It’s Ray Harryhausen’s last hurrah, featuring one of the coolest looking monsters ever (Medusa) and about a dozen other nifty effects. Big production values, dramatic score, epic adventure. It’s a slam dunk, right?
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Born to Be Wild (2011)
We recently decided to try and start watching documentaries on Sunday mornings (mostly while Mommy and Daddy take turns catching up on sleep).
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I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
My opinion is that it’s difficult to make an unenjoyable film in the “end of high school one crazy night” subgenre, assuming a good faith effort.
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Teen Beach 2 (2015)
(Note: This review was written before my Teen Beach Movie enlightenment… I plan to rewrite this review at some point.)
Teen Beach Movie was such a hit last weekend with my daughters that we turned on the sequel for this week’s movie night. The result is, perhaps unsurprisngly, a mixed bag.
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Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Mighty Joe Young is Ray Harryhausen’s first proper movie, and goddamn does the stop motion animation look amazing. Big ol’ Joe the gorilla is expressive and nimble, interacting with props and sets and actors through lots of impressive camera trickery.
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Toy Story 3 (2010)
Today, I conclude my journey revisiting the “Andy trilogy.”
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Star Wars (1977)
More than forty years later, Star Wars still puts most popcorn cinema since to shame.
While I am not exactly the target audience for this movie, I still dug the hell out of it. John Cameron Mitchell is mind-blowingly incandescent as Hedwig in all her petulance but also strength and beauty.
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A Fool There Was (1915)
I watched this early silent on my phone while waiting in the Sunoco lobby for my car inspection and service to finish.
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Repo Man (1984)
I must confess I spent a significant portion of this movie’s runtime bewildered.