Month: January 2008

movie-ku #131

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Cuz Titanic is on TNT right now: Change the tube channel Find a flick you can’t not watch That’s a great movie

‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Love & Monsters”

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(intro to my Who blogging, please read before commenting / previous: Episodes 8/9: “The Impossible Planet”/“The Satan Pit”) When you’re a kid, they tell you it’s all grow up, get a job, get married, get a house, have a kid, and that’s it. No, the truth is the world is so much stranger than that, … more…

‘Torchwood’ not-blogging: Season 2 debuts!

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I’m not gonna get into the kind of depth I usually do — I’ll do that in a couple of weeks, after I finish up blogging Season 1. So no spoilers here. But I gotta tell ya: I had a sneak peek at “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang” — yes, that’s the title of the Season … more…

opening wide this week: ‘Rambo,’ ‘Meet the Spartans,’ ‘Untraceable,’ ‘How She Move,’ ‘Michael Clayton,’ ‘There Will Be Blood’

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Rambo Sylvester Stallone defies all military limitations on the age of soldiers in combat — not to mention common sense — when he accepts a job as a mercenary with an assignment to rescue somebody or other. From Thailand or somewhere. Bet on lots of inarticulate grunting and heavy-duty automatic-weapons firepower. (my review) Meet the … more…

Rambo (review)

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I will confess upfront that I have never seen a *Rambo* movie before — yes, there are serious gaps in my film education. I’m sorry. But I was with this new incarnation for a goodly while…