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Looking back at my previous list for 2011, I somehow feel bad. I don’t think there’s a single movie on that list that lived up to my expectations. Sucker Punch should have been so full of awesome but ended up so…utterly forgettable. The Hangover 2 was just a sad rehash, and I came very very [...]

Posted on January 7th, 2012 by MrWiseguy
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‘Tis the season…to be watching trailers. A bunch of previews for big upcoming (sooner or later) movies dropped recently. And once again results (and reactions) were mixed. Probably the biggest story was the trailer for the Hobbit – it’s one of the most anticipated movies, and yet the trailer felt lacking. It probably didn’t help [...]

Posted on December 22nd, 2011 by MrWiseguy
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Tonight is the night of the 83rd Academy Awards. Over the past month people have been crunching numbers, taking wild guesses and trying to predict the always shifting Oscar favorites. Hours prior to the event, I decide to lay out my predictions, as well as some short thoughts on the most important categories of the [...]

Posted on February 27th, 2011 by MrWiseguy
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2010 might not have been as great a year for movies like, let’s say 2007, which brought us the likes of No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Atonement, Juno, and so on, but it was a solid year nonetheless, as this year’s Academy Awards nominees for Best Picture proves. Looking over the [...]

Posted on February 6th, 2011 by MrWiseguy
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If you’re wondering, 1896 is the year a short movie by Georges Méliès came out. It had ghosts, witches, skeletons and Mephistopheles and was called Le Manoir du diable. It’s location: a medieval castle. However you look at it, most horror movies just serve to teach you one thing: never leave home, or rather, never [...]

Posted on January 25th, 2011 by MrWiseguy
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Assuming studios don’t mess with the announced release dates (which will happen), next year promises to offer a lot of (would-be) blockbusters. There’s everything for everyone: Deja Vu with Jake Gyllenhaal as Denzel Washington (Source Code), The Three Musketeers in Paul W.S. “Resident Evil” Anderson’s vision, an uninspired Wes Craven attempt to resurrect the Scream [...]

Posted on December 4th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
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Leslie Nielsen has died from pneumonia, aged 84. He was in a way a part of pop culture more so than others can ever hope. Despite a more serious career at a younger age, he found fame with comedies and especially parodies in his later years. Just knowing he was part of Airplane! is enough [...]

Posted on November 29th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
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