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Pacific Rim Review: Salvation Through Jaeger-Bombs

Oh anticipation, thou art a heartless bitch at times.  You fill our hearts with hope and our minds with thoughts of endless possibility, building our excitement to the levels which make disappointment all but inevitable.  From a philosophical angle, this … Continue reading

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Spotlight on Scorsese: The Color of Money (Cinemaniac Reviews)

Alexander Diminiano is the creator of Cinemaniac Reviews, yet another one of the first blogs I discovered on WordPress.  Covering a huge range of films from classics to new releases, Alexander also holds the title of the youngest reviewer I … Continue reading

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The Grey Review: Once More Into the Fray

Finally, a role worthy of Liam Neeson’s talents!  This just goes to show that he still is a great actor; just a great actor with really terrible taste in recent years.  In any case, it’s nice to see that January … Continue reading

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Movies I Wish I’d Seen in 2012

While I am already planning on catching up on The Sessions, The Master, Amour, Frankenweenie and The Pirates! Band of Misfits for my Oscar Completionist goal, there are quite a few smaller films from 2012 that I very much would … Continue reading

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Zero Dark Thirty Review: 50 Shades of Abu Ghraib

Re: The Title,  I know it’s inappropriate but I couldn’t resist. If you were to have asked me yesterday what movie perfectly encapsulates the phrase “Edge of your Seat”, I would have answered Kathryn Bigelow’s last film, the 2009 Best … Continue reading

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Promised Land: Rebel With an Obvious Cause

Whenever I think of Gus Van Sant, I think of the inspired director of films I love like Milk and Good Will Hunting (And yes, I love Good Will Hunting, sorry if that’s a deal breaker for some of you). … Continue reading

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Happy New Year w/ Tips on Search Engine Optimization

Well, here on the west coast of the United States we’re about 6 1/2 hours away from leaving 2012 behind us, and I wanted to take the chance to say Happy New Year to each and every one of you. … Continue reading

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Movies I Should Have Seen By Now: Saw

You could easily argue that this sort of movie doesn’t exactly fit into this category when there are so many other classic films I have yet to expose myself to, but it leads me into my new theme for this … Continue reading

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Movies I Should Have Seen By Now: Die Hard

Cue the inevitable gasps of disbelief, no I had not seen this yet.  I have oddly enough seen Die Hard 2 and Live Free or Die Hard on cable and in the theater when I was younger, but for some … Continue reading

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The Rorschach Awards Part 1: NEED NOMINATIONS

It’s now been 5 1/2 months since I started Rorschach Reviews, and what a great 5 1/2 months they have been.  In celebration of this, my 100th Post (Yay!), I wanted to take the time to recognize some of my … Continue reading

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