Category Archives: The Big Screen

Mmmm… french fries…

Posted on February 23, 2005 by Solonor

Still working on the songs. They’ll get done when they get done. I just needed the public promises (kept or not) to get me motivated again. I know it’s sick, but you’re the idiot reading this… Last night, we finally … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Don’t Panic… it’s almost here

Posted on February 17, 2005 by Solonor

I’ve seen the new Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Trailer, and while I’m not nearly as excited as I once was about it, it looks pretty sharp. (I just wish Ford Prefect had a British accent…and I’m not so sure … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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More Oscar Do-Overs

Posted on January 26, 2005 by Solonor

The announcement of the Oscar nominees reminds me of the big, useless project that I started a long time ago called Solonor’s Oscar Do-Overs. This is the one where I set up a poll for every year from 1927 onward … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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We got spirit! How ’bout you?

Posted on January 14, 2005 by Solonor

I won’t ruin it by giving you too many details, but if you’ve been to an AMC movie theater during the past couple of years, you’ve seen quite a few trailers for films that just never seem to get released … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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War of the Worlds

Posted on December 14, 2004 by Solonor

Christmas affords little blogging time. Sorry. Here. Watch this. It might be good. Not holding my breath…but it might… http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/waroftheworlds/ Continue reading →

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The real reason I go to the movies

Posted on November 7, 2004 by Solonor

There were a couple of really good previews before the movie last night. I can’t wait for A Series of Unfortunate Events. The preview for Pooh’s Heffalump Movie made me a little misty for the days when the kids lived … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Let me be your jackalope

Posted on November 7, 2004 by Solonor

Like just about everyone else in the known universe, we went to see The Incredibles last night. There may come a day when Pixar makes a bad movie, but that day looks to be far, far away. It was awesome … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Hero

Posted on October 5, 2004 by Solonor

I went and saw Hero last week (the U.S. release of 2002’s Ying Xiong). The short review: Movie good. Me like. If you liked Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, you’ll love this. In fact, if you liked Lord of the Rings … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Our own private Idaho

Posted on September 25, 2004 by Solonor

We gave up on worrying about the hurricane. We still have almost all the emergency supplies from last time (kinda hard to use them up in a fricking week), so we just decided to pretend it wasn’t there. A little … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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It’s almost clobberin’ time!

Posted on September 24, 2004 by Solonor

I’ve never been a huge Fantastic Four fan. Whether or not the “World’s Greatest Comic Magazine” lived up to its name, really depended on who was writing it (unlike Continue reading →

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