Category Archives: Entertainment

Despicable Me 2 (2013)

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Joel

After church today, the four of us had a quick lunch at home, then went to meet up with some friends to see Despicable Me 2. In case you aren’t aware, this is the sequel to the original film, which … Continue reading →

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Pacific Rim (2013)

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Joel

My friend Doug and I went to see Pacific Rim, Guillermo del Toro‘s first film in 5 years (since Hellboy 2: The Golden Army released in 2008, which I also saw.) Early news about del Toro making a film about giant robots fighting … Continue reading →

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Superman vs. The Elite (2012)

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Joel

I watched this film on and off, but finally finished the last half hour of Superman vs. The Elite, a direct to video film adaptation of a 2001 Action Comics story. It was available via Netflix streaming, so it seemed … Continue reading →

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Doctor Strange (2007)

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Joel

To complete my “quadfecta” of movies this week (Goodfellas, Star Trek Into Darkness, and The Great Gatsby), we had planned to watch Despicable Me 2, but we didn’t have enough time on Sunday. Instead, the kids and I sat down on Sunday … Continue reading →

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The Great Gatsby (2013)

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Joel

Saturday, we went to see The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann’s version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel. We first began seeing trailers for this film way back in March, I think, when we went to see Oz: The Great and Powerful. … Continue reading →

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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Joel

All these years, I’m fairly certain that I’ve been pretty clear that I am a science-fiction / Star Trek buff. I’ve watched nearly every TOS episode, ever TAS episode, every ST: TNG, ST: DS9, ST: VOY, ST: ENT, and every … Continue reading →

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Goodfellas (1990)

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Joel

Ok, funny story — I think it was more than 10 years ago, but a bunch of us were going to Mohegan Sun, and we met up at someone’s house. Goodfellas was on for some reason, so I watched the first … Continue reading →

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Hum Tum (2004)

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Joel

Bah. Truly one of the worst Indian movies I have ever experienced. I don’t understand how this Bollywood film, Hum Tum, is highly rated — the film ratings online give it a high number of stars, and a friend of … Continue reading →

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Iron Man 3 (2013)

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Joel

The final film in the Robert Downey, Jr as Tony Stark, Iron Man trilogy is finally here. The first film was an amazingly entertaining origin story, followed by a mediocre 2nd installment that was less than entertaining, Shane Black directs … Continue reading →

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Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Joel

Friday night after work, my friend Doug and I went to see Olympus Has Fallen (2013) at the AMC Jersey Gardens theater close to my office. It’s a short 15 min drive from Newark to Elizabeth, so I think we … Continue reading →

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