Movie Review: Twilight [2008]

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Per my previous post, saw the much hyped (& apparently very well attended) debut weekend for the film version of Stephenie Meyer’s ‘Twilight’. Yeah, it’s a vampire film. Yeah, it’s aimed heavily for women – YOUNG women. That being said, I still liked it; the action was sparse but when it came, it kicked in [...]

Movie Review: Jumper

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  I put this review under ‘Fantasy’ but it’s really more of a Sci-Fi/Fantasy mix.  I’m not gonna split hairs on my categorization.  The story is based on a novel by Steven Gould and involves a race of genetic mutants (sound familiar) who have the ability to essentially teleport anywhere they wish to go.  As [...]

Movie Review: Beowulf [2007]

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Uber-producer/Director Robert Zemeckis (“Monster House”, “Tales From the Crypt” series) brings us this foray into “300″ territory, a breathtaking bit of animated 3-D craziness for those of you who like video game style storytelling.  For that’s what this reminds me of, a big movie length Playstation intro out of one of the Lord of the Rings [...]

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