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This is basically a sports film set in the late Middle Ages and definitely not meant to be taken too seriously. The film gets this across early on by having the spectators at a joust sing “We Will, We Will … Continue reading
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This English-language version I liked a bit less than the previously-reviewed 2009 Swedish version, but it’s still worth watching. There are more differences between the films (including in the characterizations of Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander) than I expected. Daniel … Continue reading
The Bad Lip Reading people don’t just mutilate big-budget Hollywood movies; here they go after independent films: Link: http://youtu.be/muFzMAsGmP4 by … Continue reading
The folks at Bad Lip Reading re-dub Gwen and Peter. Not as funny as their best work, but worth a few minutes of your time: Link: http://youtu.be/D7jtpy0lfBU Where’s the pig? … And my feathered duck? by … Continue reading
It’s remarkable, or remarkably annoying anyway, that Will Smith seems to have aged hardly any at all in the 15 years between the original Men in Black in 1997 and this second sequel, which is itself remarkable for being better … Continue reading
Vaudeville star Ted Healy plays a man whose fascination with fire leads him to hang around the fire department, much to the annoyance of his girlfriend, who wishes he’d spend more time with her. She works in Mr Schmidt’s costume … Continue reading
Somehow I never got around to seeing this before. It has its moments, but I suspect young children would get more out of the film than I do, though even they might find it too long and overloaded with mostly … Continue reading
When I was a kid I wondered why there were no real-life superheroes at least of the Batman sort. While Superman or Spider-Man might not be possible in the real world, surely being Batman was simply a matter of a … Continue reading
A wealthy Haitian plantation owner has fallen instantly in love with a beautiful young woman he’s just met. Unfortunately for him, she’s just about to get married to a handsome young man in the next day or so in a … Continue reading
A typical Jerry Bruckheimer production for Disney, complete with the customary presence of a mildly crazy Nicolas Cage, this time playing a centuries-old sorcerer looking for the heir to Merlin’s powers. The villain, Alfred Molina, is a former colleague turned … Continue reading