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Princess Bride

Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves movie review: dudgeon and draggin’

Sun, Apr 02, 2023
9 comments

A high-fantasy action comedy of tedious slapstick and obvious punchlines you scry the instant a wannabe medieval wag opens their mouth. It’s all borderline incoherent, sketched in cheap-looking CGI.

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loaded question: would you go to a pub or bar that showed movies (instead of sports)?

Tue, Mar 21, 2023
8 comments

I imagine that a movie pub would mostly show classics, ones that people know by heart. This would not be a venue for quiet appreciation of a new movie but more of a communal bonding type of experience.

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loaded question: what’s your favorite Irish-related film or movie tidbit?

Tue, Mar 14, 2023
2 comments

In honor of the great showing Irish talent and Irish stories made at this past weekend’s Oscars, and of Saint Patrick’s Day coming up on Friday…

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loaded question: how would you cast ‘The Muppets’ Princess Bride’?

Mon, Aug 22, 2022
6 comments

I’ve illustrated this post with an image of Miss Piggy in a wedding dress purely for aesthetic purposes: I think Buttercup, as the straight woman of the story, should probably be the one character played by a human.

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loaded question: what is your ultimate comfort movie?

Mon, Jun 27, 2022
4 comments

Mine is, of course, The Princess Bride. It’s sweet, goofy, funny, and endlessly entertaining, no matter how many times I watch it.

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Jungle Cruise movie review: raiders of the recent swashbucklers

Fri, Jul 30, 2021
14 comments

Wonderfully escapist, dripping with magnificently congenial charm thanks to the comic chemistry of Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. Plus it’s sure to enrage people who use “woke” as an insult. Yay!

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curated: the subtext of Darth Vader’s relationship with his boss…

Mon, Feb 13, 2017
4 comments

Love it.

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curated: ‘The Princess Bride’ Honest Trailer

Wed, Jan 11, 2017
4 comments

Hilarious!

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The Huntsman: Winter’s War movie review: snow what?

Thu, Apr 07, 2016
11 comments

It’s a prequel and a sequel! It’s got girl powerrr and lady-hating! It’s a mashup of Lord of the Rings and Frozen! It’s all these things, and less.

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Wild Card movie review: hardboiled rotten egg

Mon, Mar 23, 2015
2 comments

Piles of noirish exposition get the better of Jason Statham in this unpleasantly retrograde crime drama. What happened in Vegas should have stayed there.

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