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Sparrowhawk, Shabba Doo, and Shang-Chi
Tales from Earthsea – The directorial debut of Hayao Miyazaki’s son Goro, it’s a loose adaptation of Ursula K. LeGuin’s Earthsea series, mostly The Farthest Shore and Tehanu. From what I’ve read, LeGuin didn’t really care for the finished product. … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Chinese, Comics, Families, Frank Black/Black Francis, Japanese, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Prejudice, Relationships, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Ursula K. LeGuin, Video Games
Tagged avengers endgame, awkwafina, ben kingsley, black widow, break dancing, breakin' 2 electric boogaloo, dragons, earthsea, foo dogs, foxes, fu manchu, ged, goro miyazaki, hayao miyazaki, hundun, iron man 3, lions, lord cob, luigi mario, mandarin, mario mario, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel comics, qilin, shabba doo, shang-chi, shang-chi and the legend of the ten rings, studio ghibli, ta lo, tales from earthsea, tehanu, thanos, trevor slattery, wenwu, wizards, yellow peril
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Making a Killing
The Killing – Stanley Kubrick’s 1958 film noir heist picture, filmed in black and white. It’s about a conspiracy to rob a racetrack during a big race, presented in documentary style with a narrator and some scenes appearing from different … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Comics, Families, Gender, Humor, Music, Prejudice, Relationships, They Might Be Giants, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies
Tagged avengers, avengers age of ultron, avengers endgame, black widow, bride of chucky, britney spears, captain america civil war, david harbour, dolls, florence pugh, general dreykov, jennifer tilly, john waters, Marvel Cinematic Universe, midsommar, racism, red guardian, red room, redman, scarlett johansson, seed of chucky, stanley kubrick, the incredible hulk
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America’s Ass
Avengers: Endgame – SPOILERS! I AM TOTALLY SPOILING THE ENDGAME HERE! The long-awaited follow-up to last year’s Infinity War ties up the loose ends from that one, and provides closure for some aspects of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s about … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, Relationships, VoVat Goes to the Movies
Tagged ancient one, ant-man, avengers, avengers endgame, avengers infinity war, back to the future, black widow, captain america, captain marvel, carol danvers, dr. henry pym, dr. strange, frigga, guardians of the galaxy, hawkeye, howard stark, infinity gauntlet, infinity stones, iron man, jane foster, loki, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel comics, mjolnir, natalie portman, nebula, pegasus, quantum realm, red skull, ronin, russo brothers, scarlet witch, spider-man, superheroes, tesseract, thanos, the incredible hulk, thor, thor: the dark world, time travel, valkyrie
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See How the Other Half Live
Avengers: Infinity War – I actually saw this in its first week out, which is rare for me. I know a lot of people haven’t seen it and are going to want to, so I’ll warn you now that there … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Mythology, Norse, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies
Tagged avengers, avengers infinity war, black order, black widow, captain america, dr. strange, dragon quest viii, dwarves, eitri, final fantasy iv, gamora, golbez, guardians of the galaxy, infinity stones, infinity war, iron man, mantis, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel comics, nidavellir, pepper potts, peter dinklage, rhapthorne, spider-man, star-lord, superheroes, thanos, thor, wakanda
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On Earth as It Is in Heaven
The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, by Jeff Sharlet – I think I first heard about the secretive fundamentalist Christian organization known as the Family or the Fellowship on Bill Maher years ago, and I … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Capitalism, Christianity, Comics, Conspiracy Theories, Economics, Fundamentalism, Islam, Judaism, Music, Politics, Prejudice, Real Time with Bill Maher, Religion, Television, The Colbert Report, Zoroastrianism
Tagged 3001 the final odyssey, abraham vereide, afterlife, aliens, angels, apocalypse, arthur c. clarke, avengers, avengers assemble, bible, black widow, brian michael bendis, daniel, david byrne, douglas coe, elijah, enoch, heaven, heaven our enduring fascination with the afterlife, hillary clinton, jeff sharlet, jesus, jupiter, lisa miller, martyrs, national prayer breakfast, paradise, pol pot, resurrection, talking heads, the family
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Just Gonna Stand There and Watch Asgard Burn
Thor: Ragnarok – I’ve been looking forward to this one, especially since seeing the trailer where Thor calls the Hulk “a friend from work.” So many trailers are awful, but this one worked. The Thor films feel genuinely epic, combining … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, Greek Mythology, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Relationships, VoVat Goes to the Movies
Tagged anubis, arawn, asgard, avengers, bifrost, black widow, brunhilda, cate blanchett, death, demons, doctor strange, fenris, grandmaster, hades, hela, hercules, iron man, jane foster, jeff goldblum, korg, lady death, loki, natalie portman, odin, ogoun, pepper potts, planet hulk, pluto, ragnarok, sif, surtur, tessa thompson, the incredible hulk, thor, thor ragnarok, thor: the dark world, valkyrie, valkyries, warriors three, wolves
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Hey Sexy Mama, Wanna Kill All Humans?
Avengers: Age of Ultron – I finally saw this movie on what I believe was its next-to-last day in the nearby theater. There are some pretty major spoilers in this post, but everyone else who wanted to see it probably … Continue reading
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Tagged avengers, avengers age of ultron, betty ross, black widow, gwyneth paltrow, hawkeye, hayley atwell, idris elba, iron man, james spader, jane foster, loki, magneto, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel comics, natalie portman, odin, pepper potts, playboy, quicksilver, robots, scarlet witch, the incredible hulk, thor, ultron
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Stark Contrast
Iron Man 2 – I’m trying to get caught up on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is a little confusing as there were two Hulk movies made within five years of each other, one of which counts and one doesn’t. … Continue reading
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