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The Power of Nerds

Monday, July 28th, 2008

There has been much buzz on the ol’ interweb about the trailer for the Watchmen movie that is coming out. Watchmen is one of the most revered comic books of all time (that’s my understanding, at least, as I have yet to read it) and people have been looking to transfer it to the big […]

Movie Review: Iron Man

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Wow.
That’s really all I need to say about it. This movie was fantastic. The acting was superb, with no one feeling like they were typecast (i.e., no Gary Oldman in the role of a villain). The direction was great, something I never saw coming from Jon Favreau back in his Swingers days. Don’t get me […]

More Mini Movie Reviews

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Because lately I’ve been a movie watching fiend…
Sideways
I didn’t like this one. It was billed as a comedy, and there were certainly some moments that were funny, but I would not place it in the comedy genre. Much like House has lots of funny moments but is a drama at heart, so is Sideways a […]