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“If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.” Star Wars:A New Hope Guess “more powerful than you could possibly imagine” means ghost in the Jedi dialect. Sure, Obi Wan whispers to Luke from beyond the grave, shows up here and there as a vision, but all that power [...]

Posted on December 20th, 2008 by MrWiseguy
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p {text-align:justify}   Now, I have not seen The Pursuit of Happiness, the last Smith – Muccino film, but I have heard descriptions that used “emotional” and “tear jerker” as adjectives. At least the same can be said about Seven Pounds. Personally, I’d describe it as a well-acted, well-directed, massochistic drama. You might ask why, and [...]

Posted on December 20th, 2008 by MrWiseguy
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div {text-align:justify}    Well, with the upcoming Watchmen, Zack Snyder is doing his second panel by panel adaptation of a comic book. 300 was a visual marvel, it was like watching extensions of the comic itself, not something born of it, but adapted for the big screen. From the look of the trailer, Watchmen will [...]

Posted on December 7th, 2008 by MrWiseguy
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Cancellation Well, the fall/winter/spring/summer line-up has some interesting shows. And you get invested in one or two of them. You watch the show at the edge of your seat. The story’s good, the characters well written, the dialog is smart. The season ends. And the news comes that it’s not being picked up again. And [...]

Posted on December 5th, 2008 by MrWiseguy
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