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Film Reviews: The Dark Knight Rises
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012. The Dark Knight Rises. In the comics, Bane is known as “The Man Who Broke The Bat” – the man who defeated Batman, broke his spine, then let him live just so he could suffer. The Dark Knight Rises follows closely to that story, with one fairly major tweak:. The man who broke the bat was Heath Ledger’s Joker. With an opening like that, and a title like this one, there is surely only one way this character can go. Don’t believe me? Batman meets Catwoman again – he takes back th...
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Film Reviews: August 2011
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Monday, August 29, 2011. Everyone loves a good mystery right? And this movie has a great one:. 8220;Why is it called Super 8? We open to the news that our main character, a kid called Joe, has just had his mum killed horribly in a factory accident. She was so badly crushed that the other kids are standing around at the funeral wondering what it is they actually put in the coffin. So it’s a light-hearted family movie then? This mystery is not why you are here! It will distract you and disappoint you!
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Film Reviews: Ratatouille
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Thursday, October 25, 2007. Another Orange Wednesday, another 2 for 1 film for Dave and Jean. This time it was Pixar's new movie Ratatouille. Before the movie, Pixar gave an incredibly funny Pixar short about an Alien learning to drive a spaceship. Although probably less than 5 minutes in length, this short alone was worth the entrance fee. A description is omitted here since it would fail to do it justice and simply spoil it for any who haven't seen. I don't LIKE food, I LOVE it! How did people know?
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Film Reviews: Philadelphia
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006. Saturday night, Dave and Jean snuggled up on the sofa to watch a classic as the sun went down. Philadelphia, winner of 2 oscars, 9 other awards and 12 nominations, one of Tom Hanks' finest. Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks), is discrimated against for being gay and having AIDS. Although a fantastic lawer, he is fired without warning when his employers discover his condition. He then seeks justice taking his former employers to court. What do you love about the law, Andrew? The evil and ...
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Film Reviews: Captain America: The First Avenger
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011. Captain America: The First Avenger. Historically, Captain America was designed to be a walking, talking American flag. He was first released during the second world war as part of the propaganda campaign and his popularity quickly faded away with the war’s end. He soon disappeared from the comic book pages all together. Decades later it was decided to try and bring him back, and they made up a story of him being frozen in ice to explain his absence. There’s a big debate...
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Film Reviews: The Dan Brown Code
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Thursday, June 1, 2006. The Dan Brown Code. As Dave read "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown, months ago, he thought to himself,. This will never work well as a film.'. Now, as he sat watching the latest Tom Hanks blockbuster he thought,. I was right.'. Dan Brown uses a very simple yet effective method of writing. He simply doesn't tell the reader something, then switches subjects and the reader HAS to keep reading or live forever without knowing. It reminded Dave of that old joke,. June 15, 2006 at 7:26 AM.
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Film Reviews: July 2012
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012. The Dark Knight Rises. In the comics, Bane is known as “The Man Who Broke The Bat” – the man who defeated Batman, broke his spine, then let him live just so he could suffer. The Dark Knight Rises follows closely to that story, with one fairly major tweak:. The man who broke the bat was Heath Ledger’s Joker. With an opening like that, and a title like this one, there is surely only one way this character can go. Don’t believe me? Batman meets Catwoman again – he takes back th...
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Book Reviews: March 2009
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Monday, March 9, 2009. South of the Border, West of the Sun. South of the Border, West of the Sun was another novel from the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, this time translated by Philip Gabriel. Unfortunately, it lacked both the quality and quantity of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. In terms of length, it wa only 187 pages long. That was less than half the length of Dave's Thesis, with smaller pages and bigger font. After bouncing around from girl to girl for a few years, he finally settles in with a wif...