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The Greatest Movie Mentors
Most movies have one. Without the mentor (oracle, sage, priest, confidant), the hero wouldn’t be able to get their shoes tied, much less punch their way through a buried coffin. Here’s a list of some of the best movie mentors of all time:
The non-Star Wars Top 5:
Pai Mei
Kill Bill, Vol. 2, 2004
Pai Mei is easily [...]
Iron Man Review
Iron Man told a great story, had plenty of plot, great acting, only a couple of moments of significant cheese…all the things that make a great movie. But, ultimately, I’ll remember it most for what it failed to do, for the dearth of Iron Man himself. It’s a problem a lot of movies have: how [...]
Elizabeth: The Golden Age of the Fundamentally Lame
I’m in a funk, and I blame it on the incredibly wretched Elizabeth the Golden Age. I rented it this weekend, expecting to be entertained with the story of the Spanish Armada, which, as it ends up, is only a side story in the movie. The acting was fine…I can see why Cate Blanchett got [...]
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Cloverfield
Date night Sunday night found my wife and I at the megaplex watching Cloverfield. First reaction: meh. But as I’ve thought about it a bit more I’m finding myself wondering more about it. I never got personally involved with the characters. I didn’t connect with them, and as such, the story fell a bit limp [...]
Five Forgotten Summer Movies
I know it’s practically the dead of winter right now, but for me, that’s all the more reason to watch summer movies, just to remind me that eventually it will get warm again. Green leaves, sweat, bikinis, sunshine…it makes me pine just thinking of it. But on the good side I am reminded of summers past [...]
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It seems the goblins are stealing my thoughts. Again.
About a year ago I wrote a short short for a contest about a cop who killed his wife and then she, along with every other person who has ever lived, came back from the dead (in apparition form, not physical) and started wailing and confessing and moaning (etc.). The cop ends up being on [...]
Labyrinth