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House of Cards – TV Review
Well, after 13 hours of viewing, I’m finally finished watching the Netflix exclusive, “House of Cards”. House of Cards stars Kevin Spacey as House Majority Whip, Frank Underwood. A new president, Garret Walker has just been elected. Unfortunately for Frank, he has been passed over for Secretary of State. Walker claims that he needs Frank [...]
Full StoryIdentity Thief – Review
Identity Thief stars Jason Bateman & Melissa McCarthy as Sandy Peterson (the Victim) and Diana (the thief). Sandy, is the average guy with wife, kids, & a modest salary with enough money to get by. Diana steals his identity, starts running up charges on credit cards and also getting into trouble with the law. Sandy [...]
Full StoryWarm Bodies – Review
Warm Bodies is about a post-apocalyptic time. Corpses walk freely and feed on humans. We’ve seen this before. But, now we have another type walking dead called boneys. Boneys are basically a walking corpse, that eventually over time lose all their skin until they look like a walking skeleton. Boneys only feed on humans, they [...]
Full StoryBatman: The Dark Knight Returns – Part 2 – Review
The Dark Knight Returns – Part 2 was released today. If you don’t remember from Part 1, Batman is 55 years old. He has come out of retirement after 8 years to cleanup Gotham. We saw him take out the Mutant gang and hire a new Robin sidekick, Carrie Kelley. Then we see the up-rise [...]
Full StoryHansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters – Review
So, everyone has heard the old fairy tale story of Hansel and Gretel, right? If not, let me sum it up: Two kids were lost in the woods. They come upon a gingerbread house made out of candy. The kids start eating it. An old witch lives there and locks them up. The witch forces [...]
Full StoryZero Dark Thirty – Review
Zero Dark Thirty about the CIA operative to capture enemy #1, Osama Bin Laden. I starts with the tragic events of September 11, 2001. From there it goes into great detail how the CIA was able to question detainees in order to get information. From that information, one lead would lead to another dead end [...]
Full StoryGangster Squad – Review
Gangster Squad takes place in 1940s Los Angeles. Mobster, Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn), has basically taken over the city of LA. He’s got several cops on his payroll. He runs prostitution rings at area hotels and traffics heroin through the airport. He even has the district judge on his payroll, so he never gets put [...]
Full StoryGreg’s Top 5 Movies of 2012
We’re nearing the end of 2012. It’s been a great year for movies. Well, definitely a great year for nerds like me. I mean, there was tons of comics (Batman, Avengers, Spiderman), book adaptations (Hunger Games, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter), Disney acquiring Star Wars & promising 3 new movies. Yeah, nerds really do rule. So, [...]
Full StoryLes Misérables – Review
This was the story about Jean Valgean (Hugh Jackman) who serves a 19 year sentence as a galley slave for stealing a loaf of bread and he had no public defender. After being released and put on probation for life he escapes and creates a new life for him self trying to conceal himself from [...]
Full StoryThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
There are two things I want to cover in my review of The Hobbit. The first is the story-line etc. The second is the use of HFR and 3D in this movie. The Hobbit is the prequel to the Lord of the Rings series of books and Movies. The Hobbit covers more of Bilbo Baggins’ history and how he [...]
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