Category: Movie Monday
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How Long Does a Movie Have to Get Good?
Time is the most precious resource of all. It is, after all, the one thing you can never get back. Waste your audiences time and you’ll have insulted them more than you could ever hope to. My sincerest apologies. Lots of media tend to have slow starts. Movies especially. Not everything can immediately hook you…
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Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days: First a Game, Then a Movie, Always Boring
Alright, let me explain, because I bet you’re pretty confused right now. Square Enix released a lot of Kingdom Hearts games over the years. But not all of them were well received. Nor did all of them get the HD treatment that most of the games did. However, Square couldn’t just throw them away altogether,…
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Knives Out: A Modern Whodunit Masterpiece
Mysteries are so much fun. Especially since I’m an idiot who can never guess it right, so they never get old! But modern mysteries haven’t done much for me. That’s why I always stick to old Sherlock Holmes stories or Agatha Christie books. Which is why I missed out on Knives Out. I’ll never let…
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The One Everyone and No One Remembers
So… I kinda went on a fantasy movie marathon a few weeks back. The first day, I watched The Princess Bride, Princess Mononoke (I’ll be talking about that one real soon, probably) and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Then, the next day, I started a Harry Potter binge. Sort of like I was revisiting…
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Return of the King (Extended Cut): The Longest Ending in Cinematic History
Seriously, this movie has, like, three endings back-to-back! Is it super satisfying? Oh, hell yes! But still! Out of all three Lord of the Rings movies, Return of the King is the one that everyone really loves. It’s easily the longest, whether you’re watching the theatrical or extended cut (the ladder is the only proper…
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