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Farewell to IMAX
Posted on 01.31.10 by Widge @ 7:14 am
IMAX Spacedome

The Spacedome

Before I begin this, let me relate to you my relationship with IMAX. I'm originally from Huntsville, Alabama. And in Huntsville we have the Space and Rocket Center. Which is quite swank and you should visit if you haven't. In the Center is the Spacedome, an IMAX screen. It opened in 1982, so I would go see movies there--space docu movies is pretty much all we had, but still. They were ginormous and awesome and even bigger because I was a kid, so everything was bigger back then.

I even--perhaps this is during my lamentable stint at Space Camp (the actual thing, not the movie version)--learned about where to sit to get the best effect, i.e. right by the "Doghouse," or the projector that sat in the middle of the seating area. And that made it all even cooler.

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Legion (2010) - Movie Review
Posted on 01.28.10 by Wolven @ 12:42 am
Legion poster

Written by: Peter Schink & Scott Stewart
Directed by: Scott Stewart
Starring: Paul Bettany, Lucas Black, Dennis Quaid, Charles S. Dutton, Tyrese Gibson, Adrianne Palicki

My Advice: Wait for the DVD, if you see it at all.

Short Version: Not bad, but you can simulate the experience by watching, In This Order: the opening 20 minutes of Terminator, all of The Prophecy (1995, not 1979), any several random portions of The Omen, the Commandments scene fromThe Ten Commandments, and all of Terminator 2.

Long Version: The whole "Angelic-Host-Exterminating-Humanity-And-Humanity-Has-To-Save-Itself" Thing would have worked, wonderfully, if they had focused on that. And the whole "What-Makes-Humans-Unique-Even-Unto-Causing-Heretofore-ABSOLUTELY-LOYAL-Archangels-To-Rebel-Is-Their-Ability-To-Persevere-And-Show-The-Best-Of-Themselves" Thing, would have worked, wonderfully, if they had focused on that. Hell, those two things would have worked well, together, if those were the only two plot points.

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The Book of Eli (2010) - 27 Second Review
Posted on 01.27.10 by Siege @ 12:58 pm
Book of Eli poster

Written by: Gary Whitta
Directed by: The Brothers Hughes
Starring: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Jennifer Beals, Ray Stevenson

Review: Mix together Mad Max and Leon, then form it into a holy arrow of some kind, and fire it through the testicles of a would-be rapist, and this is what you get. It's good to see Oldman return to his psychotic bad guy role, which he does very well, and even better to see Denzel Washington flip out and kill tons of dudes.

Time: 14 seconds

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Wayhomer Review #10: Daybreakers
Posted on 01.26.10 by Widge @ 4:51 am

Ethan Hawke in Daybreakers

Episode #10, in which our protagonist discusses world-building on a budget, avoiding crap exposition and non-sparkly vamps.

Direct link for the feedreaders.

Previous episode here.
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Wayhomer Review #9: Legion
Posted on 01.23.10 by Widge @ 2:42 am

The Creepy Old Woman from Legion

Episode #9, in which our protagonist explains his Joker pick, talks angels with dirty faces (and machine guns), and the glory of The Lengthy Dumb.

Direct link for the feedreaders.

Previous episode here.
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