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Movies 2009 #1 Warrior from Shaolin

There are worse ways to start off my year in movies than with a film like The Warrior From Shaolin. Sure it was dubbed and it’s not the greatest martial arts movie from the era, but it’s still got plenty … Continue reading

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Movies 2008 #31 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

So I spent part of New Year’s Eve day watching Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix again. And yes, I finished the year with a comic book movie, a video game movie and a Harry Potter movie. Got … Continue reading

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Movies 2008 #30 Resident Evil: Degeneration

Quick test: if you know who both Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield are and their names quicken your pulse just a little, then this movie is for you. Me? I’m a serious fan of the Resident Evil games, so I’m … Continue reading

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Movies 2008 #29 Justice League: The New Frontier

I enjoyed Justice League – The New Frontier. It wasn’t quite the equal of Darwyn Cooke’s comic, a series I absolutely adored, but it was pretty cool nonetheless. Like the original series, the film is set in the 1960s and … Continue reading

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David Bordwell is Trying to Butter Me Up Once Again

Sure, he doesn’t know me from Adam, but… why else would he be writing things like this: I became convinced that martial arts movies from Japan and Hong Kong constituted as important a contribution to film aesthetics as did the … Continue reading

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