Nexus, Pietro Maximoff, Quicksilver, Reed Richards, Scarlet Witch, Spectrum, Television, Vision, Wanda Maximoff, WandaVision, X-Men
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Dead is Dead – Or Is It?
Over the past three weeks, WandaVision has gone from “show I watch every week when I get a chance” to “a must-watch show the day it comes out” to “show I get up early on Friday to watch first thing.” The only … Continue reading
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Tagged Agatha Harkness, Agnes, Avengers, Commentary, Doctor Doom, Fantastic Four, Field of Dreams, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Comics, MCU, Mephisto, Movies, Nexus, Pietro Maximoff, Quicksilver, Reed Richards, Scarlet Witch, Spectrum, Television, Truman Show, Vision, Wanda Maximoff, WandaVision
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Timely Movie Review: The Last Duel
*SPOILERS AHEAD* The Last Duel, Ridley Scott’s latest effort, has much to like. The cinematography is very strong. The focus on the legal norms of the day, including the loophole of sorts exploited to arrive at the duel itself, is … Continue reading →