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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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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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Super 8 (2011)

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Joel

It’s taken a while, but I finally watched the entire film Super 8 online through  Netflix. It’s a 2011 J.J. Abrams film (written and directed) that I had been meaning to watch back when it was in theaters, but the timing … Continue reading →

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Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Joel

It’s Spring Break here, and the kids have the week off from school. My in-laws agreed to watch the kids Monday and Tuesday (with a sleepover Monday night.) What to do with our free time? How about a date night … Continue reading →

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Oz: The Great and Powerful (2013)

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Joel

For Josh’s birthday, the Ipes decided to hit our nearest AMC dine-in theater to watch Oz: The Great and Powerful (2013), a prequel of sorts based on the L. Frank Baum books from the turn of the century, and also to … Continue reading →

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Joel

I watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) last night while I caught up on some work. Wow, excellent film. I wanted to see this in the theaters when it came out, but I never had a chance. Better late … Continue reading →

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The Apartment (1960)

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Joel

After catching a random mention somewhere about this classic film titled The Apartment (1960), I thought I’d take a chance to further expand my viewing experiences. It’s a 1960 film starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and a surprising number of … Continue reading →

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The Words (2012)

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Joel

Continuing our long-standing New Year’s Eve tradition, my wife and I got the kids to bed early, and watched a movie. I think we started this more than a decade ago. After much discussion (“Looper”, “Pitch Perfect”), I selected The … Continue reading →

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The Help (2011)

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Joel

Many weeks have passed, and The Help (2011) has been sitting on our TV stand, waiting for someone to watch it. We, we finally watched it. What it’s about? Oh, you know, racism in Mississippi and the South in the early 1960’s . … Continue reading →

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