Monthly Archive: September, 2014

Disney Dinner and a Movie: ‘Sleeping Beauty’

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Sleeping Beauty is one of my all time favorite films. I adore the 14th century-inspired animation, whimsical Tchaikovsky score, and fantastic characters. The story is a classic princess tale filled with dragons, magic,… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Life After Beth’

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Director: Jeff Baena Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Dane Dehaan, and John C. Reilly Plot: When a young man’s recently deceased girlfriend comes back from the dead, he realizes it is not quite the miracle… Continue reading

The Pull List: 9/17/2014

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Must read comics of the week Avengers #35 Hmmmm, so much of what Marvel has been building to lately. Stark is in his new armor, Thor doesn’t have his hammer, Falcon is in his… Continue reading

Reviewing the Books I Read in High School English (Pt. 2)

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Although I spend most of my working day in the classroom I sometimes cast my mind back to the time when I could (and often did) get detention for writing on the desks.… Continue reading

Doctor Who Review: 12.4 ‘Listen’

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Ok, so I usually review the Doctor Who episodes as they air and I haven’t done it for the past two weeks. Here’s the thing though…I wasn’t quite sure what I thought about either… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Maze Runner’

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  Do you like film adaptations of young adult novels? Do you like monsters? How about mazes and a post-apocalyptic dystopian society? Well do I have the movie for you! The Maze Runner… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Boxtrolls’

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Director: Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi Cast: Isaac Hempstead Wright, Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Ellie Fanning, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Toni Collette, Simon Pegg, Tracy Morgan and Dee Bradley Baker Plot: In a… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Giver’

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Director: Phillip Noyce Cast: Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Brenton Thwaites, Alexander Skarsgård, Katie Holmes, Odeya Rush, Taylor Swift Plot: In an apparent utopian society one young man is chosen to become the ‘Receiver’,… Continue reading

The Pull List: 9/10/2014

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Must read comics of the week Deadpool #34 Deadpool breaks from his on-going story for one of his adventures in a  different era, Deadpool’s favorite era: the ’90s.  Death of Wolverine #2 The… Continue reading

Cheap Game Tuesday: ‘Invisible, Inc.’

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So…Invisible, Inc.. A turn based stealth game. Think Metal Gear Solid with the game mechanics of XCOM Enemy Unknown and the plot line of Monaco. And it’s Cyberpunk. And film noir. Cybernoirpunk espionage thing. Yeah, that… Continue reading