The House Always Wins

Just saw this YouTube video and thought I should share.

Well, the year is almost over, and I have realized that there are a lot of movies that I saw and failed to write about at the time I saw them.  To remedy this sad situation, and to punish myself for laziness, I thought I would recap my entire year in movies (seen in theatre).  [...]

I ended up seeing Monsters vs. Aliens quite by accident, when—while questing for movie gift cards—my girlfriend suggested we see a movie, since we were already there, and it was really the only thing of interest at that time that I hadn’t yet seen, and she had been kind of interested anyway.  (I am uncertain [...]

I’ve seen Henry Selick’s stop-motion-animated Coraline twice now, once in a regular showing, and once in 3D.  (The fact that I went to see it twice should, perhaps, be considered an early indicator that I liked the movie.)
Selick is the little-known director of The Nightmare Before Christmas, which is usually solely attributed to Tim Burton.  [...]

From what I gather, Star Wars: The Clone Wars has been dumped on pretty thoroughly by just about every review, receiving average or worse ratings across the board.  It currently has a 20% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which is pretty dismal.  But I’m here to speak up in its defense… sort of.  I mean, it’s [...]