Batman: The Brave and the Bold-New Series Impressions!

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As with all popular or successful brands and lines, they are hard to kill, and find themselves being revamped nearly every four years or so. Stretching back to the 1920’s, Batman has been perhaps one of the most popular and successful character lines ever created. Flourishing briefly in the 1930s and 40s as a movie serial and then 1960’s as a television show and cartoon, it wasn’t until Tim Burton’s seminal BATMAN in 1989 that the character fully breathed life as a full-fledged character. Since that time there have been five feature films (one of which was actually worthy of the title, and the most recent Dark Knight appropriately titled as it really has nothing to do with Batman….uugghh), as well as least four distinct animated series (again, only one of which could be considered perfect, that being the first one). But enough of this sappy nostalgic wallowing, ON to the FUTURE…or is it BACK….to the…Past..? Continue reading “Batman: The Brave and the Bold-New Series Impressions!”

Fred Claus: Heartfelt Holiday Hilarity

Fred Claus
Warner Bros. Pictures/Silver Pictures
Starring Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Kevin Spacey, Rachel Weisz, and Kathy Bates
Rated PG for Mild Language and Some Rude Humor
Running Time = 115 minutes

Vince and Paul play brothers in this family-friendly comedy
Vince and Paul play brothers in this family-friendly comedy

Christmas movies are a special breed of animal. Certain things are expected in a Christmas film in order to make it effective and enjoyable. We all are familiar with the classics: It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, A Christmas Story, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and A Charlie Brown Christmas. Continue reading “Fred Claus: Heartfelt Holiday Hilarity”

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian: Action, Magic, and Liam Neeson!

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Walt Disney Pictures/ Walden Media
Starring Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, with Tilda Swinton and Liam Neeson as Aslan
Rated PG for Epic Battle Action and Violence
Running Time = 149 minutes

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For the uninitiated, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is the sequel to the 2005 hit The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Based on the book series by C.S. Lewis, Continue reading “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian: Action, Magic, and Liam Neeson!”

The Dark Knight 2-disk Special Edition REVIEW

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Why our review for The Dark Knight is 4 days late is unforgivable, but what this 2-disk special edition DVD had to offer isn’t any reason for a dog to chase cars either. The Dark Knight is the best Batman film ever released, and if somehow you didn’t see it in Imax or theaters, you should most likely navigate away from this page now, and go see the damn film. Continue reading “The Dark Knight 2-disk Special Edition REVIEW”