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Batman Okay, I recognize that you have to start somewhere. So I give it credit for beginning it all. Other than that, terrible. Nicholson is just doing his imitation of Caesar from the corny tv show, Batman murders dozens of henchmen, and his identity is revealed to a woman. Batman Returns Little better than Batman. Bats doesn't have quite the same murderous tear he had in the first, but his body count is still higher than his villians combined. Also, he reveals his identity to a woman. Batman Forever The beginning of the Shumacher era! Jim Carrey plays the Riddler playing the Joker. Batman drives the Batmobile up a building...and then...hangs there I guess...till the bad guys get bored and go home...or something. Also, he reveals his identity to a woman. Batman & Robin The end of the Shumacher era. Someone says: "Hey! Let's put the Bane villian in our movie, but make Arnold Mr. Freeze!" God kills a kitten. Epicly horrid one liners ensue. Also, Batman...

Premise: An alien monster lands on Earth during the time of the vikings, and its up to Jesus to lead the vikings to victory. If only Minnesota had such luck. There was not much hope floating around for this flick, mostly due to it being lost in post-production hell for so long. I swear I saw a trailer for this almost two years before a watchable version became available. This does not generally bode well for a sci-fi flick. Shockingly, it turns out to be a pretty sweet flick! Jim Caviezel throws down a pretty good job as a alien killing spaceman turned viking. Quite surprised at the quality of the special effects, especially considering the delay of release. Definately worth a watch. 7.5/10

So I'm an hour into Twilight...could someone please drive over to my house and punch me in the face? Please? I'm begging you!

There are few things in life as frustrating as golf. Many of the reasons its frustrating are the same reasons I love the game. Nobody has an advantage. You are only as good as you are. You can't say "He's better because ..." or "His clubs blah blah blah". Anyone who knows the basics of the game can hit an amazing shot with any club. The only advantage anyone could arguably have is that they practice more, and you can't fault your opponent for your lack of effort. Yesterdays eighteen holes was an exercise in patience. There were several fivesomes on the field (which is highly unusual, and we were all surprised they let them go out), creating massive backups, and lots of sitting time. Soooooo annoying. By the time you get to hit, your totally out of the groove. But, you can't fault other morons for your emotional discontent and ensuing superfail, Dr. Shankenstein! Nah, all in all, yesterday was one of my favorite rounds of the year so far, an...

They threw a few nods to fans of the show, but other than that, this was about what I expected. Americanized enough to lose the fans of the anime, and Japanese enough to confuse anyone who hasn't seen the show. Fail.

What Happened? Quite the correct title. How do you screw up a Barry Levinson directed Bobby DeNiro, Bruce Willis, and a plethora of other excellent castings? The title alone should have been fair warning to whomever backed this. Note to Hollywood: When making a comedy, add jokes, or something funny. 4/10 Body Of Lies Ridley Scott is a favored director because Blade Runner is a masterpiece. With this he basically set his film Kindom Of Heaven (review for that sometime, but a quick score for the curious, 10/10) in the current Middle East situation. Now, I, like the rest of America, am not really interested in the billion or so Iraq movies that Hollywood has been pumping out. Most are a trainwreck of filmmaking (Syrianna, 2/10), incredibly biased, or kind of depressing (The Kingdom, 7.5/10), and no matter which side of that fence you're on, it doesn't usually make for good entertainment. There are a few gems out there, but too many that follow the aforementioned faults to merit s...

I'll be the first to tell you, I'm an Ed Harris whore. After The Abyss, that dude has to work pretty hard to disappoint me. But the great casting for this flick goes on, and on, and on. Viggo Mortensen. Lance Henrickson. That one dude from Cliffhanger. Then theres the ever hideous Rene Zellwegger, who looks more and more like Carrottop everyday, but lets just ignore her and her dumb character. I'll also be the first to tell you the genre of western film isn't really my bag either. I hate the cliche stuff, so westerns are difficult for me to stomach unless they are unique or twist 'cowboys and indians' on its side. This film does that. I was quite surprised to hear them cracking jokes, and doing seriously non-cowboy things like reading and trying to improve their vocabulary . They shot some stuff too. The story is pretty servicable, even if it seems to meander around and get lost in the third act, but who cares. The real story here is the interactions between the...

One of my favorite films, Akira pretty much gets the honor of introducing anime to the west. Many of the themes it contains also introduced me to the cinema of the east, relative to the style of issues Japanese films dive into. Motorcycles gangs, anti-government groups, secret government expiriments...all run amuck in Neo-Tokyo. After a government secret project code named Akira went bad and destroyed Tokyo in WWIII, the city spent decades rebuilding. The era and joy of rebuilding has cooled, and the citizens grow restless. Motorcycle gangs run rampant and normal people do they're best to stay out of their way. One night a simple street race with a rival gang brings our main characters into contact with a new escaped government creation, unleashing the possiblility of another Akira disaster. I don't like telling everything that happens, but rest assured, its excellent. Mixing every classic theme possible (man vs. man, man vs. society, man vs. himself) and asking the viewer thos...

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