Tag Archives: Movies

Movie Review: The Avengers

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Kari Lucin

Action movies only work when you care whether the protagonists live or die. If you don’t care, all the pretty explosions in the world won’t be enough to be entertaining. (See: Transformers.) The superhero flick “The Avengers” works. It might … Continue reading →

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The Hunger for Death

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Kari Lucin

Would you pay to watch 24 children kill each other? I did, this weekend, when I bought a ticket to “The Hunger Games,” which is playing at our local theater in Jamestown. Now obviously no children were actually killed to … Continue reading →

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The Least Menacing Menace Ever

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Kari Lucin

Evil snowglobe? I didn’t think even the SyFy channel could find a scary-movie menace that was this profoundly unmenacing, but apparently yes, they have made a movie about an evil snowglobe. I am not joking. This movie is about an … Continue reading →

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More on Superheroes

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Kari Lucin

Here’s a look at the versions of Batman we’ve seen throughout the years, from the campy TV show Batman all the way through to the (really) Dark Knight. The Batman in the fifth picture is the one I remember from … Continue reading →

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Good Guys and Bad Guys and How to Tell the Difference

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Kari Lucin

I don’t really read comics, but I do know a lot of people who do. I also read an interesting article the other day stating some people believe Hollywood movies have become too dark. Not, you know,  in the sense … Continue reading →

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Destroying My Childhood Love: Putting the Monkey Brain Back

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Kari Lucin

While I love quite a few movies, books and TV shows, I’m not much of a fan, which is to say: when a piece is adapted into a new medium, I’m not inherently against changing stuff to make it fit … Continue reading →

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Superheroes and a Sleuth

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Kari Lucin

Ah, nerd icons. I’m not much of a superhero person, but I have enjoyed the recent slough of superhero flicks, including the Dark Knight and both Iron Man movies. And I’m looking forward to Joss Whedon’s take on the Avengers. … Continue reading →

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Sound Check It Out

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Kari Lucin

One of the great things about playing percussion in my high school band was that you got to play all kinds of odd instruments – not just the wide variety of drums, shakers, bells and wind chimes that made up … Continue reading →

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Bad Movies, Bad Reviews, Good Times?

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Kari Lucin

Thanks to my Netflix subscription, I’ve been working my way through a series of bad movies, each  more hilarious than the last, featuring interminable sandstorms, wooden acting, writing that had to have come from a million monkeys with typewriters and … Continue reading →

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Jane Austen’s Fight Club

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Kari Lucin

If you thought you’ve seen every Jane Austen movie made in the past ten years, you’re probably wrong.  You definitely missed "Jane Austen’s Fight Club," which, unfortunately, wasn’t actually made. However, there’s a hilarious trailer for the flick, which recasts the Fight … Continue reading →

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