Category Archives: The Big Screen

If your friends jumped off a cliff…

Posted on January 16, 2004 by Solonor

But mom… All the cool kids are doing it! UPDATE: Brain Guy added pound signs(#) to his least faves, and Speaker underlined the ones he owns. So, now I have to fricking rate each one from 1-to-5 asterisks. Bastids. Continue reading →

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Miracle

Posted on January 15, 2004 by Solonor

Just got back from a free preview of Miracle, the story of the 1980 Olympic hockey team. While I didn’t think the movie was too bad, the first 3/4 of it was more of a TV dramatization than anything else. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Academy: Make your saving throw vs. nerd venom!

Posted on December 29, 2003 by Solonor

In spite of my doubts that it will win, the Academy is on notice. Continue reading →

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Cold Mountain

Posted on December 23, 2003 by Solonor

If I had not gotten past all my silly fantasies about Return of the King winning any Oscars (other than for special effects or maybe Best Director), they were swept away at last night’s viewing of Cold Mountain. This is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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If Tolkien, why not Lewis?

Posted on December 20, 2003 by Solonor

Thanks to that little New Zealand movie (and some others), no one will be able to say “impossible to make” when referring to a novel ever again. That’s why those little New Zealanders have been working on The Chronicles of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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That only counts as one!

Posted on December 19, 2003 by Solonor

Oh, you are going to LOVE it. You will return to your house and immediately blog about it, before rest or sleep. Of course. – batgrl Am I that predictable? Or is this some sort of blogger disease to which … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Eh, it might be ok…

Posted on December 17, 2003 by Solonor

For those that don’t know, Rotten Tomatoes is a site that gathers all the reviews it can find about a particular movie and gives you a summary of the critics’ reviews by classifying each one’s verdict on the film as … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Get mama’s pryin’ bar! We’re goin’ to the moovies!

Posted on December 16, 2003 by Solonor

Someone told me there was a new sequel to that movie I saw a while back. Ya know, the one with the lizard boy? I think his name was “Golldamn” or somethin’? I’m not too good with names. Anyway, since … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Web Crawler Is Back

Posted on December 15, 2003 by Solonor

Here’s something to give Theresa and Annessa the will to live (at least until July). The Spider-Man 2 trailer! [ via skits ] Continue reading →

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Searching for What’s Missing

Posted on November 25, 2003 by Solonor

In the latest trip to Free Preview Land, our clan went to see Ron Howard’s The Missing last night. It turned out to be something that you don’t often see these days–a straightforward Western. In fact, if you were to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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