Required Viewing: Zach Galifianakis

Two of the films that are released on DVD today, the raunchy R-rated comedy The Hangover and Disney’s family friendly G-Force, couldn’t be more different from each other, and yet they both have one thing in common… comedian Zach Galifianakis. The first time I ever took notice of Zach Galifianakis, he was performing his original [...]

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Cuter Than The Movies – Fantastic Mr. Fox

When I first started seeing the trailers for Fantastic Mr. Fox, I had mixed feelings toward it – although what the trailers showed looked good, and I am a fan of Wes Anderson as a director, I know it isn’t easy to get a kids movie done right either.  Well, I gave Fantastic Mr. Fox [...]

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That’s Not For Me: Old Dogs

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! If you’re heading to the movie theater this weekend, why don’t you check out something good, like Wes Anderson’s The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Or if you want to watch something horrible, how about Old Dogs? Now to be fair, I haven’t SEEN Old Dogs, but I have seen the trailer and commercials… [...]

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The Who: At Kilburn 1977 Blu-ray

The Who has long been one of my favorite bands of all time, so it was a particular treat to receive from Netflix the Blu-ray version of their 1977 performance at Kilburn.  Completely coincidentally, the Blu-ray was released one year ago yesterday! The main feature was digitally restored and the audio remastered, so it looks [...]

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Cuter Than the Movies – 2012

When my sister called me up earlier this week to tell me my father had a “family movie” he wanted to treat us all to, I was touched.  But a mere few days later I had the dubious honor to be sitting in a theater waiting for 2012 to start.

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