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Month: June, 2008

A Few Quick Thoughts on Get Smart

30 June, 2008 (00:48) | Entertainment, Movies, Reviews | By: House

The new Get Smart movie starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway is pretty good.  It’s a solid comedy of classic style (versus the gross-out, stoner, and sex comedies that have been prevalent of late) that hits with all of its jokes, has a great cast, and pays homage to its roots while updating appropriately for [...]

Doc Bruce Banner, Pelted By Gamma Rays

17 June, 2008 (01:12) | Comics, Movies, Reviews, Sci-Fi and Fantasy | By: House

Sadly, the tune referenced in the title of this post did not appear in the latest adventure of the Hulk on the big screen, that that is perhaps the only reference to a previous incarnation that was not included in The Incredible Hulk .  Despite this tragic shortcoming, it was still a good movie.
This movie [...]

Go Speed Racer Go

11 June, 2008 (01:57) | Movies, Reviews, Sci-Fi and Fantasy | By: House

In the last nine days, I’ve actually seen the live-action Speed Racer movie twice, once on IMAX , and once on a regular screen. This probably seems rather odd, given how universally the movie has been reviled by critics. I had kind of wanted to see the movie before it came out, [...]