12.29.09

Review: Avatar

Posted in Reviews, The 2000s at 4:38 pm by Chick 1

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I have to admit that despite the fact that this was James Cameron’s first feature since the gargantuan Titanic, I really didn’t get what all the fuss was about.  But imagine with me, if you will, a world where George Lucas still had all this amazing technology available to him but he hadn’t forgotten how to direct actors or how to tell a decent story.

The Basics:  I won’t give more away than what’s in the trailers; a planet called Pandora with a native population, a crippled marine with the chance to live through another body, and some cool new technology (both in the movie & in the making of the movie). Read the rest of this entry »

12.28.09

Quote of the Week

Posted in Movie Quotes at 5:44 pm by Chick 1

You leave me little notes on my pillow.  I told you 158 times I hate little notes on my pillow!  ”We are all out of corn flakes.  F.U.”  Took me 3 hours to figure out F.U. stood for Felix Ungar!

Oscar Madison (Walter Matthau)

The Odd Couple (1968)

Review: Sherlock Holmes

Posted in Reviews, The 2000s at 5:27 pm by Chick 1

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Merry Christmas to me!  Sherlock Holmes is out & it stars 2 very attractive men.  Hee, hee.

The Basics:  I’m assuming you know Sherlock from all the books, movies, and slew of cultural references (my favorite being “No s**t, Sherlock.”).  Here Guy Ritchie directs the latest update on the Victorian sleuth with Robert Downey Jr in the lead and Jude Law as Watson. Read the rest of this entry »

12.22.09

Quote of the Week

Posted in Movie Quotes at 11:14 pm by Chick 1

I HATE THIS SONG!

Tom Hanson (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)

(500) Days of Summer (2009)

12.18.09

I Can’t Wait: First Trailer for Iron Man 2

Posted in I Can't Wait! at 12:07 am by Chick 1

Chick 1 says:

Hurrah!!!  First footage from Iron Man 2.  I don’t think I need to say anything more.