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power over harry potter, or, it’s a very harry christmas

On December 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In kiddo life, mayalife, reviews

Last week at the library, we checked the first Harry Potter movie on a lark.  I had read the first book to the kids last year (I read all the books when they were coming out, adored them) and Luc has the Lego Harry Potter game on the ipad, so they were familiar with the [...]

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Rango and the Story Engine

On March 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In reviews, writing

I saw “Rango” this weekend with the kids, an entertaining Western about a misplaced chameleon lizard and a town drying up in the Mohave desert.  Visually, the movie is superb, the dialogue is awesome, the jokes are funny…but both Paul and I found ourselves getting bored in the middle. Despite it’s excellence in many ways, [...]

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megamind, oh my big blue head

On November 10, 2010 · 1 Comment · In reviews

In keeping with our theme of likable villains (see our review of Despicable Me and Heinz Doofenshmirtz), the kids and I went to see Megamind yesterday.  In a word, six thumbs up.

Evil, well, it’s just cooler.

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hereafter

On October 24, 2010 · 1 Comment · In reviews

Hereafter, Clint Eastwood’s new movie, is what you get when  an 80 year old grandmaster visual storyteller at the height of his powers decides to explore the Big D. Death in a movie.  In other words…

Wow.

On the surface, this is three interlocking stories: a French journalist nearly drowns in [...]

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the last airbender reviewed, fans, & filling in the blanks

On July 11, 2010 · 3 Comments · In reviews

For Paul’s birthday, we had key-lime pie and a matinee showing of The Last Airbender.  And while I understand why people are complaining, especially anyone new to the story, it is not the awful, soul sucking event that the tidal wave of terrible reviews would have you believe.

The good:

1- [...]

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allergies suck, podcasting, movies…basically a mayaland grab bag of a post

On July 5, 2010 · 2 Comments · In mayalife, reviews

Excuses: I had the weirdest, sudden, extreme allergy attack this weekend.  Came on as exhaustion, culminated in 36 hours of non-stop sneeze attacks, drip drip drip runny nose, and super intense itchy eyes and palate.  And now it seems to be 90% gone.  Sources say the plantains have just bloomed—could I have a weird and [...]

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in which i rant about The Back-Up Plan, and some goats

On April 23, 2010 · 3 Comments · In reviews

I used to (read: before kids) go to movies all the time.  I love going to the movies!  But now, I maybe only get to the theater once or twice a year.  Maybe.  So, on a lark today, when Paul took a surprise afternoon off, I thought, heck, I’m going to go see something. Something [...]

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are you buying this?

On November 30, 2009 · 1 Comment · In mayalife

It was a quiet long-weekend around here for us. But I did get my semi-annual mommy-afternoon-off—woo hoo! I decided to go to the movies, all by my own little self. Man, I used to love going to the movies. I’d meet my cousin every Monday and see a matinee of…whateverthefuck, I sure didn’t care. But [...]

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the matrix revolutions that should have been

On October 12, 2009 · 2 Comments · In mayalife, reviews

I heard a “This American Life” once where one of the stories was about this guy, a huge Star Wars fan as a kid (as was I), who had been so upset by Phantom Menace that he found himself rewriting it, nightly, as he fell asleep. He worked out a whole elaborate plot and explained, [...]

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let the right one in

On July 28, 2009 · 2 Comments · In reviews

“Let the Right One In” is the best vampire movie, ever, in all the history of vampire movies. Period. What more could you possibly need to know? Go. Now. Netflix it, rent it, buy a copy, whatever. Watch this movie.

And don’t, DON’T, watch the dubbed version. Go into the ‘set up’ menu on [...]

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