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Movie Review: Iron Man 3

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IMDB, Iron Man 3“Iron Man 3” on IMDB

Action, 130 Minutes, 2013

[By way of explanation, this review was written on Sept 19.  I may have also sent the spellchecker into a neurotic spiral of depression.]

Ahoy, maties!  This be the third picture show in the “Iron Man” series.  Comin’ in the roiling wake of “The Avengers” [IMDB] it struggles like a drunkin’ tar heaved overboard.  Our rum-soaked sea-dog, Tony Stark, is now bedeviled by panic attacks, insomnia and insecurity after saving the whole of the seven seas from an alien boarding party in New York.

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Game Review: Dishonored (PS3)

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Dishonored“Dishonored” at amazon.com

Rated M for Mature, Reviewed on PS3

Big budget gaming is a glut of sequels and mimics.  The reason for this is lamentable but obvious.  Namely that big budget gaming needs big budgets.  Selling lots and lots of games gets you those so you make games that you know will sell.  In an arena filled to bursting with Battlefighterwarduty thirty-eight, it’s especially refreshing to find a game both so originally minded and perfectly crafted.

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Movie Review: Olympus Has Fallen

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IMDB, Olympus Has Fallen“Olympus Has Fallen” on IMDB

Action, 120 Minutes, 2013

This is one of those “worst case” scenario movies that Hollywood loves.  Take something that couldn’t really happen – in this case a military invasion of the White House – then figure out a way it could.  You have to, you know, ignore some meddlesome facts along the way but it can make for a fun movie.  (As is often the case multiple people seemed to have the same idea which is why we got “White House Down” [IMDB] a few months later.)

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Movie Review: Epic

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IMDB, Epic“Epic” on IMDB

Family/Adventure, 102 Minutes, 2013

This was fine, really.  Just fine.  The animation is nice.  The story is simple enough.  It has Chris O’Dowd [IMDB] in it; he makes everything better.  There’s funny sidekicks, lots of action, a nasty little villain and love story light on the kissy-face.

It’s just fine.  Not quite, you know, “epic”, but really, just fine.

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