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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (Book and Movie)
One of the most irritating features of the movies is that they increasingly portray Harry against a backdrop of skyscrapers. Harry Potter was at his best when we could join him in a closed universe, nothing like our own, and forget our troubles amid the innocent fun of quidditch and wizard’s chess.
Howard the Duck (Video Review)
Fresh off of the Academy Awards, I thought I would go in the opposite direction for a little bit and review one of the worst movies I have seen in a long time, the 1986 George Lucas travesty Howard the Duck. Rating:
Frost/Nixon
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen came out this weekend, and in almost every conceivable way it is the polar opposite of 2008’s Frost/Nixon. The former is, from what I have read, a typical Michael Bay exercise in excess: explosions, lightning-paced editing, the hottest young stars, blazing weaponry, insane chases, and more explosions. The latter has […]