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2018 movies: The good, the bad, and the meh.
Titles covered: Paddington 2, The Maze Runner Death Cure, Ready Player One, Annihilation, A Wrinkle in Time, Black Panther, Pacific Rim Uprising, and Tomb Raider
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GenCon 2018
Kathryn and I (and my 3 brothers) just experienced “The Best 4 Days in Gaming” at GenCon and had a blast! We decided to recap the event by reviewing all the games we spent a significant amount of time with. To keep this simple, we decided on a three-tier rating scale: Buy!, Maybe, and No Thanks.
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Maybe some day I'll get around to seeing a movie from 2018...
Titles Covered: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Justice League, The Greatest Showman, mother!, Thor: Ragnorak, Hostiles, Wonder, Ferdinand.
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Movie Reviews: All 8 Muppet Movies
So for those of you who missed the big news at the end of last year, I got married. I know... I know... crazy! Anyway, my new wife
Kathryn and I have a mutual love of the Muppets, so we decided to revisit the entire theatrical canon.
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Best Picture Nominees, Ranked
I debated whether to talk about the best picture nominees this year. The ceremony was even more political than usual, which means that I had less assurance than usual that they were actually good, and anything negative I say about these movies can be chalked up to bias. But, against my better judgment, I decided to plow through the Academy's picks ( Read more... ) -
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Titles Covered: Blade Runner 2049, Despicable Me 3, Lego Ninjago, The Breadwinner, The Wall, It (2017), Logan Lucky.
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Video game reviews
Titles Covered: LittleBigPlanet, Ni No Kuni, Gears of War, Kameo, Halo 3, God of War 3, Tales from the Borderlands, and The Evil Within.
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Titles Covered: The Last Jedi, Sing, The Red Turtle, Baby Driver, A Monster Calls, Spiderman Homecoming, and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.
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Titles Covered: Kong: Skull Island, Alien Covenant, Ghost in the Shell 2017, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Wonderwoman, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Bedazzled (original).
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Former employee returns to Six Flags Magic Mountain.
For those of you who don't know, my first full-time job was as a cook at Six Flags Magic Mountain, where I worked from 1997-1999. However, I haven't been in back in 13 years, and haven't been on any rollercoasters for about 6 years. So, I was curious how I'd fair at the “thrill capital of the world,” which seems to be pushing for more and more ( Read more... )