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Sucker Punch

I’ve anticipated a lot of films over the years, films that sometimes exceed my wildest dreams and some that do their very best to shatter them into a thousand pieces, such is the nature of expectation. Its a risky proposal that seems to inevitably lead to disappointment, that is, except when it doesn’t. But people …

I have no reason to be this excited for Conan

Why? Because the marketing to date for the film is practically non-existant, the sword and sandal style epic has been pretty much dead in Hollywood for decades, its a glorified reboot and the titular star grew up in freaking Iowa. Iowa!!! I’ve been there, and let me tell you, Barbarians are thin on the ground. …

Quick Thoughts – The Mechanic

I’m not what you would call a Jason Statham fan. Which isn’t exactly true as I have no issues with Jason Statham the concept, its his movies that are consistently crappy. Sure the first Transporter is passable, but the remainder are beyond awful, and don’t even try and mention the Crank series. I’m not sure …

And the nominees are …

Unlike every other movie website I’m not going to list off all the nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, mainly because I don’t care about them. Primarily because the awards have no value, at least none that is important to the general public. People turn in year after year to the awards show (and …