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How To Train Your Dragon 2 Review
Read more: How To Train Your Dragon 2 ReviewHow to Train Your Dragon was released in 2010 and it blew me away so much that it easily topped my favorites list of the year. Inception was released in 2010. This is a roundabout way to illustrate how excited I was for How to Train Your Dragon 2. Unfortunately hype can set you up for…
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“Edge of Tomorrow” Review
Read more: “Edge of Tomorrow” ReviewIt is easy to deride the state of the modern blockbuster. Sometimes it feels like we have been overwhelmed by Transformers, Marvel and their clones, remakes, reboots, reimaginings, adaptations, and recreations. Each of these dependent on surface level attachment and understanding, or nostalgia, rather than building a relationship from scratch. Why would a film need…
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Best of Netflix: “Mud” (2012)
Read more: Best of Netflix: “Mud” (2012)Some of the best films out there are the ones you just can’t watch casually. They are almost a task to watch because of their gravity, and when you reach the end, they weigh heavily on you. This is because their emotional impact, even if felt immediately, is often hard to comprehend in simpler terms. Think Schindler’s List or…
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Gary’s Pokemon Training Tips: How to Be the Very Best Like No One Ever Was (Even More)
Read more: Gary’s Pokemon Training Tips: How to Be the Very Best Like No One Ever Was (Even More)Hey boys and girls. Gary Oak the super Boss man is here and back in business. I’ve been busy lately being awesome, most recently via a mountain conquest with my fellow awesome pals Jack Donaghey and Barney Stinson. But now I’m here — again — to teach you fools how to be the very best…
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Who is Jon Snow’s Mum? The R + L = J Theory Explained for Show-Watchers
Read more: Who is Jon Snow’s Mum? The R + L = J Theory Explained for Show-WatchersThis is about as spoilery as spoilery can get. For those of you who only watch the show, these are some major book spoilers. What I’m going to reveal comes from the Song of Ice and Fire books, but written for someone up-to-date with the show. Keep in mind that while much of the history is…
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Critics Be Damned: In Defense of “The Fault in Our Stars”
Read more: Critics Be Damned: In Defense of “The Fault in Our Stars”Note: This article contains spoilers for the film The Fault in Our Stars, so read only if you don’t mind and/or have already seen it. One of the annoying things about writing movie reviews is the tacit requirement that you’re not allowed to give away any spoilers. You’re supposed to either convince people to see…
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“The Fault in Our Stars” Movie Review
Read more: “The Fault in Our Stars” Movie ReviewSomewhere along the winding road of my early twenties, I found a YouTube channel called vlogbrothers. It’s description: “Raising nerdy to the power of awesome.” Using vlogbrothers, two exceptionally nerdy brothers, Hank and John, post nerdy selfie video rants on topics ranging from “Why are American Health Care Costs So High?” to the truth behind the allegedly and hilariously…
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“August: Osage County” Movie Review
Read more: “August: Osage County” Movie ReviewFor some reason the only time I even heard of August: Osage County was when awards season was upon us. Maybe I don’t watch enough TV and missed the trailers. Maybe it’s just too far out of the normal nerdy range of my purview. I sort of knew it had existed, but much like Kerri‘s mother,…
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Troy’s Top 10 Fictional Fast Food Restaurants
Read more: Troy’s Top 10 Fictional Fast Food RestaurantsWhen a movie or television show wants to set one of their scenes at a fast food restaurant they have two choices: arrange a shoot with an established fast food chain and possibly work out some product placement advertising, or create their own, fictional fast food joint. The problem with the first option is that a…
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