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By Jove, Holmes, you’re an action hero!

December 30, 2009

I understand why Hollywood turns to established stories and mangles them, but it still makes me sad. It’s a fact of life, like old age and reality television, but that doesn’t make it any more pleasant.
The first motivation comes from the Safety of the Known. A story like Sherlock Holmes has stood up to scrutiny [...]

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Cinephile or Movie Nut?

November 25, 2009

I was channel surfing the other night and came across Mad Max on AMC.  It was weird enough that it was on AMC but when they went to commercial I found out it was a special 30th anniversary edition.  That means I first saw Mad Max when I was all of seven years old. I saw it [...]

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