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The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall: Directed by Jeymes Samuel. With Chase Dillon, DeWanda Wise, Julio Cesar Cedillo, Jonathan Majors. When an outlaw discovers his enemy is being released from prison, he reunites his gang to seek revenge. I gave up half way through the movie, I see what they’re going for, but boy howdy this is not for me. Buy On Amazon!

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Year Zero

Ben Percy (Wolverine) and Ramon Rosanas (Star Wars: Age of Resistance) team up to present an epic tale that offers a global look at the Zombie Apocalypse. A Jap A comic book anthology mini series with four issues that have four different stories that all take place in each issue. Does it work as well as having one issue dedicated to each story? For me, who has all four issues, sure, but I know when I was buying single issues that I hated this kind of set up and would much rather have one story per book. It’s good enough...

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Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection #180 Borg Cube

Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection #180 Borg Cube This is the final issue of the series, it’s hard to believe that I’ve been a subscriber for as long as I have, nearly 10 years! There’s still about 7 ships that Eaglemoss has been unable to ship to me for whatever reason, so I look forward to getting those one day, either through Eaglemoss or through alternative vendors. Of course there’s a large and still growing “bonus issue” collection that they’re still adding to, but I think I’m done with the series for the time being, outside of the afore...

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I have recovered from Covid-19

I’m now breathing completely fine and I think I’m theoretically invincible for the next couple months.  My one struggle now is that I’m not sleeping as well as I was when I was taking half a bottle of Nyquil, Melatonin, and living through an admittedly light viral infection.  Last night it took me a couple hours to get to sleep and even when I did get to sleep it was a pretty light one.   I’m happy that I was vaccinated and twice boosted, then waited until it was omicron floating around to get infected, but I still think Ron DeSantis...

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The Art of Horizon Zero Dawn

‘The Art of Horizon Zero Dawn’ is the ultimate gallery of the hotly anticipated new IP from Guerrilla Games (Killzone series). It focuses on the stunning artwor I believe this came with my purchase of Horizon Zero Dawn on steam, which was honestly a fantastic experience. This PDF book is a short read as it’s 99% concept art, but it took me the better part of 30 minutes to get through the 53 pages because of how much I could zoom in on the art and how much there was to take in. I wouldn’t have bought this on it’s...

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Toys

Toys: Directed by Barry Levinson. With Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright. When Lieutenant General Leland Zevo (Sir Michael Gambon) inherits a toymaking company and begins making war toys, his employees band together to stop him before he ruins the name of Zevo Toys forever. A mediocre film from some pretty great actors, included LL Cool J, who I think has more screen time than anyone else in the film. My displeasure with the film isn’t so much with the intent or even the acting, but there’s something about the sum of the parts that fails to really...

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Flubber

Flubber: Directed by Les Mayfield. With Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald, Ted Levine. An absent-minded professor discovers “flubber,” a rubber-like super-bouncy substance. The first 15 minutes of the movie is spent setting up the idea that this professor is eccentric. He’s so goofy! He’s out of his mind with how smart but forgetful he is! There’s only a few actors that could have pulled this off without it going completely goofball stupid, and luckily we have Robin Williams to fill the role, so it’s only goofball silly. This movie is, of course, a remake of 1961’s “Absent Minded...

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I’ve caught the virus

Despite years of caution, I’ve been infected with Covid-19.  no word on what version is is, but I’m on day 4 of the situation and I believe I’m on the upswing, but who knows with this stuff.  So far it’s been relatively rough but not as bad as my worst flu case, but I’m vaccinated plus boosted twice.

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Shortbus

Shortbus: Directed by John Cameron Mitchell. With Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, Adam Hardman, Sook-Yin Lee. A group of New Yorkers caught up in their romantic-sexual milieu converge at an underground salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality. There’s a familiar saying that “you’ll know porn when you see it”, and while I feel this movie falls well within what normal viewers would consider pornography, the film itself doesn’t feel pornographic to me. Sure there’s P-in-V sex depicted, there’s P-in-M (of both flavors!), there’s plenty’s of topless people, and even an ongoing never stopping orgy happening in...

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Bewitched

Bewitched: Directed by Nora Ephron. With Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine. Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic sitcom Bewitched (1964). A movie about a universe in which “Bewitched” is being remade, and actual witch gets roped into starring as the lead role in the remake of the classic television show. It’s meta within meta! I was sent a MoviesAnywhere code of this for free from the studio with a note apologizing about something that went wrong that...