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The release of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, which I haven't seen and am feeling little-to-no temptation to see, got me thinking about my relationship with the things I claim…
A Quick, Tardy Note About SPECTRE
I just caught Spectre. (Yes, it's been over a month, but I've had things to do.) I'd place it in the middle of the 007 pack, in the territory occupied…
Meanwhile, Over At the MMIP Riffs Channel…
The 3 Ridiculous Things... series I've been working on at the MMIP Riffs channel is mostly about films that I give the side eye to, but this time I went…
Quick Note On Spectre
So, we have a new 007 title: Spectre. I can't say it's the most imaginative title of the series, which has had a mixed record in this department since their stock of…
Skyfall
Warning: Here be spoilers. Let's get obligatory stuff out of the way first. Contra the blurbsters, Skyfall is not the best Bond movie ever made. At 145 minutes, Skyfall's pacing gets baggy…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
Okay, the premise of the Red Dawn remake is that North Korea invaded us? North Korea, the country that can't feed itself because it blows all its dough on missiles that…